It almost sounds too good to be true, with farmers often feeling the general public is uninformed and uninterested in agriculture, but urban media outlets are realizing stories about farming and food resonate with their audiences. Whether it's the 'wow' factor, interesting personal stories, great visuals, or top-of-mind topics related to our own health or... Read More
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It's another Agronomy Monday on RealAg Radio! Shaun and Kelvin are back from Commodity Classic in San Antonio, and on to the Advancing Women in Ag Conference in Calgary... Today's show includes the latest on DuPont Pioneer's plans for crops developed using CRISPR gene editing technology, the impact of planter downforce on corn emergence, winter... Read More
"Big data" is a term that gets thrown around very regularly. In agriculture there are currently many players in the big data space, but few are making in-roads across the world. At Commodity Classic in San Antonio, Farmers Edge made a major move ahead of the competition by releasing the new Farm Command platform, which... Read More
Shaun and Kelvin are down in San Antonio, Texas for the annual Commodity Classic convention. In front of a live audience in the Farmers Edge booth, today's show includes discussion about canola's economic contribution and the Ont. government's plan to reduce hydroelectricity rates. Farmers Edge CEO Wade Barnes joins to discuss the launch of the... Read More
Growing farmer interest in planting canola with a planter rather than seeding it with a traditional air drill was evident at Ag Days 2017 in Brandon. The expansion of soybean and corn acres in Western Canada and the Northern Plains is a primary driver, making it easier for canola growers to justify purchasing a planter,... Read More
It's day 2 of Ag Expo in Lethbridge, and Shaun's on location from the Haney Farms booth for today's show. Guests include Sandra Smith from Haney Farms, Graeme Finn of Union Forage and panel on the merits of using a stripper header with southern Alberta farmers Kevin Serfas and Ryan Mercer. RealAg Radio will be... Read More
Oxford dictionary defines "post-truth" as "relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief." We're seeing this term thrown around by the media in the context of recent politics, but these "post-truth" conditions are really nothing new for agriculture. "This has... Read More
Malt barley has become a specialty crop over the years, grown by farmers who specialize in consistently 'making malt'. Scott Keller of New Norway, Alta., and Wade McAllister of Innisfail, Alta. are two of those farmers. After participating in a malt barley panel discussion at FarmTech '17, they dropped by to discuss their not-so-secret formula... Read More
Western Canadian farmers are being asked to participate in a survey analyzing the adoption of precision agriculture tools, as well as the barriers to adoption and innovation, on the prairies. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada has commissioned Lethbridge-area precision agronomist Dale Steele to lead the study. As he explains in the video below, the results will... Read More
Shaun hosts today's show from the Bayer CropScience booth at Ag Expo in Lethbridge, discussing new weed control options for 2017, grain markets, the 120-year history of Ag Expo and more. Thursday's show will be from Ag Expo, and on Friday we're headed down to Commodity Classic in San Antonio. Join RealAg Radio every weekday... Read More