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
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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
The Canola Council of Canada has started its search for a new president, following the announcement of Patti Miller's upcoming departure. Canola Council president since 2012, Miller has been appointed chief commissioner of the Canadian Grain Commission, starting February 13. She sat down with us at CropSphere in Saskatoon last week to reflect on her... Read More
Manure no-no's, cleaning corn to reduce vomitoxin levels, and trying to rush nature — this week's Wheat Pete's Word is jam-packed with answers to your toughest questions! Peter Johnson kicks of the Word with a discussion on spreading dry vs. liquid manure on snow, and then gets specific on vomi reduction on corn (including why... Read More
Can it really be Ag Days in Brandon, MB without -40 temperatures? The 40th edition of the show kicked off this morning. Shaun and Kelvin discuss the latest news, as well as the rebound in cattle markets with Anne Wasko, Canada-US relations moving forward with Trump with Conservative trade critic and former ag minister Gerry... Read More
Agriculture is big business, but a small industry, if you think about the number of people involved. Within each sector, that number shrinks significantly, and, at times, trying to communicate the needs of one sector can be tough when you're few in number. The seed industry has faced that challenge for quite some time, and,... Read More
We're kicking off the Beef Market Update with likely the most positive-sounding Anne Wasko we've heard since last spring (it's not her fault, dem cattle markets, you guys). Kelvin Heppner steps in for Shaun Haney in this latest look at beef and cattle prices across Canada and into the U.S., and Wasko can't help but... Read More