Podcasts – RealAgriculture

It’s Thursday. Today on the show (after the obligatory basketball talk): Top ag news with RealAgriculture’s Jessika Guse. Soy Canada’s Ron Davidson on soybean growers, trade disruption, and his thoughts on direct compensation. Are soybeans different than canola? The markets and planting progress with Brian Voth of IntelliFARMInc. Carlo Dade of the Canada West Foundation... Read More

The trade war between the U.S. and China has been a stress point for many people in agriculture.  Soybeans are continually the focus of any discussion involving agriculture and China because of the appetite that the Chinese have had for the protein source. It is difficult to determine how much of the price fluctuation in... Read More

It’s decision time for many Ontario farmers. As wet, cool weather maintains its grip on the province, do you listen to the markets and plant corn, or is it too late? How many heat units should you drop if you’re sticking with the king? Is it better to plant soybeans? How do you get your... Read More

If you’re in Western Canada, you are most likely looking forward to one of the crop tour highlights of the summer: canolaPALOOZA. Hosted and organized by the three canola organizations across the prairies — Alberta Canola, SaskCanola, and Manitoba Canola Growers — canolaPALOOZA brings three days of education, and fun across the prairies on three... Read More

Let’s talk burgers. After yesterday’s episode, host Shaun Haney starts off with some of your responses to National Hamburger Day (tweets included below the audio). Then, in the rest of today’s show: Top ag news with RealAgriculture’s Jessika Guse. Buying or Selling – This week Guse is behind the questions. Take a listen to what,... Read More

This week’s Wheat Pete’s Word tackles some timely topics, such as weed control, soybean management, corn challenges, and applying fusarium. Have a question you’d like Johnson to address? Or some yield results to send in? Disagree with something he’s said? Leave him a message at 1-844-540-2014, send him a tweet (@wheatpete), or email him at [email protected].... Read More

It’s May 29, and Ontario Ministry of Agriculture soybean specialist Horst Bohner has yet to plant any soybeans. It’s the latest planting season he’s experienced in 18 years on the job. It’s the same story for growers across the Ontario where soybean planting is estimated at five to 10 per cent complete. As the rain... Read More

It’s World Hunger Day, and National Hamburger Day… In today’s episode, host Shaun Haney facilitates and introduces discussions around: The top ag news with RealAgriculture’s Jessika Guse; CanolaPALOOZA – An update on the upcoming events in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba; Planting in Ontario – Barry Senft, CEO of Grain Farmers of Ontario, joins for a... Read More

Across the Western Prairies, flea beetles are starting to pop up in canola crops. As your canola crop moves from the cotyledon stage to the first true leaf stage, you want to ensure you are keeping an eye on potential feeding. In this episode of Real Agriculture’s Canola School, Kara Oosterhuis talks to Autumn Barnes,... Read More

As the rain continues to fall, it’s hard to believe that the Ontario winter wheat crop could be suffering from sunburn. But this week at the Exeter Agribusiness meeting, P&H sales and agronomy manager Jeff Jacques confirmed the presence of physiological fleck in wheat fields near Centralia, Ontario. Every summer RealAgriculture agronomist Peter Johnson is... Read More