It's time for another RealAg Roundtable on today's show, as Lyndsey and Bern join Kelvin to chat about harvest results, Canadians' being concerned about their ability to pay for food, and whether a Trump-like candidate could be elected in Canada, among other things. Co-hosts Shaun and Kelvin also discuss the anti-rural sentiments being shared on... Read More
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Manitoba farmers are pushing the province's new government to make changes to its property tax system after taxes owed on farmland climbed dramatically this year. Depending on the municipality and school division, property taxes rose between $2 and $29 per acre year-over-year, explains Dan Mazier, president of Keystone Agricultural Producers, in the interview below. There... Read More
It's the last day of Agri-Trade in Red Deer, as Shaun Haney is on location for today's edition of RealAg Radio. After discussing the latest equipment sales numbers and the government's $350 million dairy compensation commitment, Shaun and Kelvin chat with Brennan Turner of FarmLead about the wild week in the markets. Dave Hansen and... Read More
Grains this week took a rollercoaster ride as volatility was the name of the game, between the U.S. election, the U.S.D.A.’s November W.A.S.D.E. report, and some better Harvest 2016 weather. Trading ranges maxed out this week as things see-sawed from Tuesday night through Friday morning. Soybeans ended up down 0.3% from last Friday, oats lost... Read More
The Canadian government has committed $350 million to help soften the impact of the Canada-EU trade deal on the dairy sector, as co-hosts Shaun Haney and Kelvin discuss in today's top news discussion. Markets have rallied since plummeting on election night on Tuesday, Ron Bonnett joins Lyndsey Smith to chat about the state of Canada's... Read More
With a Trump presidency come many questions and really few answers on what is next. During the campaign many promises were made with little clear understanding of which ones will be followed through on. I chatted with Farm Journal's John Phipps the morning after the surprise election result. First off, Trump promised a collapse of... Read More
Donald Trump is going to be the president of the United States. What does this mean for agriculture, especially in Canada? Will NAFTA be thrown out? There are plenty of questions to be answered. We have a solid slate of experts and commentators on Wednesday's show, including Chris Clayton of DTN, farmer and Farm Journal... Read More
It turns out spring cereal yields in Ontario, on average, were better than expected, as RealAg Agronomist Peter Johnson highlights in this week's Word. From celebrating the 108 percent of average barley crop, to lamenting the lack of farmer-submitted fungicide plot results, to weird symptoms showing up in wheat, Peter covers a whole host of... Read More
Donald Trump has been clear about what he thinks of the North American Free Trade Agreement, calling it different versions of "the worst trade deal maybe ever signed anywhere" throughout his campaign. Now that he's the president-elect, Trump having the unilateral ability to pull the U.S. out of NAFTA on six months notice is a... Read More
The pollsters got it wrong, actually they got it very wrong. With amazing support from rural America, Donald Trump will be the next president of the United States. In the wee hours of the morning, Chris Clayton, Ag Policy Editor, DTN joined me to discuss why rural America shocked the world and whether Trump will... Read More