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Welcome to this week’s edition of RealAg on the Weekend with Shaun Haney! On today’s show, Haney talks about data from the Canadian Farmer Sentiment Index showing how crop producers face tight margins and iffy financial sentiment, while livestock operations are riding a wave of strong margins. Also on today’s show, Haney talks about the... Read More

Preserving moisture and managing heavy crop residue in dryland conditions is a persistent challenges for producers in the driest areas of the Canadian Prairies and Northern Great Plains. Achieving agronomic goals when water is significantly limiting often requires balancing equipment choices and harvesting methods with long-term soil health objectives. Dusty Hunter farms near Shaunavon, Sask.,... Read More

Welcome to the RealAg Issues Panel on RealAg Radio! For today’s show, Host Shaun Haney is joined by Lyndsey Smith and Kelvin Heppner of RealAgriculture and Evan Shout of Maverick Ag, Farmer Coach and the Truth About Ag podcast! 00:00 - Coming up… 02:26 - RealAg Issues Panel 16:13 - RealAg Issues Panel 27:30 -... Read More

Thanks for tuning in to the Farmer Rapid Fire on RealAg Radio, brought to you by Pioneer Seeds Canada! On today’s show, your host, Lyndsey Smith, is joined by farmers from across Canada, including Luke Fisher, Jason Kehler, Jim Hale, and Kevin Bisschop. Plus, Lyndsey is joined by Pioneer Agronomist John Seliga, based out of... Read More

CLAAS is bringing a new generation of tractors to North America, with four series spanning 165 to 450 horsepower, and targeting jobs ranging from loader and hay work to heavy tillage and seeding. At the Farm Progress Show in Boone, Iowa, CLAAS product and sales specialist Tanner Whipps joined RealAgriculture’s Bernard Tobin for a first... Read More

Welcome to this Wednesday edition of RealAg Radio, live from the Farm Progress Show in Boone, Idaho! Host Shaun Haney broadcasts today's show from the AGI booth! For the conversation today, hear from Jason Jones, Kent Woods, Brent "Woody" Woodcock, Kushal Dave, and Jake Neujahr. 00:00 - Coming Up... 01:36 - Jason Jones & Kent... Read More

Say it ain't so! Only 41 bushels per acre soybeans and 155 bushels per acre corn? Pete's own harvest predictions are in, and they aren't great for some areas. But there's so much more to talk about on this week's episode of Wheat Pete's Word! Also, on the Word: Extreme weather continues to dominate across... Read More

Rising grain markets and key technology partnerships are generating renewed optimism among producers at this year's Farm Progress Show happening this week at Boone, Iowa. On full display are equipment innovations focused heavily on maximizing field capacity while addressing input energy requirements, offering a practical response to ongoing cost pressures across North American agriculture. RealAgriculture... Read More

Welcome to RealAg Radio! Today on the show, your host Shaun Haney is joined by Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame inductee Ken Forth. Haney and Forth unpack Ken's career in agriculture and talk about his induction into the Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame. Also on today’s show, Stephen Denys of Maizex joins the show for... Read More

This week on The Agronomists, host Lyndsey Smith is joined by Clay Williams of Black Earth and Mohammad Rahbari of CanGrow/Bioline to talk about biological products, their fit in rotation, what they can and can't do, with a focus on humic and fulvic acids as they dive deeper into products. The Agronomists is brought to... Read More

Welcome to Agronomic Monday with your host Lyndsey Smith! Today on the show, Lyndsey is joined by Gabrielle Croft of DEKALB for a spotlight interview, Saskatchewan farmer Dusty Hunter on crop residue benefits, Katie Meggison of Maizex on tailoring your seed choice for more beans in the bin, Dennis Penningron of Michigan State University on... Read More

Canada could expand its non-U.S. goods exports by an additional $146 billion by 2035, with agri-food representing a primary growth driver, according to a new report by PwC. Capturing these international opportunities, however, requires overcoming significant infrastructure and trade logistics gaps and maybe even trade-offs between supply chains. To unpack the logistics requirements and strategic... Read More

Welcome to this week's edition of RealAg on the Weekend with your host Shaun Haney! On the show today, Haney is joined by Michael Harvey of CAFTA, Jim Wiesemeyer of the Wiesemeyer Perspectives Podcast, and Michael English of PwC to help unpack what's happening in Canada-U.S. trade. Also on today's show, Eric Olson of MNP... Read More

Welcome to the Friday edition of RealAg Radio! Today on the show, host Shaun Haney is joined by Tyler McCann of CAPI and Kelvin Heppner of RealAg for the RealAg Issues Panel. Also on today’s show, Shaun is joined by Anne Wasko of Gateway Livestock Exchange for a Beef Market Update. 00:00 - Coming up…... Read More

A shift in supply dynamics and shifting trade flows are weighing heavily on North American livestock markets, reversing months of tight inventory trends and record-high retail prices. In this Beef Market Update, Shaun Haney of RealAgriculture sits down with Anne Wasko of Gateway Livestock Exchange to unpack the factors driving the recent downturn in cash... Read More

With the breakdown in Canada-U.S. trade negotiations and the implementation of new tariffs, the agriculture sector is once again dealing with elevated uncertainty on the trade front. To unpack what this escalation means on the farm and across the sector, the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute (CAPI) and RealAgriculture brought together leading policy analysts, former government... Read More

