Welcome to this Thursday Farmer Rapid Fire edition of RealAg Radio! Guest host Lyndsey Smith is joined by: Ethan Wallace of Seaforth, Ont., where it's hot and dry, he's making dry hay, and has a new shop/shed in the works; Kevin Buchner of Brownsville, Ont., where crops are looking good and he's trying to keep... Read More
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On this Wednesday edition of RealAg Radio, guest host Kelvin Heppner has a stellar line-up of guests. You'll hear from: Erin Gowriluk of Grain Growers of Canada, discussing the federal government's grain dryer program and the launch of consultations on the next ag policy framework; Barry Senft, new executive director and president of Seeds Canada,... Read More
Your regular RealAg Radio host is off for the week, so it's time for the second string to step up. Today's host is Lyndsey Smith, and tomorrow, you'll hear from Kelvin Heppner. On today's show, you'll hear: John Gavloski, provincial entomologist for Manitoba Agriculture and Resource Development, about National Insect Appreciation Day and how you... Read More
Welcome to another Agronomic Monday here on RealAg Radio. On today's show you'll hear: Peter "Wheat Pete" Johnson talks about fungicide timing in the east, water quality, and more; A Climate FieldView product spotlight with Chapin Bell; and, Ryan Benjamins of Benjamins Agronomy Services, talks about soybean establishment and plant stand evaluations. Thoughts on something... Read More
Welcome to this Friday edition of RealAg Radio. We've got an issues panel for you today, featuring RealAg's Kelvin Heppner and Lyndsey Smith as well as Toban Dyck, Manitoba farmer and columnist for the National Post. They'll be talking about: New ag policy framework; The cyber attack on JBS; Water woes; and, Scorching weather. Thoughts... Read More
Welcome to this Thursday, Farmer Rapid Fire edition of RealAg Radio! On today's show you'll hear from: Terry Philips of New Liskeard, Ont., who farms an hour south of the 49th parallel, and is dealing with huge re-plant numbers; Drew Spoelstra of Binbrook, Ont., where the fields are pretty dry but most of the crops... Read More
Welcome to the mid-week edition of RealAg Radio, thanks for tuning in! On today's show you'll hear: Greg Henderson, editor of Drovers, on the poorly-timed situation of JBS being cyber-attacked and the outcomes; Rick White, president and CEO of the Canadian Canola Growers Association, talks about the upcoming UN Food Systems Summit; Barry Friesen, executive... Read More
Thanks for tuning into this Tuesday edition of RealAg Radio! On today's show you'll hear: Jon Driedger of LeftField Commodity Research, with some insight on the volatility in the markets right now; Jimmi-Lee Jackson of Bayer CropScience Canada, with a product spotlight on the fungicide Proline GOLD; Kim Gerenscer of MNP, on just how critical... Read More
Welcome to this Agronomic Monday edition of RealAg Radio! Thanks for stopping by. On today's show, you'll hear from: Hector Carcamo, research scientist at AAFC Lethbridge, on some interesting flea beetle research results; Paul Sullivan of Sullivan Agro has tips for good crop scouting in corn; Haley Catton, crop entomologist at AAFC, Lethbridge, is here... Read More
Thanks for tuning into RealAg Radio! On today's show, you'll hear: Anne Wasko of the Gateway Livestock Exchange, with a Beef Market Update; A RealAg Issues Panel featuring Kelvin Heppner of RealAgriculture, and Andrew Campbell, dairy farmer and co-founder of utensil.com. The duo discusses: The dairy dispute with the U.S. and other trade irritants; The... Read More