On Friday's show, with host Shaun Haney: Top ag news, including latest on U.S. trade aid, wildfires in B.C., response to Maxime Bernier's departure from the Conservative Party, NAFTA, CPTPP and more Product spotlight: Jason Lindgren of Nufarm on post-harvest weed control Kelsey Johnson of iPolitics from the Conservative Party convention in Halifax Anne Wasko... Read More
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Thursday's edition of RealAg Radio, with host Shaun Haney: Top ag news — Ag Minister Lawrence MacAulay going on tour again, increasing number of glyphosate lawsuits, how depreciation of the Turkish lira is impacting the lentil market, NAFTA news and more. Product spotlight: Tim Darragh of Bayer CropScience on the planned introduction of TruFlex canola... Read More
On Wednesday's show, with host Shaun Haney: Top ag news, with Kelvin Heppner, including new packaging for animal crackers (seriously), possible progress on NAFTA negotiations, and reported details about tariff war compensation for U.S. soybean growers. Rocky Talk — Chad Moskal of Rocky Mountain Equipment on combine optimization and how the settings are important not... Read More
On Tuesday's show, with host Shaun Haney: similarities between farm succession planning and trade talks — both require clarity for progress top ag news with Kelvin Heppner, including a NAFTA update, Outback Guidance sale, grain elevator fire in Crystal City, and more Conservative associate shadow ag minister John Barlow on whether supply management will come... Read More
On Monday's show, with host Shaun Haney: Crystal MacKay of the Canadian Centre for Food Integrity joins Shaun to discuss the role farmers play in building public trust in agriculture in light of recent events in the news and on social media Trish Meyers of Federated Co-op, based in Saskatoon, on variable crop conditions and... Read More
On Friday's edition of RealAg Radio: Shaun Haney and Kelvin Heppner discuss the latest ag news, including President Trump's comments on NAFTA and ag commodity prices, Deere's earnings, and a report that U.S. seed companies Stine and Beck's are asking the EPA to restrict dicamba use. JP Gervais, chief economist with Farm Credit Canada, discusses... Read More
On Thursday's show, with host Shaun Haney: Top ag news, including details on Health Canada's proposal to ban two more neonics and the impact, the wall coming down between Bayer and Monsanto, new research looking at benefits of 4R nutrient practices, awards handed out at the Canadian Beef Industry Conference, and more. Product spotlight —... Read More
On Wednesday's show, with host Kelvin Heppner: Ontario field editor Lyndsey Smith joins Kelvin to discuss today's news, including Health Canada's proposed decision to ban two of the main neonicotinoid insecticides used in Canadian agriculture, as well as the latest on court rulings around glyphosate Jim Wood, chief sales and operating officer with Rocky Mountain... Read More
On Tuesday's show, with Shaun Haney and Kelvin Heppner: Top ag news, including welcome news for the hemp industry, new export data, and the possibility of a supply management resolution at Conservative Party's upcoming annual convention Roger McEowen, Kansas Farm Bureau Professor of Agricultural Law and Taxation at Washburn University School of Law, discusses the... Read More
On Monday's edition of RealAg Radio, with host Shaun Haney: Today's ag news, with Kelvin Heppner — a California jury has awarded $289 million in damages to a man who alleges Roundup herbicide caused his cancer Marijke Van Andel of Syngenta on the importance of final plant stand counts in soybeans Deb Campbell of Agronomy... Read More