Tuesday's edition of RealAg Radio, with host Shaun Haney: A tribute to plant breeders Top ag news with Kelvin Heppner: Has Canada really been frozen out of NAFTA talks?, soybeans rally on reports of China-U.S. discussions, new stats show record oil shipments by rail, Deere buys Argentinian sprayer company, and more. Sylvain Charlebois of Dalhousie... Read More
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Monday's agronomy-themed show, with host Shaun Haney: Shaun begins by acknowledging the loss of a dear friend and member of the Canadian agriculture community, Amy Matheson Bern Tobin files a report from the Honda Indy in Toronto, highlighting the impact of ethanol production in Ontario as cars race past Bethany Wyatt of BASF discusses weed... Read More
Water quality can affect animal welfare and the financial bottom line long before visual symptoms start to appear. "It never bothered them before" is an often-heard refrain when the welfare of animals is impaired by poor water quality. "We just can't determine the quality of water by just looking at it," explains Leah Clark of... Read More
The European Union looking to mend fences with the Trump administration could have a major impact on agriculture, as the U.S. looks for a win with one of its trading partners. The EU/U.S. trade front is one that Canadians should pay particularly close attention to as we already have preferential market access over the U.S.... Read More
As our beef market expert Anne Wasko puts it, 'It was the dog days of summer —but for the beef industry' last week. It was a quiet trade week, and the cattle that did trade looked about $2 lower than the average price this year — however, it's not a big surprise due to the... Read More
RealAg Radio host Shaun Haney starts the show on a high note by reading a pretty impactful tweet from John Kowalchuk about hardworking farmers. From there, we head into the news, where you'll hear about: How the feds registered a surplus of $3.2 billion The U.S. released its GDP figures, and they're up 2.2 per... Read More
If you have heard us say it once, you will hear us say it again: the crop conditions in Western Canada are quite variable. Surprisingly, though, at Ag In Motion last week farmers repeatedly told us that crop conditions were better than you might expect. This week, Farmlink Marketing Solutions staff and third-party field scouts... Read More