Podcasts – RealAgriculture

The good news? The prairies are expected to get some rain. Bad news? It’s likely to come after some high temperatures. Drew Lerner of World Weather, Inc. joined RealAg Radio host Shaun Haney for Monday’s show, where they discussed what weather patterns farmers are likely to see heading into the end of seeding, and over... Read More

There is a potential change brewing in the weather bound for Eastern Canada in the coming weeks. According to Drew Lerner of World Weather, Inc., what we’re looking for is a high pressure ridge to develop in the central United States, cranking the jet stream around. “It’ll form a northwesterly flow into southeastern Canada,” explains... Read More

Cool, below normal temperatures in Prince Edward Island have set back the potato harvest for some producers. Ryan Barrett, lead agronomist with the PEI Potato Board says as of Friday, May 25, roughly five to six per cent of the spuds were in the ground. “We are a little bit behind schedule. Normally our main... Read More

It’s Monday, and in today’s episode of RealAg Radio with host Shaun Haney: Everything Weather — Drew Lerner of World Weather, Inc. provides his outlook for summer, and what that might mean for field crops; and, Agronomy Panel – Aaron Stevanus, Jeremy Boychyn, and Peter Johnson talk mental health, sawflies and grasshoppers, drought, delayed seeding,... Read More

Prostate Cancer. Despite its wide-reaching impact, it’s often both misunderstood and misrepresented. According to Prostate Cancer Canada (PCC), in 2019 alone, over 20,000 cases of prostate cancer will be diagnosed in Canada. Robin Speer, spokesperson for PCC adds that 4,000 of those men will lose their lives to the disease. In case you don’t feel... Read More

Ontario is dotted with fields of “wimpy wheat.” That’s what RealAgriculture agronomist, Peter Johnson is calling late-emerging, thin, spindly winter wheat that lacks vigour and did not tiller. In this episode of RealAgriculture Wheat School, Johnson explains these plants are simply suffering from cold injury after a rugged Ontario fall and an equally tumultuous spring... Read More

Happy Friday! For today’s RealAg Radio show, host Shaun Haney has the following guests: RealAgriculture’s news lead, Jessika Guse with the top ag news stories of the day; Robin Speer with Prostate Cancer Canada is in to explain the #PlaidForDad campaign; J.P. Gervais, chief economist with Farm Credit Canada discusses interest rates; and, RealAgriculture’s Lyndsey... Read More

Many fields in Western Canada are starting to see the emergence of canola cotyledons, making it prime time to start scouting, and assessing stand establishment. In this Canola School, Autumn Barnes, agronomy specialist with the Canola Council of Canada, says her favourite trick for assessing stand establishment is to use her bright yellow hula hoop.... Read More

If you grow winter wheat in Ontario, chances are wet weather chased you out of the field this spring before you applied nitrogen. That’s what happened to RealAgriculture agronomist Peter Johnson. In this episode of the Wheat School, our resident agronomist compares wheat that received early spring nitrogen to another part of the field where... Read More

On today’s edition of RealAg Radio, host Shaun Haney delves into: The top ag news stories of the day, with RealAgriculture’s Jessika Guse; Farmer Rapid Fire – Ontario and Saskatchewan farmers Mark Brock and D.C. Jensen join the show to provide progress reports on planting; and, Wheat Pete’s Word – Is it time to look... Read More