RealAgriculture's Shaun Haney starts the week off with a busy show: Could we soon be spraying crops with unmanned aerial vehicles? Transport Canada has granted its first certificate for spraying with a drone. ROGA Drone owner Don Campbell joins RealAgriculture's Kelvin Heppner to talk about their new Special Flight Operations Certificate. What, exactly, are the... Read More
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In today's episode of the show: Top Ag News Will the Bank of Canada's interest rate hikes impact the Canadian beef market? Gateway Livestock's Anne Wasko joins for the Beef Market Update. RealAgriculture's Kelvin Heppner, Think Shift's Jeff English and Ontario dairy farmer Andrew Campbell join for today's Issues Panel, discussing the North American Free... Read More
RealAgriculture's Shaun Haney and Kelvin Heppner start off the show with a brief discussion on Manitoba Ag Days, optimism, and the importance of quality service in machinery purchase decisions. Then: Top Ag News The truck and trailer market, advances in technology, and automation with Darin Bouchard, Maxim Truck and Trailers. Where does the Canadian economy... Read More
Host Shaun Haney is in Brandon for day two of Manitoba Ag Days. Today, on the show: Planning for planting — Pitura Seeds' Tom Greaves joins the show to discuss soybeans (are they still vogue?), canola (is it making a comeback in Manitoba?), wheat (why the interest?),oats (is this crop really one of the most... Read More
Host Shaun Haney is in the Farmer's Edge booth at Manitoba AgDays today. He starts off the show with a little talk on weather (it's still cold). Then: Kristen Phillips, general manager of Manitoba AgDays, stops by to talk about the show, its history and what people can expect this year. Richardson is withdrawing its... Read More
It's a jam-packed Agronomic Monday! Today on the show: Ken Currah, president of the Ontario Certified Crop Advisors (CCA) Association, talks about the growth in the program, the need for CCAs in the province, the 4R Certification and more. Hear the full conversation. Mapping field profitability — Clarence Swaton of the University of Guelph talks... Read More
On today's show: Top Ag News Panelists Corey Loessin (SaskPulse) and Doyle Wiebe (SaskCanola) join Shaun and Kelvin to discuss what got them involved in ag politics and how to get more people involved, as well as what's on the mind of growers now, trade issues, President Trump on NAFTA, and the mood for 2018.... Read More
Host Shaun Haney starts off the show asking what you do with your extra time. If we are creating efficiencies in farming and agriculture, is our additional time benefiting the business, or are we giving ourselves much-needed personal time too? When is the last time you went fishing, hiking, hunting, or just sat down to... Read More
Today's show is once again coming to us from Saskatoon, SK, where host Shaun Haney is on location for the Western Canadian Crop Production Show. On today's episode: Tim Gardner, Bayer, talks about some of the company's research into fungicides in cereal crops, with a focus on application timing, disease management during dry years, and... Read More
Today's radio show is coming to you from Saskatoon, SK, where host Shaun Haney is stationed at Western Canadian Crop Production Show for a few days. Today, on the show: Highlights from the show with Lori Cates, manager - agriculture at Prairieland Park. Jean Lundquist from NuFarm provides an update from Saskatoon, touches on market... Read More