The Minneapolis Grain Exchange shattered its daily trade volume record on Tuesday, as traders responded to dry conditions and lower-than-expected crop ratings for U.S. spring wheat. MGEX reported 33,453 contracts traded on Tuesday — a 23 percent increase over its previous record of just over 27,000 in a day. The September spring wheat futures contract... Read More
Category: Podcasts
From cold and wet, transitioning into too hot and dry, all in just one week in Ontario. How is that possible? RealAg agronomist Peter Johnson is just as baffled when it comes to the weather, as he discusses on this week's Word. Peter covers the latest in wheat, soybeans, corn, edible beans, forage management, and... Read More
The Ontario Liberal government’s plan to raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2019 is drawing fire from the Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers’ Association (OFVGA). In late May, the provincial government announced intentions to increase the minimum wage from the current $11.40 per hour rate. That’s a significant blow for an industry... Read More
Tuesday's radio podcast, cohosted by Kelvin Heppner and Bern Tobin. Highlights: Ag in the Classroom Canada's Johanne Ross discusses $568,000 federal funding announcement and how it will be used; Canadian Ag Hall of Fame inductees for 2017 announced; Mark Lynas, former anti-GMO activist, on public attitudes toward GMOs and the new film in which he's... Read More
A "biopesticide" is defined as a living organism that's capable of controlling a pest, including weeds. Dr. Susan Boyetchko, research scientist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in Saskatoon, specializes in biopesticide technology, and she's been working on a program to develop bio-based tools for controlling grassy weeds, such as wild oats and green foxtail. As…Read More
The Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame has announced an all-female slate of inductees for 2017. Robynne Anderson, Patty Jones and Jean Szkotnicki will be formally inducted at a ceremony in Calgary on November 30th, 2017. Out of more than 210 individuals inducted since the Hall was formed in 1960, only five are women, notes Herb... Read More
It's Monday and that means we have an agronomy theme on today's show, hosted by Kelvin Heppner (Shaun Haney is away this week): Rick Bergmann, chair of the Canadian Pork Council, on the discussions surrounding trade and NAFTA negotiation at the World Pork Expo in Des Moines, as well as the PED outbreak in his... Read More
This article was updated June 13 with comments and an interview with Johanne Ross, executive director of Ag in the Classroom Canada. The federal government is contributing more than half a million dollars to Agriculture in the Classroom Canada to bring lessons about the agriculture and the career opportunities in the sector into schools. Agriculture... Read More
Less than ideal conditions have slowed down canola development and left the crop vulnerable to tiny 2.5 millimetre beetles in some areas this spring. Flea beetles are the number one pest in canola on the Western Canadian Prairies. In this Canola School episode, we talk with Tyler Wist, entomologist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in…Read More
Friday's RealAg Radio podcast, co-hosted by Shaun Haney and Kelvin Heppner, featuring: Mark Gold of Top Third Ag Marketing on today's USDA WASDE report; a market panel with Dwight Nichol of DLN AgVentures and Brian Voth of IntelliFarm Inc on the USDA numbers, drought concerns, tight canola supplies, and their market sleeper picks. Canadian dairy... Read More