The tone surrounding the negotiations to update NAFTA has taken a gloomy turn, especially for agriculture, with a growing consensus that there's a real chance President Trump will try to follow through on his repeated threats to pull the U.S. out of NAFTA. Even Prime Minister Trudeau, after meeting with Trump on Wednesday, sounded like... Read More
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Intro craziest places to record RealAg Radio from, Shaun Haney co-hosts with Kelvin Heppner from a Starbucks in New Orleans. In this episode: Top Ag News - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau corrects Canadian Revenue Agency on employee discounts, updates on North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the Trudeau/Trump relationship; Manitoba receives legal advice on... Read More
What does the show ring at the World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wisconsin and Liberal tax proposals have in common? Depending on the day and the country, you'll find 22-year-old Dennis Catt in the middle of both. Last week, Catt and his Ontario 4-H judging teammates eyeballed udders and contemplated cow confirmation as they competed... Read More
Last week TransCanada Corp announced its withdrawal from the 1.1 million barrel per day Energy East pipeline project in Canada. The cancellation of this $15.7 billion project has created much unrest or satisfaction depending where you live in Canada. The pipeline's concept was to take oil east for domestic use and exports abroad. The pipeline... Read More
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
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