We hope you're enjoying the August long weekend, whether the fact it's a long weekend changes anything for you or not, with it being harvest season in some areas. Today's show is a replay of the July 18th program, recorded at Ag in Motion near Langham, Saskatchewan. Highlights: DOT Power Platform autonomous machine officially unveiled... Read More
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Friday's RealAg Radio program with Shaun Haney and Kelvin Heppner — highlights: Phil Shaw (@Agridome on Twitter) discusses corn and bean markets and the NBA off season; Owen Roberts (@theurbancowboy) on celebrating Food Day Canada on Saturday (dates back to BSE and the show of support for Canadian cattle producers in 2003); Martin Rice of... Read More
Thursday's RealAg Radio show, with Shaun Haney and Kelvin Heppner — highlights: Chip Flory of Market Rally Radio and U.S. Farm Report on corn, bean and wheat markets — have U.S. markets fully accounted for drought in Western Canada? Farmer Rapid Fire, with Mark Brock, Landon Friesen, Jeff Nonay and Kevin Serfas; Sask. crop report... Read More
Wednesday's edition of RealAg Radio, as heard on SiriusXM 147, hosted by Shaun Haney and Kelvin Heppner — highlights: The Canadian International Grains Institute and Cereals Canada acknowledge there's been conversations about them joining forces; Deputy ambassador and advisory panel for upcoming NAFTA negotiations announced, with some connections to Canadian ag; Dairy groups not pleased... Read More
Tuesday's edition of RealAg Radio, with Shaun Haney and Kelvin Heppner — highlights: 5 years since the end of the Canadian Wheat Board on Aug 1, 2012; Matthew Pot on U.S. crop conditions, cooler weather forecasts for August, and Twitter contests predicting prices; Al Mussell, author of a new report looking at farm subsidies, how... Read More
It's Agronomy Monday, hosted by Shaun Haney and Kelvin Heppner — highlights: Peter Johnson takes a few minutes from harvesting wheat to discuss soybean issues growers are seeing — late maturity, downy mildew, aphids and more, as well as western bean cutworm in corn; Rob Saik, Agri-Trend founder and executive producer of the "Know GMO"... Read More
Friday's edition of RealAg Radio with Shaun Haney and Kelvin Heppner — highlights: Anne Wasko on the climbing Canadian dollar and the impact of Japan announcing increased tariffs on beef as of August 1; Neil Townsend of FarmLink Marketing Solutions on the U.S. wheat tour yield estimate and why he thinks prices have yet to... Read More
Thursday's edition of RealAg Radio with Shaun Haney and Kelvin Heppner — highlights: What does the future hold for electric motors and farm equipment, as the UK commits to not allowing new diesel and gas vehicles by 2040?; Darcy Cook, director of engineering for JCA Electronics, the company that provided the internal electronics in the... Read More
Wednesday's edition of RealAg Radio, with Shaun Haney and Kelvin Heppner — highlights (not necessarily in this order): Cam Dahl, president of Cereals Canada, on Italy ignoring EU rules and imposing country of origin labeling on pasta, threatening Canadian durum exports; Shaun and Kelvin discuss the Washington Post article on the top 10 myths about... Read More
Tuesday's edition of RealAg Radio, hosted by Shaun Haney and Kelvin Heppner — highlights: Neil Douglas of Univar discussing the future of independent retailers, in light of consolidation among larger crop input suppliers; Mark Brock, chair of Grain Farmers of Ontario, on the changes to AgriInvest and AgriStability, and the promised review of BRM programs... Read More