With federal and provincial governments rolling out carbon taxes or cap and trade programs, organizations representing farmers have been forced to choose a strategy they believe will result in the best outcome for their members. Some, such as the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association, are digging in their heels and fighting any carbon tax head-on,... Read More
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It's Agronomy Monday on RealAg Radio today, as we hear from a number of speakers from the SouthWest Ag Conference held earlier this month at the University of Guelph's Ridgetown campus. Shaun and Kelvin kick off the show catching up on Trump officially beginning the United States' withdrawal from the TPP and the Liberals cabinet... Read More
If farmers are going to pay a tax on carbon emissions, they should also receive credit for the carbon their farms remove from the atmosphere. Many in the farm community are trying to make that case, as the federal and provincial governments roll out pricing systems that appear to lean on the cost side of... Read More
Tough to say and even harder to control, aphanomyces has the potential to significantly reduce pea and lentil yields, and can stick around in the soil for an extremely long time. It's recommended that farmers not plant pea or lentil for five to six years if aphanomyces has been confirmed in a field, but that's... Read More
The announcement last week of a $400 million pea processing plant in central Manitoba caught many in the farm community by surprise. "Peas? Don't you mean soybeans?" was the most common response. By far. With another 20-plus percent increase in soybean acres expected, there will likely be north of two million acres grown on the... Read More
If you're unfamiliar with chicken tractors, prepare to be blown away by the fact that there is now an autonomous version of this pasture-chicken-raising kit. That's just one of the many super neat innovations that rolled out at Ag Days in Brandon, Man., this week, and that discussion is how we kick off this January... Read More
Despite the protectionist rhetoric coming from President Trump, the trade critic for the federal Conservatives sounds hopeful — even optimistic — about Canada's trading relationship with the United States. "It's fine to say you want to put America first. It's fine to say you want to create jobs at home, but at the end of... Read More
We've finally got an American Secretary of Agriculture named, Manitoba gets a pea processing facility, and Wheat Pete talks corn stalks, corn husks, and manure spreading on snow no-nos — and that's just a part of what you'll hear on this January 19th edition of RealAg Radio. Co-host Shaun Haney is joined by Ontario field... Read More
Today's show includes the latest news on Bayer-Monsanto, Case's agronomic trends for 2017, as well as conversations about the future of the oat market in Chicago, the fascinating way in which crops and weeds communicate, and how the ag community can more effectively communicate the complicated science of growing food and fuel and everything else... Read More
The chairman and CEO for French food ingredient company Roquette were in Winnipeg on Wednesday to announce plans for a $400 million pea processing plant to be built near Portage la Prairie, Man. Coinciding with Global Pulse Day, Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister and Agriculture Minister Ralph Eichler hosted the announcement at the Manitoba Legislative Building.... Read More