We're talking cover crops, soybean fertility, pea and lentil root rot treatments and more — also what's happening in the beef markets and PM Trudeau's visit to Washington — on this "agronomy Monday" edition of RealAg Radio. Lyndsey joins Kelvin to co-host, as we hear from Rodney, Ont.-farmer Mike Miller; OMAFRA soybean specialist Horst Bohner;... Read More
Category: RealAg Radio
It's Friday! And that means it's time for a RealAg Roundtable on today's show. After Shaun and Kelvin cover the day's news, which includes the Canadian government's plan to attend a post-TPP trade summit with most of the other TPP countries and China, southwest Ontario market consultant and economist Matthew Pot joins the show to... Read More
New census data showing a shift west, Canadian cabinet ministers in Washington, new USDA supply/demand numbers, the NFU's stance on neonics, spring flood risk in Saskatchewan & more — Shaun and Kelvin break down the latest news to start today's show. From there, we discuss how to keep the conversation going between generations in a... Read More
We have another jam-packed show today, as we celebrate Food Freedom Day in Canada. What's Food Freedom Day? Shaun and Kelvin explain/discuss in today top news part of the show. Guests include Tim Caulfield of the University of Alberta on the inescapable influence of celebrities on food and health decisions, Chad Moskal of Rocky Mountain... Read More
Today's show features a pair of the keynote presenters at FarmTech '17 in Edmonton — Olympic medalist and mental health warrior Clara Hughes on putting mental health awareness into action, as well as political commentator Andrew Coyne on the the challenges facing the Trudeau government, with Canada-U.S. relations at or near the top of that... Read More
On the heels of Super Bowl Sunday, it's an info-packed Agronomy Monday on RealAg Radio, including: a discussion with Alberta barley growers Scott Keller and Wade McKallister on the keys to consistently making malt with your barley. Scott Meers of Alberta Agriculture (and Forestry, but don't ask him about forestry) chats with Lyndsey about the... Read More
We have a special show today, featuring the Right Honourable Brian Mulroney. The 18th Prime Minister of Canada stopped by the RealAg studio prior to his keynote address at FarmTech on Thursday for an interview with Kelvin on NAFTA and Canada-U.S. politics. Down in Nashville at the Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA trade show, Shaun... Read More
Right from the Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA trade show in Nashville, Shaun and special guest co-host Anne Wasko discuss the latest news and sentiment in the beef industry on today's program. American Farm Bureau Federation president Zippy Duvall also joins Shaun to discuss trade, environmental policy and immigration under President Trump. Sarah Foster and... Read More
And just like that, it's February! This February 1st episode of the RealAg Radio program, recorded at FarmTech at Edmonton, has co-hosts Kelvin Heppner and Lyndsey Smith talking top news, coffee controversies and contests, and wheat variety choices. In this episode you'll hear from General Roméo Dallaire as he talks leadership in the face of... Read More
It's FarmTech time! RealAg Radio co-host Kelvin Heppner is joined by resident loud-talker Lyndsey Smith for this on-location-in-Edmonton recording of the show. In the top news, these two Manitobans talk spring flooding (it happens a LOT), rabies incidence in Ontario's Perth County, and a new mystery midge in Saskatchewan. Later in the show, you'll hear... Read More