Each year, the Canadian Malting Barley Technical Centre publishes its list of recommended varieties for farmers to choose from for the upcoming growing season. The CMBTC develops this list with input from maltsters, brewers, exporters, seed companies, and growers. For the 2026 seeding season, AAC Synergy remains the leading variety, accounting for 35 per cent... Read More
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As breeding programs continue to bring forward new pulse genetics, growers now have a wider range of varieties to choose from across peas, lentils, chickpeas, and faba beans. Farmers have plenty of combinations of yield potential, disease resistance, and agronomic traits to wade through. In this episode of RealAgriculture's Pulse School, Laurie Friesen, seed program... Read More
On this episode of The Agronomists, host Lyndsey Smith is joined by Jonathan Zettler of Fieldwalker Agronomy and Laird Lampertz of Pitura Seeds to discuss choosing and varying seeding rates based on soil limits or possibility, ROI, yield maps and more. What can the software/equipment do? What are the limits? How do we decide how... Read More
Managing crop residue is a key early-season consideration for corn growers, especially in regions where cool soils can limit emergence. Residue plays a major role in early-season corn performance, and managing it well can be the difference between even emergence and a field that struggles from the start. On this episode of RealAgriculture's Corn School,... Read More
In this episode of The Truth About Ag, Kristjan Hebert and Evan Shout are joined by longtime friend and Canadian agriculture executive Bryce Eger. They get into how their small-town roots shaped the people and professionals they’ve become, despite all three of them ending up in careers they were once told not to pursue. Bryce’s... Read More
With an increasing number of new entrants to agriculture coming from non-farming backgrounds, the question of how to connect and train the next generation of producers is top of mind for many in the industry. At the GLOBE Food Leadership Summit in Calgary, Alta., Alex Pulwicki, Alberta program manager with Young Agrarians spoke with RealAgriculture’s... Read More
With canola seed decisions for 2026 just around the corner, it’s tempting to chase yield alone, but Timothy Darragh says there’s plenty more to hybrid selection than just top-end performance. In this spotlight interview with RealAgriculture’s Lyndsey Smith, Darragh, canola technical strategy lead with DEKALB, shares how growers can make more informed canola hybrid choices... Read More
In this episode of the Truth About Ag, John Heimbecker, CEO of Parrish & Heimbecker, joins Kristjan Hebert and Evan Shout to share what four decades in Canadian agriculture have taught him about leadership, diversification, and long-term thinking. From his start in a Toronto trading office to leading one of the country’s largest family-owned agribusinesses,... Read More
The momentum behind biologicals in agriculture is growing. From bioinsecticides to phosphate-solubilizing microbes, biological products are becoming a more strategic part of pulse production, not just for sustainability, but for ROI, says Erin Burton, technical sales manager for biologicals at FMC. Burton joins RealAg Radio's Shaun Haney to break down the biologicals landscape and weigh-in... Read More
Farm Credit Canada has published its 2025 mid-year farmland values report, with a mixed-bag of changes to cultivated acres in Canada. While farmland values grew an average of 6 per cent in the first half of 2025, the average doesn't tell the full story. In looking at the provincial numbers, the country splits neatly at... Read More