It's Monday and that means we have an agronomy theme on today's show, hosted by Kelvin Heppner (Shaun Haney is away this week): Rick Bergmann, chair of the Canadian Pork Council, on the discussions surrounding trade and NAFTA negotiation at the World Pork Expo in Des Moines, as well as the PED outbreak in his... Read More
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Friday's RealAg Radio podcast, co-hosted by Shaun Haney and Kelvin Heppner, featuring: Mark Gold of Top Third Ag Marketing on today's USDA WASDE report; a market panel with Dwight Nichol of DLN AgVentures and Brian Voth of IntelliFarm Inc on the USDA numbers, drought concerns, tight canola supplies, and their market sleeper picks. Canadian dairy... Read More
It's Thursday and that means we have another Farmer Rapid Fire segment lined up, along with our weekly agronomy update from Wheat Pete, who's on fire this week. Here's some of what co-hosts Shaun and Kelvin cover: New U.S. Drought Monitor maps show dryness in Northern Plains (extending into Canada) intensifying, and the markets are... Read More
Wednesday's RealAg Radio podcast, co-hosted by Shaun Haney and Kelvin Heppner: Latest comments on Canadian dairy from Chrystia Freeland, Is Canada considering WTO action against Italy on durum COOL? JBS selling some South American assets. Scandal creating some uncertainty in protein market. Brennan Turner of FarmLead on weather concerns supporting futures prices, Preview of upcoming... Read More
Tuesday's radio podcast, as heard on Rural Radio 147 on SiriusXM, with co-hosts Shaun Haney and Kelvin Heppner, including: comments on dairy and wheat trade following the first face-to-face meeting between Canadian Ag Minister Lawrence MacAulay and U.S. Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue, latest crop progress and condition reports, the rally in the spring wheat market... Read More
It's Agronomy Monday, and on today's radio podcast we feature: Lana Shaw of South East Research Farm in Saskatchewan on how cover crops could fit on forced fallow acres that are too wet to seed, an encore with Tom Wolf on retrofitting sprayers and things to keep in mind as #spray17 gets rolling, Soybean School... Read More
We catch up on the latest market news on today's radio podcast, featuring: Neil Townsend of FarmLink Marketing in Winnipeg on growing concerns about tight high quality wheat supplies, with Minneapolis wheat futures hitting a new high this week while Chicago wheat trended lower, Ontario-based analyst Matthew Pot on the chances of a weather rally... Read More
On Thursday's show, cohosted by Shaun Haney and Kelvin Heppner, as we celebrate World Milk Day: Pens up 2-0 on the Preds in the Stanley Cup Final Seeding/planting/spraying progress with four farmers from Nova Scotia to Peace Country (Andrew McCurdy, Mark Brock, Cheralyn Nagel and Warren Sekulic!) Ontario's new minimum wage and labour legislation with... Read More
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
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