Clara Hughes is a storied and decorated Olympian, winning a total of six medals between both summer and winter olympics. A cyclist by chance and a speed skater by choice, Hughes has been open about the significant challenges she faced as a teenager and as a young adult athlete battling a rough home life and... Read More
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Are you searching for balance in your daily life? Have you found it? We’ll explore that challenge in our next RealAg Bookclub podcast with Dan Thurmon, author of Off Balance On Purpose. In his book, Thurmon frees readers from the “balance” dilemma and empowers them to adopt a new approach to creating a happy, fulfilling... Read More
What's the new it vegetable for 2017? You heard it here first: it's beets. But after sitting down with the Rt. Honourable Brian Mulroney, General Roméo Dallaire, and Olympian Clara Hughes, you'd think Kelvin Heppner and Lyndsey Smith would have much more to talk about than beets...and they do, it just wouldn't be a RealAgriculture... Read More
The organizers of FarmTech probably couldn't have asked for more timely circumstances to have the Prime Minister who brought NAFTA forward share a keynote address. Hours after Donald Trump said he wanted to expedite talks to replace or renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement, the Right Honourable Brian Mulroney took the stage in front... Read More
How come we've accepted technology in most aspects of growing crops, but we still use job boards and local papers to find hired help? Chances are, the person you're looking for doesn't live in the surrounding area, or you'd have hired them by now. Kristjan Hebert, farmer at Moosomin, Sask. and chair of Global Ag... Read More
Following the announcement made in October, New Holland Agriculture is set to expand its wide offering with new implement product lines, as CNH Industrial completed the acquisition of the agricultural Grass and Soil business of Kongskilde Industries, part of the Danish Group Dansk Landbrugs Grovvareselskab (DLG A.m.b.A.). See More: Past Content on New Holland The... Read More
Are you tired of planting wheat every year? What if you only had to plant the crop every four years? If those questions spark your interest, you won’t want to miss this episode of Real Agriculture's Wheat School featuring Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada research scientist Jamie Larsen. He’s working to develop perennial wheat that would... Read More
Grain markets ended the month of January on the downtrend thanks to more geopolitical (aka President Trump) risk after reaching new highs the week before on continued weather concerns out of South America. Oats was again the main winner, up 2.55% for the week while wheat wasn’t farm behind, gaining 2.15%. With the Canadian Loonie... Read More
Pope Gregory I probably didn't foresee his list being used as guidance for grain farmers managing market risk when he defined what became known as the seven cardinal sins in 590 AD. But whether we're talking morality or grain marketing, these behaviours and habits can be costly. Brian Voth, president of IntelliFarm Inc., presented the... Read More
As officials left the recent trilateral meeting between Canada, United States, and Mexico, RealAgriculture's Shaun Haney was able to talk about the outcome of the meeting with Colin Woodall, National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA) vice president of government relations. When Shaun talked to John Masswohl, with the Canadian Cattlemen's Association, it was clear that the... Read More