Podcasts – RealAgriculture

The integration between Alberta Wheat and Alberta Barley has been extremely successful, says Tom Steve, executive director with the now one-year-old Alberta Wheat and Barley Commission. “We’ve realized cost savings of about $350,000 a year,” Steve says. “A lot is related to salaries for sure, but we have a stronger management team now that’s focussed... Read More

No, it’s not Monday, but today’s RealAg Radio show is pretty full of agronomy knowledge anyway. From Wheat Pete’s Word, tackling top questions, concerns about the Ontario wheat crop, and thinking of clever ways to get soybeans off to a quick start, and on to how Deb Campbell, founder of Agronomy Advantage, acts as the... Read More

We’re talking rotation trade-offs in this edition of Wheat Pete’s Word — and, no, not just because your host Peter Johnson loves him some wheat crop. It’s all about year three benefits when looking at a three or four year rotations vs. two-year alternating crop plans, Johnson says, and the results could be as high... Read More

Welcome to Wednesday, the middle of the week or halfway through the work week since it was a long weekend — you decide. For today’s RealAg Radio show, host Shaun Haney will give you his thoughts about finding the sweet spot in family business. The News with (Jessika) Guse is back along with Lyndsey Smith. The... Read More

It’s a mid-week Beef Market Update, and although we always love and appreciate having Anne Wasko from the Gateway Livestock Exchange on the show, she says what she’s about to say might not make people too happy. Wasko says there’s two very different scenarios unfolding in the markets currently, and the good and the bad... Read More

In 2010, Claas set a world record when the Lexion 760 Terra Trac combine harvested 51,153 bushels of corn in a 10-hour period. Claas product manager Jeff Gray drove the combine that day and he was back in the cab last September to help Craig Stewart and sons Bob and Brad set new harvesting records... Read More

Case IH has unveiled the new AFS Connect Magnum series tractors and new technology partners as they rethink the way a tractor can be operated. The Case IH Advanced Farming Systems (AFS) precision technology is another step in the process of developing self-driving machinery for farmers. Bill Weber, Case IH high-horsepower marketing leader, was at... Read More

There’s just 29 days left of winter! As the RealAgriculture team has been busy on the road, today host Shaun Haney invites Jessika Guse for not one, but two news segments. Topics covered are Gerald Butts resignation, Minister Chrystia Freeland’s push for tariffs on steel and aluminum to be lifted, investment on Canada’s bioeconomy pertaining... Read More

New Holland says it has built its new Genesis T8 tractor series from the ground up to deliver improved precision technology and a revamped cab that gives growers a new level of customizable tractor control. New Holland rolled out the Genesis T8 with Precision Land Management (PLM) Intelligence, the company’s precision farming platform, at the National Farm Machinery... Read More

Rural crime has become more and more of a problem in the past couple of years, and a big topic of conversations at CropConnect this year. For one breakout session, lawyer Lisa Labossiere, of Myers LLP, went over recent court cases pertaining to rural crime involving farmer interaction to help ensure farmers understand what they... Read More