We all have our favourite months of the year. For some people, it's December due to Christmas, or it could be April, because the cropping season begins, but right now the most critical month for cattle producers is March. It seems that many cattle analysts believe March may end up being a bit more bearish... Read More
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The CEO of one of Canada's largest grain companies is "very optimistic" a timely resolution will be reached to maintain Canadian pulse crop shipments to India. A looming change to India's phytosanitary policy for pulse imports effective April 1 has left sales to Canada's largest pulse export market in limbo over the last few weeks.... Read More
We're on-location from the London Farm Show, the Pride Seeds booth specifically, for today's edition of RealAg Radio. Bern Tobin joins Shaun to co-host and discuss what's happening in the news. From there, we're joined by Doug Alderman of Pride Seeds, and a hilarious and informative agronomist panel consisting of Peter Johnson, Aaron Stevanus, and... Read More
Activist attention coinciding with the launch of Canadian Agriculture Literacy Month has served as a "wake-up call" for Agriculture in the Classroom-Canada and its partners. Several anti-GMO activist organizations, including the Canadian Biotech Action Network, Kids Right to Know and the Council of Canadians, sent a letter to education ministers across the country asking them... Read More
Just as every farmer needs to move away from being "just a farmer" and recognize they are business owners and leaders, each individual within the farm business needs to own their true title — from operations manager, to human resource lead, and on to CEO. This probably holds the most true for the "farm wife."... Read More
Today's show comes to you from the Syngenta "Malt Masters" event in Olds, Alberta. Catch RealAg Radio every weekday afternoon at 3pm central on Rural Radio Channel 147 on SiriusXM! We'll be on-location from the London Farm Show for Thursday's broadcast.
Change is good. Change is the only constant. Be the change you want to see in the world. There's no shortage of sayings that reference change. Michael Barrett, president and CEO of Gay Lea Foods, prefers, though, to use imagery when discussing change and being ready for it. In his words, there are lines in... Read More
Peter Johnson is back from his agriculture mission in Zambia, and ready to rock and roll with this week's edition of Wheat Pete's Word. From how different organic matter additions can speed up or slow down residue breakdown, to why rotation matters so very much, to a talk on phosphorus as-applied vs. actual, Johnson gets... Read More
Today's show features Iris Meck, host of the Advancing Women in Ag Conference underway in Calgary; Michael Barrett, president and CEO of Gay Lea Foods; and Dan Thurmon, author of Off Balance On Purpose and one of the featured speakers on TechTour Live next week. Shaun and Kelvin also discuss the launch of consultations on... Read More
Record production and big supplies continue to weigh on grain markets, and yet, corn and soybean futures have remained relatively strong, and even trended higher, since fall. "There's definitely been a shift in the narrative, from an outside fund, speculative money perspective," explains Jon Driedger of FarmLink Marketing Solutions in this market conversation. Driedger joined... Read More