Unfortunately cash dropped again this week which is making things frustrating for cattle feeders. In the last three months the December live cattle future is down 7.22% and is 10.52% off of the highs. Cash dropped another three dollars this week after losing five dollars the week before. On Friday, the the December contract closed... Read More
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It's Friday, and we all love Friday - so it's bound to be a good show! Today's show hosted by Shaun Haney highlights: Anne Wasko joins us to talk about these cattle markets... she was at the Canadian Beef Industry Conference last week, and has had a whole week of reading the reports and analysis,... Read More
As many ranchers know - what we feed our cattle is in direct relation to what sort of performance they achieve. Within the last few years producers have found that soybean meal is a great option for cows, as it provides the proper nutrients they require. However, if you're a canola grower, you may find... Read More
Even though NAFTA negotiations are underway, TPP is still vitally important if Canada and the US want to expand exports. President Trump removed the United States from TPP shortly after his inaugaration, which has caused some of the remaining eleven TPP countries to do some soul searching. Canada has been searching for its own identity... Read More
Thursday's edition of RealAg Radio — highlights: Clubroot hits the peace region of Alberta due to tight canola rotations ; Farmer Rapid Fire - we've got farmers from New Brunswick, Ontario, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan. There's a bit of a theme developing.. listen to find out what that is ; Some audio from the John Gormley... Read More
Quality in...Quality out What you feed an animal it is important to achieve the maximum performance of that animal in the feedyard. everyone chases performance. There are many feed input options from oats to triticale to rye to DDG's to corn. According to Dr. Darryl Gibb of Gowans Feed Consulting "You push for performance and... Read More
It's the time of year when many producers are thinking about swathing, or looking forward to desiccating and straight cutting their canola crop. Two of the more common options for dry downs on your crop are glyphosate, a slower process but great for cleaning up fields; and diquat, the active ingredient in most registered desiccants.... Read More
White mould is showing up in soybean fields across Ontario, especially in areas that have consistently seen wet weather and moderate temperatures throughout the summer. In this episode of RealAgriculture Soybean School, OMAFRA plant pathologist Albert Tenuta explains that the fungicide timing for optimal control of white mould is as flowers emerge at the R1... Read More
Ag Canada has updated its supply and demand tables for major field crops and there were adjustments that are gaining attention. One of the major adjustments was the canola feed, waste and dockage for canola reported to be (-727,000mt). So what does this negative number actually mean for the canola market? According to John Deputter,... Read More
Wheat! Yeeehaaaw! RealAg Agronomist Peter Johnson is so happy to be talking about his favourite crop in this weeks episode of Wheat Pete's Word. He talks about the excellent yields he's been hearing, along with some good stories with it. Johnson brings up some good thoughts about planting management as we are coming up to... Read More