In the feedlot business, as elsewhere, necessity is the mother of innovation. So when Stronks Feedlot at Picture Butte, Alta., couldn't find software to fit its operation, they invented it. On this season of the TechTour, together with Dow AgroSciences, we're shining the spotlight on on-farm innovations and inventions that improve efficiency and productivity. Hampered... Read More
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After four consecutive years of record wheat production in the world, we've become accustomed to adjectives like "burdensome" and "massive" describing wheat supplies. However, it's looking like 2017 could break that trend, according to Mike Krueger of The Money Farm. "That pattern is starting to change," he says in the interview below, filmed at CropConnect... Read More
Shaun and Kelvin are back home (sort of, Shaun's not in Germany anymore, but at a ski lodge in Montana) for today's edition of RealAg Radio, as they discuss Ag Canada's new farm income forecast, canola crush margins, and Justin Trudeau's performance on the trade front in the last week. Guests include Drew Lerner of... Read More
Guten Tag! Today's show comes to you from Frankfurt, Germany, as Shaun is on a tour with a group of Canadian farmers visiting Bayer's head office and research facilities. The tour coincides with the 20th anniversary of Invigor canola. With Bayer in the process of acquiring Monsanto, and the deal potentially affecting the companies' canola... Read More
The Trans-Pacific Partnership is dead, and Canada needs to move on to 'plan B' for increasing market access into Asia, according to Glen Hodgson, senior fellow with the Conference Board of Canada. "The Japanese are trying to keep it alive, but it's effectively dead. I do think we should be developing a 'plan B' for... Read More
Around 1,600 people spent part of this week at the Victoria Inn Convention Centre in Winnipeg taking in the 2017 CropConnect Conference. Organized by eight provincial commodity organizations, co-chair Roberta Galbraith joined Kelvin for a wrap-up of the fourth-annual edition of CropConnect: CropConnect '17 notes: The idea of collaborating/working together/possibly even merging provincial commodity associations... Read More
When you look to purchase a new piece of seeding equipment what are your priorities? Is it size, colour, or what is the newest flashiest tech in the marketplace? Do you shop new and used or only one or the other? There are many things to consider. Kickin' Tires co-hosts Jim Hale and Shaun Haney... Read More
We're celebrating Canada's Ag Day today, as Kelvin and Bern co-host the show from the CropConnect conference in Winnipeg and the National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville. Today's topics include the latest in the ag equipment world from NFMS, an economic outlook with Glen Hodgson of the Conference Board of Canada, and coinciding with the... Read More
Federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay was in Winnipeg on Wednesday, visiting CropConnect with his Manitoba counterpart Ralph Eichler. MacAulay announced $675 thousand to support market development work through the Canadian Special crops Association and Cereals Canada. Both ministers also outlined $1.6 million in fed/prov funding for eight crop research projects at the conference (coming from... Read More
Wednesday's edition of RealAg Radio, from CropConnect in Winnipeg, featuring federal Ag Minister Lawrence MacAulay, Manitoba Ag Minister Ralph Eichler, ATB's Terry Andryo, Ontario farmer Andrew Campbell and veterinarian John Thaler. Catch RealAg Radio every weekday afternoon at 3pm central on Rural Radio 147 on Sirius XM!