When Shaun Haney and Kelvin Heppner are super busy with TechTourLive in Saskatoon, they turn the show over to Lyndsey Smith for a surprisingly light-on-sheep news RealAg Radio episode recorded at the Ottawa Valley Farm Show. On the show today: Some Ag News — Lyndsey wouldn't call it the "top" stories, but she did try... Read More
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There's energy in Brandon, MB for Day 1 of #TechTourLIVE. Co-hosts Shaun Haney and Kelvin Heppner take some time away from the excitement to cover: Soil moisture on the prairies. Top Ag News. Dear Doug Ford — RealAgriculture's Lyndsey Smith joins the show to discuss her open letter to the new leader of the Ontario... Read More
It's the fourth annual TechTour LIVE tour this week, kicking off tomorrow in Brandon, MB. Today on the show: Neighbourhood nutrient management plans, with Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs field crop sustainability specialist Christine Brown. Agronomic Panel - Resident agronomist Peter Johnson and Pride Seeds' Aaron Stevanus join Shaun to talk international... Read More
Host Shaun Haney is joined by RealAgriculture's Bernard Tobin for the intro of today's show. Then: Variable rate seeding and fertility scripting with Jenna MacDougall, Climate FieldView. Issues Panel - Grain Perspectives' Matthew Pot and Bernard Tobin join Shaun to talk about the USDA's most recent report; beans versus corn; slow-playing trade talks; the hurting... Read More
Host Shaun Haney starts off the show discussing Amazon considering branching out...into a bank. Could the company also move into ag input retailing? Then: Top Ag News Getting your soybeans off to a great start, with NuFarm. Seed Synergy — an overview of three proposals, plus value capture and variety registration, with Dan Wright, president... Read More
Shaun Haney is back in the host chair, this time from Ontario's London Farm Show. On today's show: Syngenta's Marijke Van Andel talks herbicide resistance; Issues Panel - Matthew Pot of Grain Perspectives and Peter Gredig of PNG Farms and AgNition join Shaun to talk: weather (you gotta); the Bank of Canada's statement; technology trends... Read More
Kelvin Heppner is digging out from Manitoba's much-desired blanket of snow today. But not without taking a break to sit in the host chair. Today's episode of the show covers: Top Ag News; Spring nitrogen planning with Rigas Karamanos, senior agronomist with Koch Agronomic Services; Trade deficits and the North American Free Trade Agreement with... Read More
Host Shaun Haney is broadcasting from Las Vegas for today's episode of the show, covering: Grain-by-rail - “It’s a crisis right now. The levels are astronomically bad. Farmers are banding together and we’re trying to get something done..." Daryl Fransoo, director for the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association, and Jeff Nielsen, president of Grain Growers... Read More
Today's show comes to us all the way from the Farmer's Edge booth at Commodity Classic in Anaheim, CA, where host Shaun Haney is "escaping Canadian weather." Shaun starts off the show posing the question: "what do we expect from agricultural leadership?" What do you think? Should politicians who tote an ag portfolio represent the... Read More
Commodity Classic continues in Anaheim, California, with Shaun Haney hosting today's show on-location. Kelvin Heppner is also in the States in this week, in Washington, DC, for the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Convention, where he sits down with Grain Growers of Canada president Jeff Nielsen to discuss the federal budget and what's in it, or... Read More