Podcasts – RealAgriculture

A wide range of new concepts were on display in Canada’s Farm Progress Show’s Innovation showcase hall this month. A total of 22 inventions were submitted to the show this year, with one innovation winning gold, and two others tied for the sterling award. Saskatchewan-based Precision AI was one of the two sterling award winners.... Read More

Tuesday’s RealAg Radio is all about pests and policy — but perhaps not the pests you commonly think of. On this episode, host Lyndsey Smith speaks with: Jessika Guse, with the news; Sylvain Charlebois, about the national food policy; Ryan Brook, about wild hogs in Saskatchewan; and, Bern Tobin asks Albert Tenuta about what farmers... Read More

Morris Industries’ new air drill is seeing some additional attention from the team, as the company strives to improve producer productivity. Unveiled last year at Canada’s Farm Progress Show in Regina, the Quantum drill is available in widths of 40 to 70 feet, and, like all drills, its productivity is limited by its width and,... Read More

A new innovation unveiled at Canada’s Farm Progress Show kills weeds without herbicides. Instead of chemically terminating the plant, the unit simply overcooks them with steam. “We produce steam at up to 200 to 300 degrees celsius and it kills everything that it touches,” says Ron Gleim, founder and president of the company behind X-Steam-inator,... Read More

Rural crime is an unfortunate term we’ve all come to know — whether we’ve encountered it ourselves, or had a neighbour in the area deal with an incident. The question always is, what do we do about it? What is within the farmers’ rights when it comes to other people trespassing and stealing property? Moose... Read More

Strip till corn is helping Mark Brock build a winning management system for his Staffa, Ont., farm. Brock started strip tilling back in 2015 with the objective of integrating manure from the farm’s chicken operation into a system that would help manage compaction, and further improve soil organic matter with the addition of cover crops.... Read More

It’s another special show today, with RealAg Radio recording at Canada’s Farm Progress Show at Regina, SK. Today on the show you’ll hear: Top Ag News with Jessika Guse; Garth Donald, Decisive Farming, on making management decisions in a drought; Pulse Canada’s Gordon Bacon on market issues and diversification; and Cherilyn Nagel on crop conditions,... Read More

When it comes to market access woes, the pulse industry has had its share. India “It was 2004 when India introduced some issues around stem and bulb nematode – so that’s fifteen years we’ve been working with India trying to get that issue resolved,” says Gordon Bacon, CEO of Pulse Canada. “And of course India’s... Read More

From early frost to widespread drought, farmer Cherilyn Nagel’s crop potential is far from “hitting it out of the park,” and beyond that, she has further external stress. “Everything that we grow is destined for an export market,” says Nagel. “And that’s always been the case, there’s nothing new about that, but now more than... Read More

Canada’s Farm Progress Show (CFPS) is well underway, and, with it, a much-needed rain for southern Saskatchewan, where crops are struggling. “Probably the first thing that I’ve seen in a long time is our first seeded crops are actually our worst looking crops, and our last seeded crops look fantastic,” says Decisive Farming’s Garth Donald,... Read More