Tuesday's edition of RealAg Radio, from Ag in Motion near Langham, Saskatchewan, hosted by Shaun Haney and Kelvin Heppner from the Bayer tent — highlights: DOT Power Platform autonomous machine officially unveiled at Ag in Motion; Ag ministers meeting in St. Johns this week hoping to reach deal on next ag policy framework; Blaine Woycheshin... Read More
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RealAg Radio for July 17, 2017, with hosts Shaun Haney and Kelvin Heppner — highlights: JBS selling Lakeside feed yard at Brooks, Alberta back to Nilsson Bros. for $50 million; China approves two more corn traits for import; DOT Power Platform to make its public debut at Ag in Motion this week — interview (replay)... Read More
Shaun returns to host Friday's RealAg Radio show/podcast with Kelvin. Highlights: Lots of castles and old churches in Sweden and Denmark; Trudeau visits Global 4-H Summit; Gov't officials in Saskatchewan say 200 cattle died due to high sulphates in water source, likely related to recent hot, dry weather; Anne Wasko on how Canadian cattle values... Read More
Today's radio show/podcast was recorded on-location at Syngenta's Grow More Tour at the Elm River Research Farm near Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. Highlights: Soybean breeding panel with Syngenta's Jake Delheimer, Mike Tollefson and Doug Fotheringham on issues in the 2017 crop (IDC, dicamba drift) and where soybean breeding efforts are focused; Ted Labun on why... Read More
Tuesday's RealAg Radio podcast, hosted by Kelvin Heppner and Kara Oosterhuis, featuring: Some rain across the prairies - helpful, or too late?; Matthew Pot on today's Bank of Canada announcement, and how the grain markets are impacted by it; Todd Lewis of Agriculture Producers Association of Saskatchewan on carbon tax position and the carbon summit... Read More
Tuesday's edition of RealAg Radio, hosted by Kelvin Heppner and Bern Tobin, featuring: Jon Driedger of FarmLink Marketing Solutions discusses the canola and wheat weather rallies and crop conditions, as well as the anticipated interest rate hike and USDA report coming on Wednesday; Jennifer Christie, chair of the Global 4-H Network Summit, which kicks off... Read More
Monday's RealAg Radio podcast, hosted by Kelvin Heppner and Kara Oosterhuis, featuring: Peter Johnson with tips for boosting protein to capture premiums in the wheat market, the impact of the current heat wave on wheat yield potential in Western Canada and the Northern U.S., and his thoughts on the reports of dicamba injury in the... Read More
Here's Friday's edition of RealAg Radio, hosted by Kara Oosterhuis and Kelvin Heppner: With current heatwave, concerns about drought and heat stress are mounting. Kevin Grier chats with Kelvin about the 9-month run of food price deflation in Canada, as well as the uptick in consumer spending on food. John Malott of Hiram Walker discusses... Read More
Thursday's edition of RealAg Radio, hosted by Bern Tobin and Kelvin Heppner: Field day season is here, and along with it, heat; Cover crop lessons from Ridgetown Crop Diagnostic Day and other highlights (shout out to the people who found Bern's keys in the field!); Manitoba farmer Matt Reimer discusses his self-made driverless grain cart... Read More
Wednesday's RealAg Radio podcast, co-hosted by Kara Oosterhuis and Kelvin Heppner, featuring: latest news surrounding changes at the Canadian International Grains Institute, the PEDv outbreak in Manitoba, U.S. producer sentiment survey, Joey Chestnut's 10th world hotdog eating title and more. Rocky Talk...looking back on 175 years of Case. Tom Wolf of AgriMetrix on the issues... Read More