Fertilizer is an essential input to a successful crop every year, but with prices as high as they are it's becoming more of a "can we afford this" decision instead of a "we need this" decision. At the Farm Progress Show at Boone, Iowa, Phospholutions vice president of sales and marketing Craig Dick joined RealAgriculture’s... Read More
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Welcome to RealAg Radio! Today on the show, your host Lyndsey Smith is joined by Dale Cowan and Erin O’Farrell of AGRIS Co-operative to talk about making phosphorus more available; Krista Kilback, director of AgExpert for FCC, on AgExpert Analyst going offline; Triston Beyrer of Mosaic on where chloride fits in your fertility program; and... Read More
Agricultural tours have been popular among North American farmers for a long time, and while France may not immediately come to mind when Canadian farmers start planning an agricultural tour, Beauvais offers an interesting combination of machinery, agriculture and history. Beauvais, France, is home to the largest Massey Ferguson factory in the world, with the... Read More
Welcome to this week’s edition of RealAg on the Weekend with your host Lyndsey Smith! For this week’s show, Lyndsey is joined by Matt Makens of Makens Weather for a forecast update, Amy Bean of CANTERRA SEEDS for a spotlight interview, and Patrick De Haan of Gas Buddy to talk diesel prices. Also on this... Read More
Thanks for tuning in to this Friday edition of RealAg Radio! On today’s show, host Lyndsey Smith is joined by Meagan Murdoch of Burson and Kelvin Heppner of RealAgriculture for the RealAg Issues Panel! Also on today’s show, Smith is joined by Jen Dale of Proven Seed for a spotlight interview. 00:00 - Coming up…... Read More
After a decade focused on helping Canadian growers get more from seed treatment technology, Syngenta Canada is expanding the mandate of its Plattsville, Ont., research facility to tackle another evolving area of crop production: biologicals. The company has launched the Canadian Seedcare & Biologicals Institute (SCBI) at its Honeywood Research Facility, 10 years after the... Read More
A shift in oceanic temperatures is signalling a major change for North American weather patterns heading into the winter months. As the heat dome over the central United States breaks down in the coming week, an historically strong "Super El Niño" pattern will begin asserting a dominant influence across the continent, setting up Western Canada... Read More
Thanks for tuning in to the Farmer Rapid Fire on RealAg Radio, brought to you by Pioneer Seeds Canada! On today’s show, your host Lyndsey Smith, is joined by Kara Mastel of Bow Island, Alta, Colin de Moissac of Biggar, Sask, Gunter Jochum of St.Francois Xavier, Man, and Sandi Brock of Staffa, Ont. 00:00 -... Read More
Inside Massey Ferguson’s tractor factory in Beauvais, France, the production line can turn out as many as 100 tractors a day — but when lunchtime arrives, work always stops. “The lunch in France is definitely sacred,” says Dan Nelson, marketing manager with Massey Ferguson. The dedicated lunch break and single-shift schedule most days are among... Read More
Since walking away from a nearly-done deal with the United States in late August, the U.S.-led trade war with Canada has escalated to retaliatory tariffs implemented by Canada, and more threatened tariffs by the U.S. This week, the Prime Minister is in Europe, laying the foundation for closer ties with the European Union, a move... Read More