Welcome to this Wednesday edition of RealAg Radio! On today’s episode, host Lyndsey Smith is joined by: Paul Marchand of HAMS Marketing on opportunities in the Canadian hog market; Jake Leguee, Saskatchewan canola farmer, on China’s canola tariff and what the government should do; Don Close of Terrain on new world screwworm's impact on cattle... Read More

It’s time for another edition of Wheat Pete’s Word! This week, host Peter Johnson reminds us to take stock of how fortunate we are, even as challenging weather and commodity prices weigh heavy. From frost in soybeans in northern Ontario, to four-foot-tall corn, 2025 continues to throw curveballs at growers. Johnson also emphasizes the importance... Read More

In this episode of The Truth About Ag, Evan Shout and Kristjan Hebert are joined by two key leaders in Canadian agriculture: Justine Hendricks, CEO of FCC, and Darren Baccus, executive vice president of agri-food, agribusiness alliances and FCC capital. The conversation is anchored in one of the most ambitious investment announcements in Canadian ag... Read More

John Deere is rolling out several updates to its harvest lineup for 2026, including new features for combines, grain carts, and flex drapers. At Ag in Motion, RealAgriculture caught up with Bergen Nelson, go-to-market lead for harvesting at John Deere, to learn more about what’s coming. For combines, Nelson highlights advances in predictive ground speed... Read More

Most farmers and ranchers enjoy walking through an ag trade show. Whether it’s checking out heifers, catching up with a neighbour in the beer gardens, or exploring booths filled with the latest gadgets, there’s usually something new to take home — sometimes a tool, sometimes an idea. In this episode of Ruminating with RealAg, Sean... Read More

Thanks for tuning in and welcome to this Tuesday edition of RealAgriculture! On today’s show, host Shaun Haney is joined by: Justin Funk of RealAgristudies on politics and policy; the Carney government and Bill c-202, provincial and federal government cooperation; Leigh-Ann Harder of BASF for a spotlight interview on the differences between pod shatter and... Read More

Understanding soil starts with getting your hands dirty, and that’s exactly what Alberta Grains’ Lara de Moissac encourages growers to do. In this Soil School episode, de Moissac joins RealAgriculture from Lacombe, Alta., to demonstrate how farmers can assess soil texture on their own farms. While it’s easy to focus on what’s happening above ground,... Read More

On this episode of The Agronomists, host Lyndsey Smith is joined by Drs. Amelie Gaudin of University of California-Davis and Jordon Wade of Syngenta to discuss the complex, integrated world of soil and how organic matter is formed, broken down, utilized, and leveraged. They'll touch on livestock grazing and manure implications, rotation, the role of... Read More

Welcome to today's edition of Agronomic Monday on RealAg Radio! On today’s show, host Lyndsey Smith is joined by RealAg's in-house agronomist Peter Johnson to discuss: Continued drought stress and salvaging crop for feed; Getting ready for the cranberry bean harvest; What works and what doesn't when it comes to double cropping; Tall weeds and... Read More

Wool, more often than not, is seen as a byproduct of Canadian lamb production. While many sheep producers appreciate that wool is a remarkable renewable fibre, shearing sheep and handling wool is a flat cost, done for the health of the sheep, with little chance of return on the wool itself. But Jane Underhill, founder... Read More