Thursday's edition of RealAg Radio, hosted by Shaun Haney — highlights: Red Sox allegedly using technology (an Apple watch) to cheat (steal and communicate the catcher's signs) — Does this happen in agriculture? Is this any different than companies spying on each other with drones? Haney says he's heard of seed companies planting dummy plots... Read More
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On this Wednesday edition of the podcast, you'll hear: Top ag news stories: an update on the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), Bank of Canada raises interest rates for the second time in the same number of months, Liberals not planning to back down on small business tax proposal, ranchers affected by BC's forest... Read More
Since we missed 'Agronomy Monday' due to the Labour Day weekend, welcome to 'Agronomy Tuesday,' with co-hosts Shaun Haney and Kelvin Heppner. On today's podcast: Peter Johnson, RealAg agronomist, discusses impact of late rains on soybean and corn yield potential, as well as fall weed control and potash rec's for winter wheat; Ryan Rubischko, dicamba... Read More
Friday's show hosted by Shaun Haney and Kelvin Heppner, back from Farm Progress Show — featuring: RealAg Roundtable with Shaun, Kelvin, and Bernard Tobin Recap of StatsCan report; Discussion about Gerry Ritz's legacy, as the former ag minister retires from federal politics; Will Ritz's successor Lawrence MacAulay stand up to his Liberal colleagues on proposed... Read More
It's already Thursday, and in this episode of RealAg Radio, Shaun Haney covers: U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue was pressed at Farm Progress Show in Illinois yesterday on the conflicting messages surrounding NAFTA negotiation. StatsCan production report released this morning. DLN Agventures' Dwight Nichol joins Haney to talk about the numbers. The two talk durum... Read More
Shaun Haney is sitting in the host chair for this Wednesday edition of RealAg Radio, with these highlights: Economist and consultant Matthew Pot joins the show to discuss the impact of the 'thoughtful' North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) discussions on the Canadian dollar. Top agriculture news stories of the day: tax reform and 'income... Read More
Tuesday's edition of RealAg Radio, hosted by Shaun Haney — highlights: We're continuing to see backdraft out of President Trump's administration on the North American Free Trade Agreement. Both Canada and Mexico appear to be committed to the actual negotiations, avoiding social media drama. Alanna Koch, SK's deputy minister to the premier, has decided to... Read More
Agronomic Monday edition of RealAg Radio, hosted by Shaun Haney — highlights: The Money Fight - Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Conor McGregor; Peter Johnson joins Kelvin to discuss winter wheat/barley harvest, heat accumulation (or lack thereof), reported ground frosts, and worries of drought in Ontario; Tom Wolf and Jason Deveau talk about their Sprayer Myths... Read More
It's Friday, and we all love Friday - so it's bound to be a good show! Today's show hosted by Shaun Haney highlights: Anne Wasko joins us to talk about these cattle markets... she was at the Canadian Beef Industry Conference last week, and has had a whole week of reading the reports and analysis,... Read More
Thursday's edition of RealAg Radio — highlights: Clubroot hits the peace region of Alberta due to tight canola rotations ; Farmer Rapid Fire - we've got farmers from New Brunswick, Ontario, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan. There's a bit of a theme developing.. listen to find out what that is ; Some audio from the John Gormley... Read More