Words matter. When it comes to strategic negotiations, choosing words carefully can mean the difference between a productive dialogue that gets everyone closer to a deal or act like a wedge that splits an insurmountable gap between parties. For Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his cabinet, choosing the right strategy when working with incoming U.S.... Read More
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You've got to name it to tame it. What does that mean when it comes to how we manage in high-stress situations? In this second half of the conversation on burnout and managing stress, author and mental health advocate Dr. Jessica Metcalfe walks listeners through how to address burnout and anxiety on a daily basis... Read More
The most expensive application is one that doesn't work, says Austin Anderson of Helena Agri-Enterprises. Being able to mitigate that with something as economical as an adjuvant is something really easy to implement, he adds. RealAgriculture's Shaun Haney spoke with Anderson at the North American Farm Broadcaster’s convention at Kansas City earlier this month. Anderson... Read More
There is a lot more going on beneath our feet than what meets the eye. Soil is home to billions upon billions of microbes that benefit plants. Beneficial bacteria and fungi are constantly interacting with plants and helping them to access nutrients, water, and other things that they might need within the growing cycle, explains... Read More
For the second year in a row, Robin Nikkel of Ladner, British Columbia has returned north from the world's largest farm toy show in Iowa with a championship trophy in hand. Nikkel's model farm display was the judges' top pick in the large-scale (1:32) category at the Toy Farmer magazine's 47th annual National Farm Toy... Read More
Words such as planned, rotational, management intensive and adaptive multi-paddock have all been used to describe grazing methods that mimic the movement of wildlife that would have grazed the Prairies many years ago. Some of these are also words that Kelly Sidoryk uses to describe her family's grazing strategies. Sidoryk and her family had initially... Read More
One of the most powerful and inexpensive tools farmers have in the pest management toolbox is crop rotation. A well-planned rotation can add yield stability, more yield, decreased weed and insect pressure, and keep diseases in check. The question is, how do we know which crops should be in a rotation and what benefits we... Read More
With less than two months until his inauguration, U.S. president-elect Donald Trump says he's going to sign an executive order on his first day back in the White House imposing 25 per cent tariffs on all products coming from Canada and Mexico. Posting on his Truth Social platform late Monday, Trump announced the plan to... Read More
When does it make sense to re-tile cash crop fields? That's a thought process that Mount Brydges, Ont., farmer Larry Cowan shares with RealAgriculture's Bernard Tobin in this report, recorded earlier this summer. Cowan has been retiling an average of 150 acres each year for the past eight years. In this field, which was tiled... Read More
For the average Canadian, the long, lonely drive along the Trans-Canada Highway across southern Saskatchewan and Alberta is capital B boring. For those not from the Prairies, the seemingly endless, mostly flat landscape can seem underwhelming when you're used to rolling hills and mountains or cities and towns. But those who take the time to... Read More