Podcasts – RealAgriculture

The USDA showed no fear in taking a stand on the projected corn yield in today’s World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE). Whether due to the late planting dates, unfit soil or pollination timing, the USDA adjusted corn yield dramatically to the downside, while leaving soybeans untouched. The USDA dropped the projected corn yield... Read More

Today, on this Agronomic Monday: Flea beetles – Hector Carcamo, research entomologist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, joins RealAgriculture field editor Kara Oosterhuis to discuss flea beetles on the prairies, neonicotinoids, and foliar insecticides. Everything agronomy – FCL’s Jack Payne and resident agronomist Peter Johnson talk about too much to summarize, including: the variability in... Read More

Ontario’s corn crop — such that it is — is pretty much planted, as most growers are now turning their focus to soybeans. Across the province during the past month, corn was planted into a range of wet, miserable conditions. The question now is how will the seedlings handle the tough going and what can... Read More

The lack of rainfall in some of the major pasture growing areas in Western Canada is extremely taxing on cow-calf producers. According to Chad MacPherson, general manager of the Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association, Saskatchewan is going into its third year of a major drought, and producers are running out of options. While in some years... Read More

Happy Friday! Today on the show you’ll hear: Top ag news with RealAgriculture’s Jessika Guse. We want to hear from you: should Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reach out to Chinese President Xi Jinping for a meeting at the upcoming G-20 in Japan? Perceptions of agriculture could shape election issues this fall – RealAgriculture’s Bernard Tobin... Read More

The 2019 Ontario wheat crop can best be described as a dog’s breakfast…and that’s perhaps being kind. What’s left in the fields varies from not bad, to not too bad but with dead patches, to relatively uniformly poor and stagey. Depending on the field, the challenges are different. Uniform fields are easy to manage when... Read More

It’s a stressful time for producers across the Canada. Please, do what you need to do to support your mental health during this challenging time. Today, on the show: Top ag news – RealAgriculture’s Jessika Guse guides us through trade, tariffs, rail, and more. Product spotlight – RealAgriculture’s Lyndsey Smith speaks to Trent Nowosad of... Read More

FMC Canada is setting down new roots in Ontario and building its presence across the Canadian crop protection landscape. Two years after closing a deal to acquire a portion of DuPont’s crop protection business when that company merged with Dow AgroSciences to form Corteva, FMC has opened new corporate headquarters in Mississauga, Ont. In this... Read More

It’s a special show today, with updates from agriculturalists across the country. In this episode, host Shaun Haney speaks to: Billy Beaudry of Quebec; Peter Gredig of Ontario; Cassandra Tkachuk in Manitoba; Troy LaForge of Saskatchewan; Jesse Meyer in Alberta; and John Kowalchuk of Alberta. Miss an episode of RealAg Radio? Click here to find previous episodes, and, if you... Read More

When it rains, it pours — both figuratively and literally, these days. Already stressed and stretched farmers in Ontario are now contending with the beginning of haying and fungicide spraying creeping into the chore list, all while planting is STILL not even started in some areas. While there’s very little positive news in Ontario, host... Read More