Health Canada's plans to phase out use of a specific neonic insecticide, the EPA has raised its ethanol mandate in the U.S., people from more than 70 countries are looking for beef genetics to take home from Agribition...there's plenty to cover on this Friday edition of RealAg Radio. Guests include Blake MacMillan, chair of the... Read More
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President-elect Donald Trump says he plans to spend part of his first day in the Oval Office issuing a notification of intent to withdraw the U.S. from the "potential disaster" that is the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Trump has spoken in favour of bilateral deals, and possibly got a jump on one with Japan by meeting Prime... Read More
Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart reiterated the province's opposition to the federal government's carbon tax plan at Agribition this week. "It's going to impose huge costs on agriculture if it rolls out the way it's been heralded. It'll have the effect of making us uncompetitive in most of our markets because our competitors are not... Read More
Happy Thanksgiving to our American friends! On today's show, Shaun and Kelvin take us on a tour of the Agribition grounds, with conversations on how bovine TB is spread, what it takes to be named Agribition's auctioneer champion, growing demand for lamb, an update on the lentil market, an interesting conversation with two high school... Read More
In 1971, John Willmott was a cattle producer in southern Ontario and director for the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto when he was invited to judge cattle at a new event called Canadian Western Agribition in Regina. Fast forward 45 years, the 83-year-old Willmott has been involved in Agribition in some way every year... Read More
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
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