It's Agronomy Monday on RealAg Radio today, as we hear from a number of speakers from the SouthWest Ag Conference held earlier this month at the University of Guelph's Ridgetown campus. Shaun and Kelvin kick off the show catching up on Trump officially beginning the United States' withdrawal from the TPP and the Liberals cabinet... Read More
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If you're unfamiliar with chicken tractors, prepare to be blown away by the fact that there is now an autonomous version of this pasture-chicken-raising kit. That's just one of the many super neat innovations that rolled out at Ag Days in Brandon, Man., this week, and that discussion is how we kick off this January... Read More
We've finally got an American Secretary of Agriculture named, Manitoba gets a pea processing facility, and Wheat Pete talks corn stalks, corn husks, and manure spreading on snow no-nos — and that's just a part of what you'll hear on this January 19th edition of RealAg Radio. Co-host Shaun Haney is joined by Ontario field... Read More
Today's show includes the latest news on Bayer-Monsanto, Case's agronomic trends for 2017, as well as conversations about the future of the oat market in Chicago, the fascinating way in which crops and weeds communicate, and how the ag community can more effectively communicate the complicated science of growing food and fuel and everything else... Read More
Can it really be Ag Days in Brandon, MB without -40 temperatures? The 40th edition of the show kicked off this morning. Shaun and Kelvin discuss the latest news, as well as the rebound in cattle markets with Anne Wasko, Canada-US relations moving forward with Trump with Conservative trade critic and former ag minister Gerry... Read More
Big barley yields, pulse crop rotation in light of root rot problems, the possibility of canola varieties labeled according to their blackleg resistance genes, and soybean lessons from Iowa and North Dakota...all on today's agronomy-themed show with hosts Shaun and Kelvin. Guests include Steve Larocque of Beyond Agronomy, Sherrilyn Phelps of SaskPulse, Clint Jurke of... Read More
Shaun and Kelvin are back in the studio for today's show, after some adventures getting home from Crop Week in Saskatoon. Today's show includes conversations with Kenric Exner of Viterra on end-users wanting oats that haven't seen any glyphosate and Ontario field editor Lyndsey Smith on ag minister Jeff Leal getting some added responsibilities, as... Read More
It's our fourth and final day at the Crop Production Show in Saskatoon, as Jim Hale, farmer from Lancer, Sask., joins Shaun as co-host for today's radio program (Thanks to a storm moving through the prairies, Kelvin's lost in airspace somewhere, flying between Saskatoon, Toronto and Calgary to get to Winnipeg.) After breaking down today's... Read More
From the Crop Production Show in Saskatoon, Shaun and Kelvin discuss the federal cabinet shuffle, changes to wheat check-offs in Western Canada and more on today's news. Guests include Drew Lerner of World Weather Inc with his forecast for Ontario, and a feature market panel, discussing old crop marketing opportunities, new crop acreage expectations, the... Read More
It's Crop Week in Saskatoon, as Shaun and Kelvin are on location at the Crop Production Show and CropSphere at Prairieland Park. Today's show features the latest news on Canada-U.S. trade, Drew Lerner of World Weather Inc's outlook for Western Canada, Keith Downey — the "father of canola" — looks back on the contribution he's... Read More