Wednesday's radio podcast, with co-hosts Shaun Haney and Kelvin Heppner, includes: thanks to our listeners for sharing feedback! Some great points on the CPC leadership vote, vertical farming, and rural internet service (email shaney@realagriculture.com or kheppner@realagriculture.com, @realagriculture on Twitter). Federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay discusses the launch of consultations on a national food policy. A... Read More
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On Tuesday's radio podcast, co-hosts Shaun Haney and Kelvin Heppner discuss, among other things: Andrew Scheer's surprise win over Maxime Bernier in the Conservative Party leadership race, with Jeff English, the federal government launching consultations on a national food policy, new Canola Council of Canada president Jim Everson joins to discuss the future of canola... Read More
Monday's agronomy-themed Memorial Day show, hosted by Shaun Haney and Kelvin Heppner, includes: Colleen Smith of Agscape on getting more agriculture into classrooms, Kevin Zachuk of 20/20 Seed Labs on evaluating seed performance, Darcy Pawlik of Syngenta on hybrid wheat, and Aaron Daigh of NSDU on striptillage feasibility in the northern plains and prairies. Listen... Read More
Friday = roundtable day on the radio podcast, as cohosts Shaun Haney and Kelvin Heppner are joined by Bern Tobin in southern Ontario. Today's show includes: Condolences to Sens' fans. Internet speeds are evidently brutal in many rural areas. How can this be fixed? A look ahead to the Conservative leadership convention, with the winner... Read More
Thursday's radio podcast, co-hosted by Shaun Haney, Kelvin Heppner and Kara Oosterhuis (making her debut!), features: Wind! Soil's been moving 🙁 and crops/bins/trampolines damaged in Western Canada. Tom Wolf of Sprayers101 on dicamba drift, retrofitting sprayers and more as #spray17 gets rolling. Farmer Rapid Fire — our weekly update on what's happening in the field... Read More
On Wednesday's podcast, cohosted by Shaun Haney and Kelvin Heppner: Glencore says it has approached Bunge about a possible takeover. Would grain companies consolidate as we're seeing happen in the crop input business? Consultations on deferred cash tickets on grain sales have been extended by Ottawa. Ag Minister Lawrence MacAulay hosted his German counterpart at... Read More
Tuesday's radio podcast, hosted by Shaun Haney and Kelvin Heppner, features: What to make of the latest planting/seeding progress numbers from the USDA and Alberta Agriculture. Bank of Canada expected to leave interest rate unchanged again. Trump's budget proposal includes major cuts for ag. Is the federal government's new rail legislation better than expected for... Read More
Happy Victoria Day! Today's "Agronomy Monday" podcast features Transport Minister Marc Garneau discussing his new transport bill and what it means for grain movement by railways, a replay interview with corn and soybean yield record breaker Randy Dowdy, BASF's Rob Miller on spring weed control decisions, Canterra Seeds' Dieter Schwarz on soybean planting tips, and... Read More
It's Friday and that means it's time for a roundtable discussion on today's show. Lyndsey Smith joins co-hosts Shaun Haney and Kelvin Heppner to discuss why there hasn't been more excitement about the new rail legislation, the defeat of the GM labeling bill in the House of Commons this week, the challenge of understanding all... Read More
Thursday's show features co-hosts Shaun and Kelvin discussing the Trump administration's formal move toward NAFTA renegotiation in 90 days, the defeat of a private member's bill that would've made GM labels on food mandatory, and the impact political drama in Washington and Brazil is having on the markets. We get caught up on how #plant17... Read More