As the calendar inches ever closer to June, host of Wheat Pete’s Word and resident agronomist, Peter Johnson, is tackling your top agronomy questions for side-dressing N, fusarium nozzle selection, and early season weed control in this week's edition. From two strategies for planting edible beans into dry ground, to the first of the hay... Read More
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What started as a fascination with craft distilling and a chance discussion about dumping skim milk has evolved into a tasty new business at Almonte, Ontario. Neal McCarten is director of operations for Dairy Distillery, and it was his family's farm background that led to a discussion with Omid McDonald, founder and CEO, about how... Read More
Tuesday's show, with host shaun Haney, featuring another jam-packed line-up of guests and topics: Top news stories, with Kelvin Heppner, including reaction to the Canadian government's plan to buy the Trans-Mountain pipeline, the looming strike at CP Rail, Bayer-Monsanto gaining U.S. regulatory approval, Chrystia Freeland's latest trip to Washington, and more. Chad MacPherson of the... Read More
With India closing its border to pulse imports late last year, China is seizing the opportunity to buy competitively-priced protein and ramping up its imports of peas from Canada. The value of pea exports from Canada to China was up 42 percent in January to March of 2018 versus the same period in 2017, according... Read More
Our Agronomic Monday (and Memorial Day in the U.S.) line up includes: Agronomy panel with Peter "Wheat Pete" Johnson and Syngenta agronomist Steve Johns discussing spring weed control, super dry spring soils and much more; Rebecca Lee and Brian Gilroy of the Canadian Horticultural Council on what's happening in the very diverse Canadian horticulture industry... Read More
The boards of directors for Cereals Canada and the Canadian International Grains Institute (Cigi) have agreed to explore a possible "integration" of the two grain industry organizations. A working group, made up of directors from both boards, has been formed to examine how the two entities could work more closely together. The mandate of this... Read More
What a week! To put the bow on a busy week in the ag world, here's the lineup for Friday's show, with host Shaun Haney: Federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau discusses the passage of Bill C-49, the need for investment in transportation infrastructure, and Shaun even sneaks in a question about Canada's plans for ratifying... Read More
There's been plenty of buzz this week among farm groups and the grain industry about the long-awaited passage of Bill C-49 — the federal government's transportation legislation that covers everything from airline ownership rules to what grain companies can put in contracts with railways. Farm group leaders and representatives from the grain industry joined federal... Read More
When should you consider switching corn and plant a shorter-season hybrid? That's a question many growers in some southwestern regions of Ontario are wrestling with as the calendar pushes ever closer to June. Spring weather conditions in many areas of the province have been good and planting is proceeding at a strong pace. However, heavy... Read More
We've hit the half-way mark of this next-to-last week of May and the weather has improved slightly in a few areas of the Prairies, as tinder-dry areas such as Brandon, MB, and Regina, SK, got some much needed rain. In today's episode of RealAg Radio, host Shaun Haney is joined by Patti Miller, chief commissioner... Read More