A 30-day pause on implementation of the Trump tariffs is good news for Canada's export-dependent commodities, but this is only a short reprieve to the pressure, not an end, says Michael Harvey, executive director of the Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance. What U.S. President Donald Trump seems to be pushing for is broader, more structural changes... Read More
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Welcome to a very special episode of The Agronomists, hosted by Peter "Wheat Pete" Johnson! For this episode, Pete is joined by Dennis Pennington of Michigan State University and Gord Speksnijder, YEN participant from Ontario, to unpack learnings from the Great Lakes Yield Enhancement Network. On this episode, hear about head counts, seeding dates, N... Read More
Farms and ranches cannot operate without water. While having access to water seems like it should be quite straight forward, navigating government framework around access to water might not be. Team Alberta Crops and the Intensive Livestock Working Group in Alberta have been working to ensure that the provincial government had the opportunity to hear... Read More
Grandmother's garden is often the first place that children learn about the benefit of having worms in the soil. They learn from an early age that you don't throw worms away, you put them back into the ground where you found them, says Mike Launer of Annelida Soil Solutions. Annelida has created a business out... Read More
Canadians feel betrayed by the U.S and Donald Trump after the President slapped a 25 percent tariff on imports for its northern neighbour and long-time partner in trade and defence of democracy. That was RealAg Radio host Shaun Haney's take on U.S. tariffs announced on Saturday when he joined Monday morning's Market Day Report panel... Read More
Some parts of the country have seen more success protecting farmland than other regions, but when you add it up, Canada continues to lose an astonishing amount of farmland to urban expansion. The oft-cited statistic from the most recent Census of Agriculture is that Ontario alone loses an average of 319 acres of farmland every... Read More
Coming off some near-month contract highs of $200-/+ it's no surprise to see futures falling as the week closes out, but cash cattle in the south ticked higher as they caught up to northern prices this past week (Check out the related story on cattle futures here). The cutout did show signs of weakening in... Read More
More farmers are using 4R nutrient stewardship with nitrogen fertilizer application; however, there's still work to be done on fine-tuning N rates and incentivizing change. For more than 10 years, Fertilizer Canada and Stratus Ag Research have been asking farmers about their nitrogen management strategies and gauging the rate of adoption of 4R management —... Read More
Research and extension organizations across the country have been at the centre of many agricultural communities for decades. In Alberta, organizations under the Applied Research and Extension Council of Alberta (ARECA) umbrella are examples of the impact that can be made on the agricultural community by dedicated boards made up of farmers and industry. One... Read More
When it comes to the geopolitical implications of this second Trump presidency, perhaps no one could have predicted the shift from protectionist to imperialist—but here we are, says Jacob Shapiro with Cognitive Investments. Shapiro says that not since 35th president William McKinley has the U.S. seen a president so keen on "taking" places the U.S.... Read More