The Successors is a RealAgriculture podcast series hosted by Kara Oosterhuis focusing on agriculture from the perspective of the up-and-coming generation. How do you find your place on the farming operation? What can you do to keep the lines of communication open? What can a peer group provide to both you and your career? Fiona... Read More
Category: Western Canada
We depend on just-in-time delivery for just about everything. From printer ink, to fresh produce, to agriculture inputs, we've become accustomed to the convenience of perpetually stocked shelves and overnight delivery of online orders. If I need it and order it, it shows up on my doorstep tomorrow. That was, until the last two years,... Read More
Drought, offshore import shortages, and labour disruptions are among several factors CN Rail is juggling as the railway continues to work in overdrive to ensure products and commodities get to where they need to be. Many people likely think of trains running westbound bringing goods to the coast, however in recent times, where it seems... Read More
Nutrien Ltd. has announced that in response to the uncertainty of potash supply from Eastern Europe, it plans to increase potash product capability to approximately 15 million tonnes in 2022. This is an increase of nearly one million tonnes compared to previous expectations, with the majority of additional volume expected to be produced in the... Read More
Fertilizer suppliers and retailers are scrambling to sort out the impact of the Canadian government's sanctions on fertilizer from Russia and Belarus, including shipments that were paid for and loaded prior to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Fertilizer has historically been one of Canada's largest imports from Russia. Approximately 660 to 680 thousand tonnes of nitrogen... Read More
Chris Lane will begin a new position as president and CEO of Economic Development Regina, as of April 25, 2022. Lane has spent the last six years as CEO of Canadian Western Agribition. He joined Agribition after spending several years as senior news producer for CBC in Saskatchewan, Alberta and the Maritimes. While the last... Read More
After being back on the road and attending several trade shows filled with machinery, one thing is certain — combines aren't getting smaller, and neither are the headers. Kevin Forth, tactical marketing manager for Fendt, was on hand at Commodity Classic at New Orleans, Louisiana, to showcase the latest addition to the Fendt IDEAL combine... Read More
It's not easy to get a handle from an economic perspective on what some of the outcomes and the impacts are of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It's already caused inflationary pressure, as Russia becomes cut off from the rest of the world, but as Kevin McNew, chief economist at Farmers Business Network (FBN), explains,... Read More
Canadian Pacific Railway (CP Rail) has triggered the 72-hour notice required for a lockout of over 3,000 conductors, engineers and other railway employees who are members of the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC). Unless the union and railway reach a negotiated settlement or agree to binding arbitration in the meantime, the lockout would begin at... Read More
Crop nutrients are top of mind for just about everyone this week, from what the prices will be, to whether or not orders will even be fulfilled for eastern Canada, including Ontario and Quebec. For this episode of Wheat Pete's Word, host Peter "Wheat Pete" Johnson talks about some of the logistical challenges of world... Read More