A little extra protein might sound like cheap insurance in a cattle ration, but when protein is one of the more expensive nutrients being fed, knowing what the cow actually needs matters. During Gateway Research Organization and Farming Forward’s Corn Stalk Tour at Byron Long’s farm in Barrhead County, Alta., Dr. Bart Lardner of the... Read More

More protein might sound like cheap insurance heading into winter, but there comes a point when that extra scoop is doing more for the feed bill than the cow. On this episode of Ruminating with RealAg, host Amber Bell is joined by Eric Bailey, state beef extension specialist and associate professor of animal science with... Read More

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Farmer Rapid Fire, brought to you by Pioneer Seeds Canada! On today’s RealAg Radio show, Shaun Haney is joined by Philip Shaw, Brendan Byrne, Aubrey Yule, Andrea Stroeve-Sawa and Pioneer agronomist Jenna Gregoire! 00:00 - Coming up... 01:40 - Philip Shaw of Dresden, Ont. 16:02 - Brendan Byrne... Read More

Can you believe it? Paisley Johnson, big brother to Peter "Wheat Pete" Johnson took top honours in the 2026 International Plowing Match farmstead beautification contest. Hats off to Paisley! Meanwhile, torrential downpours and severe hail have hit parts of Ontario and the U.S. On this episode of Wheat Pete's Word, host Peter Johnson covers rapid... Read More

Welcome to this midweek edition of RealAg Radio! For today’s discussion, your host Shaun Haney is joined by Michael Harvey of CAFTA to talk about the U.S. -Canada trade war and its consequences, and Michael English of PWC to talk about non-U.S. ag exports and what needs to happen to make this possible. Also on... Read More

Escalating trade tensions between Canada and the United States continue to create uncertainty for the North American agricultural sector. Divergent narratives from both sides of the border have left industry stakeholders looking for clear signals amidst the policy noise, particularly regarding tariffs and supply chain disruptions. In this interview, RealAg Radio host Shaun Haney speaks... Read More

Welcome to this Tuesday edition of RealAg Radio! Today on the show, your host, Shaun Haney, is joined by Jim Wiesemeyer of Wiesemeyer Perspectives and Keith Currie of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture to discuss the Canada-U.S. trade war. Also on today’s show, Haney is joined by Eric Olson of MNP for a spotlight interview.... Read More

This week on The Agronomists, host Lyndsey Smith is joined by Christine O'Reilly of the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness and Cedric MacLeod of MacLeod Agronomics to discuss the super novel and different idea of fertilizer and nutrient applications on forage stands. What productivity gains can we make? What about persistence? What nutrients... Read More

Welcome to RealAg Radio for this Agronomic Monday edition! Today on RealAg Radio, host Lyndsey Smith unpacks the current events impacting your farm, discusses agronomy with Peter ‘Wheat Pete’ Johnson and brings you a discussion with Bernard Tobin of RealAg and Brucelea Poultry field crops manager Mark McLean on how nitrogen robots are helping navigate... Read More

Flax may be known for turning prairie fields blue, but those flowers are more fleeting than they look. “If you look at a flax field and it's flowering and it's beautiful and blue, those flowers that you see that day are not the same flowers you'll see tomorrow. They last one day,” says Ken Jackle,... Read More

Lupins may still be a relatively unfamiliar crop on the Canadian Prairies, but Lupin Platform Inc. is working to build both the acres and the infrastructure needed to change that. The company has officially opened its first lupin processing plant in Westlock County, Alta., marking another step in what CEO Tristan Choi describes as building... Read More

Welcome to this week’s edition of RealAg on the Weekend with host Shaun Haney! Today on the show, Haney is joined by Jon Driedger of LeftField Commodity Research on the wheat and canola markets, and Jenna Rae Seward of Cronkhite Ag on swathing! Thoughts on something we talked about on the show? Connect with host... Read More

Thanks for tuning in to the RealAg Issues Panel on RealAg Radio! Shaun Haney is joined by Evan Shout of Maverick Ag and Lyndsey Smith and Kelvin Heppner, both of RealAgriculture, for today’s edition of the show. Topics up for discussion: farm profitability, tariff deals or no deals, Trump's beef import idea, and Ducks Unlimited's... Read More

Tight seeding windows and wet spring conditions routinely test broad-acre producers across the Canadian Prairies, making field efficiency and tendering speed critical to getting a crop in the ground. To cover more acres with fewer stops, equipment manufacturers are expanding cart capacities and redesigning handling systems to keep drills moving during narrow planting windows. At... Read More

Thanks for tuning in to the Farmer Rapid Fire on RealAg Radio, brought to you by Pioneer Seeds Canada! Today on the show, your host Shaun Haney is joined by farmers Jay Lewis, Simon Ellis, Corey Loessin, Shaune Harty, and Pioneer agronomist Liam Bracken. 02:10 - Jay Lewis of Holstein, Ont. 15:58 - Simon Ellis... Read More

Geopolitical disruptions and infrastructure targets in the Black Sea are causing significant uncertainty in global wheat markets, causing farmers to question how the wheat market is going to play out. In this interview, RealAgriculture’s Shaun Haney sits down with Jon Driedger of Leftfield Commodity Research to analyze the shifting fundamentals of the global wheat market.... Read More