Property tax bills are catching up with rising farmland values across much of Canada, as Shaun and Kelvin discuss on today's edition of RealAg Radio. It's day two of the Bayer Agronomy Summit in Banff — Al Driver, Bayer Canada's president and CEO, joins Shaun to chat about the impact the company's proposed acquisition of... Read More
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With the domino effect of agri-business mergers, farmers are wondering what a new version of the combined companies look like. With canola being a smaller crop globally, Bayer's acquisition of Monsanto will likely not get much attention from the U.S. Department of Justice, but it could be of interest to the Canadian Competition Bureau. Canadian... Read More
Why is it that, on the same farm, you'll see super great, brand-new canola varieties growing right next to old wheat genetics? In this episode of the Growing Series podcast, Janel Delage, Saskatchewan-based agronomist with Cargill, joins RealAgriculture's Shaun Haney to talk about the benefits and attributes of new wheat genetics. Specifically, new genetics have... Read More
It's time for another RealAg Roundtable on today's show, as Lyndsey and Bern join Kelvin to chat about harvest results, Canadians' being concerned about their ability to pay for food, and whether a Trump-like candidate could be elected in Canada, among other things. Co-hosts Shaun and Kelvin also discuss the anti-rural sentiments being shared on... Read More
Manitoba farmers are pushing the province's new government to make changes to its property tax system after taxes owed on farmland climbed dramatically this year. Depending on the municipality and school division, property taxes rose between $2 and $29 per acre year-over-year, explains Dan Mazier, president of Keystone Agricultural Producers, in the interview below. There... Read More
It's the last day of Agri-Trade in Red Deer, as Shaun Haney is on location for today's edition of RealAg Radio. After discussing the latest equipment sales numbers and the government's $350 million dairy compensation commitment, Shaun and Kelvin chat with Brennan Turner of FarmLead about the wild week in the markets. Dave Hansen and... Read More
Grains this week took a rollercoaster ride as volatility was the name of the game, between the U.S. election, the U.S.D.A.’s November W.A.S.D.E. report, and some better Harvest 2016 weather. Trading ranges maxed out this week as things see-sawed from Tuesday night through Friday morning. Soybeans ended up down 0.3% from last Friday, oats lost... Read More
The Canadian government has committed $350 million to help soften the impact of the Canada-EU trade deal on the dairy sector, as co-hosts Shaun Haney and Kelvin discuss in today's top news discussion. Markets have rallied since plummeting on election night on Tuesday, Ron Bonnett joins Lyndsey Smith to chat about the state of Canada's... Read More
With a Trump presidency come many questions and really few answers on what is next. During the campaign many promises were made with little clear understanding of which ones will be followed through on. I chatted with Farm Journal's John Phipps the morning after the surprise election result. First off, Trump promised a collapse of... Read More
Donald Trump is going to be the president of the United States. What does this mean for agriculture, especially in Canada? Will NAFTA be thrown out? There are plenty of questions to be answered. We have a solid slate of experts and commentators on Wednesday's show, including Chris Clayton of DTN, farmer and Farm Journal... Read More