Podcasts – RealAgriculture

RealAgriculture’s coverage of Agritechnica 2019 is made possible by Brevant seeds. The latest technology, locally tested. Brevant seeds. Seed. Yield. Easy. Agritechnica is underway in Hannover, Germany and there have been many releases and reveals from companies across the world. This farm show isn’t just the place where companies show off the latest innovations hitting the market,... Read More

RealAgriculture’s coverage of Agritechnica 2019 is made possible by Brevant seeds. The latest technology, locally tested. Brevant seeds. Seed. Yield. Easy. In the John Deere future farming zone at Agritechnica there was much to discuss and consider about the possible future of how crop production will look. With the advancing discussion on robotics and the role that... Read More

RealAgriculture’s coverage of Agritechnica 2019 is made possible by Brevant seeds. The latest technology, locally tested. Brevant seeds. Seed. Yield. Easy. Ever since drones starting gaining more traction on farms, there have been farmers talking about whether one day drones would fill the sky, spraying crops. Think about it: no soil compaction or mechanical crop damage during... Read More

While regular RealAg Radio host Shaun Haney and producer Jason B. Stroeve are in Germany for Agritechnica, the radio show will have three different hosts: Lyndsey Smith, Monday and Wednesday; Jessika Guse, Tuesday; and columnist, dairy farmer, and friend of RealAgriculture Andrew Campbell hosts Thursday and Friday. On today’s show, hear: A moment of reflection... Read More

If you try to tell Food Bubble host Andrew Campbell there’s nothing spoiling in your fridge, he won’t believe you. “After all,” he says, “some reports have pointed out that of all the food we bring into our house, about 20 per cent of it goes out by way of the garbage. Think about that... Read More

RealAgriculture’s coverage of Agritechnica 2019 is made possible by Brevant seeds. The latest technology, locally tested. Brevant seeds. Seed. Yield. Easy. During planting, spraying and harvest season, a farmer will spend incredible amounts of hours in the machinery cab. The days of the basic cab are over as cabs have become suites, and operator creature comforts have... Read More

As growers actively manage herbicide-resistant weeds on their farms, many are also looking at how to secure future effectiveness of other crop protection tools, including fungicides and insecticides. In this first episode of a new season of RealAgriculture’s Resistance Management School, we take a look at the current state of fungicide resistance in field crops... Read More

RealAgriculture’s coverage of Agritechnica 2019 is made possible by Brevant seeds. The latest technology, locally tested. Brevant seeds. Seed. Yield. Easy. Day one of Agritechnica featured a big reveal for the show. With test machines ready to hit the field in the fall of 2020, John Deere unveiled its X series combine. The X series a twin... Read More

Online shopping is no longer just for fulfilling Christmas wish lists, or ordering last minute meals. Farmers, too, are increasingly turning to the Internet, and not just for small-scale items like worn out jack-knives, but to order crop inputs. AgPro Magazine recently released its 2019 e-commerce survey results, finding that although farm purchase intentions don’t... Read More

Many farmers in 2019 will be harvesting late-planted corn that struggled to mature as combines roll through fields this fall. Much of that corn will likely be heading directly to the elevator, but there will be marketing opportunities for growers who are willing to dry and store that grain. On this episode of RealAgriculture’s Corn... Read More