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
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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
It's Agribition week in Regina, and Shaun Haney is there to take in all there is to see (and smell!). He managed to eek out enough time to catch up with Anne Wasko, of Gateway Livestock Exchange, for another edition of the Beef Market Update. Wasko starts with the recent USDA cattle on feed report... Read More
This past week it was reported by the Globe and Mail and others that CNN had uncovered a very secret internal memo from the Donald Trump transition team. The memo disclosed that a suggested tactic in the NAFTA renegotiation would be to reinstate Country of Origin Labelling (COOL). Don't Miss: Shaun on RFD-TV this week... Read More
Will drones or satellites be the way for precision agriculture in the future? Right now it looks like both have a place but debate exists whether that be the case in the future. Planet plans to have a say in how satellites could become the dominant player in imagery for farmers around the world. At... Read More
This week on RealAg Radio, Shaun and Kelvin debated whether farmers were benefitting from the spat between the railways and the Western Grain Elevators Association, and more specifically executive director Wade Sobokowich. See More: Railways Offering “Pretty Good” Performance, Amid PR Effort and Finger-Pointing What do you think? Is this finger pointing by the railways... Read More
It's Friday already, and we have a lot to discuss on today's show. John Masswohl of the Canadian Cattlemen's Association joins Shaun and Kelvin to discuss the odds of whether mandatory country-of-origin labeling (COOL) could actually be revived if Trump re-opens NAFTA, as has been reported elsewhere. Wade Sobkowich of the Western Grain Elevator Association... Read More