In this episode of The Word, host Peter Johnson takes us through "unbelievable yield reports", push back on his IP vs RR soybeans conversation, cover crop management, and some specific questions on triticale and wheat. Have a question you’d like Johnson to address? Or some yield results to send in? Leave him a message at... Read More
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Co-hosts Kelvin Heppner and Shaun Haney start off the show with one of the strangest dairy commercials ever created. Then: Top Ag News - Farmer's Edge partners with Planet Labs, an update on North American Free Trade Agreement negotiations, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food in Europe, federal government announces super-clusters, Manitoba Crop Report, India reported... Read More
From Prince Rupert down to Vancouver's Fraser River ports, grain companies are investing hundreds of millions of dollars in infrastructure for loading grain onto ships destined for overseas markets. Just a few weeks ago, Raymont Logistics opened the only unit train stuffing facility on Canada's west coast at Prince Rupert. In Vancouver, on the north... Read More
Farmers Edge has announced an exclusive arrangement with San Francisco-based aerospace and data company Planet to offer high-resolution, daily satellite imagery to farmers. With over 180 satellites orbiting Earth, Planet operates the world's largest fleet of earth imaging satellites. Described as a "multi-million dollar, multi-year global distribution agreement," Farmers Edge says it is now the... Read More
Co-hosts Shaun Haney and Kelvin Heppner are back for a post-Canadian-Thanksgiving show. After the typical sports- and food-related contemplations, this Agronomy Tuesday episode covers: Kelvin's Hot Picks sitting at 4 for 5. Top Ag News - an update of prairie crop quality and yields, Canadian hog prices, PEDv in Manitoba, a new multi-species slaughter facility... Read More
Gord Winkel's occupational history revolves largely around Alberta's oil sands, having managed operations for Imperial Oil/ExxonMobil and Syncrude Canada. And he's now bringing his experience in oil and gas workplace safety to the agriculture sector. Currently the University of Alberta's chair and Industrial Professor of Engineering Safety and Risk Management, Winkel is also the facilitator... Read More
When it comes to integrated disease management, experts have always considered corn a non-host for diseases like sudden death syndrome (SDS) in soybeans. But that perception is changing says OMAFRA field pathologist Albert Tenuta. In this episode of RealAgriculture Soybean School, Tenuta says there is growing evidence that corn residue can harbour or allow the... Read More
The first three rounds of the three city touring NAFTA talks have seen many handshakes, a few trials balloons and agreement on predictable texts. Round four will begin back in DC mid-week and is expected to have some more drama and rocky moments as predicted by Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland at the outset... Read More
While margins have been "okay" for most of 2017 thanks to lower feed costs, large milk supplies continue to weigh on U.S. dairy prices and the outlook for the dairy market. "We're so full in terms of capacity for processing, everybody's looking at where export markets are going to go and how that's going to... Read More
Co-hosts Shaun Haney and Kelvin Heppner are kicking off the best holiday of the year (according to Shaun), with a Friday edition of RealAg Radio. On today's episode: Bernard Tobin with an update from World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wisconsin. Top News Stories - Energy East, windmills and solar panels; harvest across the country; National... Read More