Whether producing award-winning newscasts or producing Canada's largest livestock show, the process behind the scenes is similar, says the new CEO of Canadian Western Agribition. Chris Lane joined Agribition in July after working as a senior news producer for CBC in Saskatchewan, Alberta and the Maritimes. "It's really about people," he explains, as we chatted... Read More
Category: Podcasts
Next year marks Canada's 150th birthday, and you can bet there will be some phenomenal events held in conjunction with the occasion. For the agriculture industry, 4-H Canada is planning a summit of global proportions. In this interview filmed at October's Advancing Women Conference, Shaun Haney sits down with Jen Christie (@savvyfarmgirl), newly-minted chair of... Read More
Glen Murray's apology to Ontario farmers, what it takes to be a successful purebred beef breeder, could canola fundamentals support a further rally — it's all covered in Wednesday's edition of RealAg Radio. Shaun and Kelvin co-host the show from Agribition in Regina, while Lyndsey and Bern join from Ontario to discuss the environment minister's... Read More
Glen Murray is not the favourite son of Ontario’s farming industry. The Ontario Minister of Environment and Climate Change (MOECC) has made few friends in the Ontario farm sector with his push to restrict use of neonicotinoid seed treatments, dismiss sound science, and impose the will of his urban-dominated government on the province's farmers. That’s... Read More
It's Wednesday! And that means it's time for resident agronomist Peter Johnson's latest Word. While there's not much growing out there this time of year except line ups at the corn dryer, there's always something to talk about. In this week's Wheat Pete's Word, the Wildman talks corn trials (with some smart cautions), insecticide seed... Read More
Farmers and ranchers have always been interested in technology, especially if it enhances profitability. The rate of change of products and services coming to market is extremely fast. Silicon Valley and traditional agriculture businesses such as John Deere and Bayer are all trying to establish their footholds in the future of digital farming. At the... Read More
Before getting to the latest at Canada's largest livestock show, Shaun and Kelvin try to figure out Glen Murray shocking apology to Ontario farmers over the province's neonic rules at the Ontario Federation of Agriculture AGM this morning. Agribition's new CEO Chris Lane joins the show to introduce himself and why he's excited about his... Read More
People who watched Wendel Clark during his hockey career remember him best as the heart and soul of the Toronto Maple Leafs. In our latest RealAg BookClub podcast co-hosts Bernard Tobin and Kelvin Heppner talk hockey and farming with Clark, and learn how his agricultural roots helped make him the competitive, tough, resilient leader that... Read More
Are you good at networking? Or are you more likely to wonder why, as a farmer or rancher, you even need to? Perhaps you think networking is for salespeople, lawyers, and business big-wigs. According to our interview with Marie-Helene Budworth networking is for anyone engaged in business, and you're probably much better at it than... Read More
It's day 1 of Canada's largest livestock show, and Shaun and Kelvin are on location at Agribition in Regina for today's program. Guests include Anne Wasko with the latest on beef markets and Friday's Cattle on Feed Report, John Masswohl on the future of TPP, and hockey legend, Saskatchewan farmboy Wendel Clark. Tune in each... Read More