A pilot program aimed at bringing more competition to Canada's rail system is among the casualties of outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's decision to prorogue Parliament. The federal government announced an 18-month trial for extended interswitching in the 2023 federal budget, and the clock started ticking on the program in September 2023. Interswitching allows a... Read More
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The Canadian government is giving the green light to Bunge's US$8.2 billion acquisition of Viterra, with a series of conditions. The two multi-national grain companies originally announced their plan to combine operations under the Bunge banner in June 2023. Approval by the Canadian government was communicated in an order-in-council published on January 14th, 2025. The... Read More
More than just spell check and generating quirky images, artificial intelligence already plays a role in several aspects of our daily lives and agriculture platforms and technology. But what can AI do now and what role might it play going forward? To delve into the mash up of AI and agronomy, this episode of The... Read More
New information is continually emerging about the interactions occurring beneath our feet. The science of soil is constantly evolving, with new insights into how billions of bacteria, fungi, nematodes, and protozoa interact with plants, the nutrients available in the soil, and the potential amount of carbon that can be sequestered. While soil sampling is a... Read More
As incoming President Donald Trump trolls Canada, touting an annexation of his neighbour to the north, Greenland, and the Panama Canal, Canadians find themselves running in circles, searching for an identity. The timing could not be better for Pierre Poilievre, the likely next prime minister, to inject a much-needed dose of Canadiana into our national... Read More
After some supercharged years, the used farm equipment market took a tumble in 2024 and farmers can expect to see a further correction in 2025. That's the take from Greg Peterson, the man farm equipment buyers and sellers more commonly refer to as Machinery Pete. Peterson has been tracking used equipment auction prices for 35... Read More
There isn't an abundance of good news in grain markets right now, but there's no shortage of things to talk about. For this RealAg Markets update, RealAg Radio host Shaun Haney is joined by Tyler Schau, with AgMarket.Net, to get a bead on how farmers are feeling about the general ag economy and to check... Read More
Since 2020 trade between the United States and Canada has been on an upward trajectory, for both countries. This can at times take Americans by surprise, as the current narrative by President-elect Donald Trump implies Canada is being "subsidized" by a substantial trade deficit in Canada's favour. With hefty trade tariffs potentially looming on all... Read More
With Monday's news of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stepping down as leader comes a flurry of questions — who will be the next leader and thus Prime Minister? How long will they actually govern? Will they name a new cabinet? Plus, what happens to all those government bills and Private Member's Bills in the process... Read More
New technology is top of mind in this week's episode of Wheat Pete's Word, hosted by Peter "Wheat Pete" Johnson. Between Green Lightning, a plasma technology that essentially is trying to replicate what happens in the atmosphere as lightning strikes to create nitrogen to create N on-farm, and a biological process coming out of Australia... Read More