Podcasts – RealAgriculture

Typically thought of as a corn issue, western bean cutworm can be a quality robber in edible beans, too, making timely scouting and spray decisions critical to protecting the crop's value. In this episode of RealAgriculture's Edible Bean School, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness edible bean and oilseed specialist John Fluttert explains how... Read More

Most farmers see a patch of herbicide-resistant wild oats as a nightmare. Troy Basaraba saw an opportunity. After testing a patch of wild oats at a research site near Brandon, Man., the Bayer technical solutions agronomist discovered resistance to both Group 1 and Group 2 herbicides. Rather than letting the discovery go to waste, he... Read More

Thanks for tuning in to this edition of RealAg on the Weekend! On today's show, host Shaun Haney shares interviews captured at the Ag in Motion outdoor show near Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Hear from: Senator Todd Lewis, producer from Grey, Saskatchewan, on local crop conditions and the Halifax FPT meeting outcomes Trevor Scherman, producer from the... Read More

Improving soil resiliency and water infiltration rates requires an evolving approach to residue management and equipment selection, especially in regions prone to excess moisture and poor drainage, says Marcel Van Staveren, who farms near Creelman in southeast Saskatchewan. VanStaveren shares how his operation’s transition to disc drills and stripper headers has helped his farm enhance... Read More

The Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute (CAPI), in partnership with RealAgriculture, this week hosted an Ag Policy Exchange webinar analyzing the directional impact of the Halifax Statement coming out of the federal, provincial, and territorial (FPT) agricultural ministers' meeting. The session features an interview between Kelvin Heppner and federal Agriculture Minister Heath MacDonald. Minister MacDonald emphasizes... Read More

Threats of a 50 per cent tariff on Canadian dairy exports to the United States have put supply management back in the spotlight of trade negotiations between the two countries, creating friction for cross-border supply chains. While milk for the domestic market remains the priority for Canadian producers, says Dairy Farmers of Canada president David... Read More

The federal agriculture minister says he sees momentum for changes in Canada's next five-year agricultural policy framework that reflect how much the world has changed since the current framework was negotiated. Heath MacDonald is pushing back against stakeholder skepticism that the newly signed Halifax Statement charts a path toward the status quo, failing to adequately... Read More

Corn yields across Ontario are showing huge potential, but managing leaf disease and timing fungicide applications will be critical to capitalizing on it. On this episode of Wheat Pete's Word, host Peter Johnson breaks down crop stress, market shifts, disease watch-outs, and cover crop management. Plus, get the latest insights on dry-down struggles in wheat,... Read More

Health and safety in agriculture isn’t just about compliance — it’s about protecting the people who make the work possible and safeguarding the capital invested in your animals, equipment, and land. In this episode of the Farm Safety Roundup, host Shaun Haney connects with Kristin Hoffman, farmer and senior sector specialist with Workplace Safety &... Read More

Corn roots may grow deep, but they don't grow as wide as many growers think. That limited root architecture could be preventing plants from accessing the nitrogen and other nutrients needed to maximize yield. In this episode of RealAgriculture's Corn School, PRIDE Seeds agronomist Stephanie Myslik explains how the typical corn root system influences nutrient... Read More

Host Amber Bell chews on the latest in beef production as she sits down with Sean McGrath of Round Rock Ranching to discuss designing, building, and adapting reliable watering setups for grazing cattle. In this episode of Ruminating with RealAg, McGrath breaks down how to manage cattle water requirements and work with effective rainfall dynamics... Read More

As Canada’s agricultural policy framework approaches its scheduled 2028 renewal, industry leaders are urging decision-makers to move beyond broad priority statements and address urgent global realities. With geopolitical shifts, trade vulnerabilities, and climate impacts accelerating, the sector requires targeted, adaptable programming rather than standard administrative updates. In advance of Thursday's webinar on the topic, Lyndsey... Read More

BASF’s InVigor canola brand is marking 30 years in the Canadian market, a milestone that reflects not only advances in hybrid breeding but also the evolution of canola production across Western Canada. In this episode of the Canola PODcast, Shaun Haney sits down with Blaine Woycheshin, InVigor marketing manager at BASF, to reflect on the... Read More

Visual symptoms only tell part of the story. By the time nutrient deficiencies become obvious in a soybean field, yield potential may already have been affected. In this episode of RealAgriculture's Soybean School, SGS Crop Science agronomist Jack Legg explains how tissue testing during the reproductive stages can help growers identify nutrient deficiencies, evaluate overall... Read More

This week on The Agronomists, host Lyndsey Smith is joined by Joanna Follings of OMAFA and Phil Needham of Needham Ag Technologies to talk about winter wheat harvest management, and what to do between now and wheat seeding to get the best stand possible, including residue management, weed control, and choosing the right planting date!... Read More

Welcome to RealAg on the Weekend with your host Shaun Haney! Today on the show, Haney discusses the Federal, Provincial, and Territorial meeting that happened in Halifax this week, market impacts, and Kelvin Heppner joins the show to unpack the feds' interprovincial meat movement proposal with Kyle Larkin, president and CEO of the Canada Meat... Read More

As agricultural drones continue to evolve, they're finding a growing number of practical uses on the farm. While they won't replace a ground sprayer anytime soon, they can help tackle jobs that are difficult—or simply impractical—with conventional equipment. Speaking with RealAgriculture at a recent drone demonstration, Eva Moller, director of research and training with LandView... Read More

The mid-summer slowdown has settled on the cattle markets, with cash prices retreating across North America following several months of record highs. While the pullback is largely seasonal, strong Canadian beef export performance and continued feeder cattle imports remain key storylines as the industry heads into the second half of the year. In this Beef... Read More

Corn rootworm continues to adapt to the tools used to control it, and Ontario and Quebec have become leading hot spots for resistance in North America. In this episode of RealAgriculture's Corn School, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness entomologist Tracey Baute explains why resistance is increasing in continuous corn production systems and what... Read More

The Yr15 gene has provided wheat breeders with an important source of resistance to stripe rust, but new races of the disease that have overcome the gene in Europe are raising concerns about its long-term effectiveness in Canada. That has prompted Canadian researchers and breeders to take steps now to monitor and protect the gene... Read More

The Carney government's proposal to allow provincially-inspected meat to be sold across provincial borders is a bad idea, according to the Canadian Meat Council. Proposed exemptions to the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations would allow interprovincial movement of meat from provincially-inspected facilities for up to four years where certain conditions exist, such as unmet slaughter... Read More

Holy wheat, what a crop! At least in some fields, says Peter "Wheat Pete" Johnson in this week’s edition of Wheat Pete’s Word. This week, we're catching up on the huge variability showing up in winter wheat yields, a flood of fungicide questions driven by wildly different moisture conditions, and practical agronomy insights on everything... Read More

Well-nodulated soybean plants are essential for producing the nitrogen needed to support high yields, but the only way to know if the crop is on track is to get out of the cab and dig some plants. In this episode of Soybean School, RealAgriculture's Bernard Tobin talks with Lallemand Plant Care field solutions specialist Nikki... Read More

The spread of cabbage seedpod weevil (CSPW) into new areas of Western Canada means many canola growers are facing an unfamiliar pest in the battle to protect canola yields. Historically confined to southern regions on the western side of the Prairies, higher CSPW populations have pushed into central Alberta (reaching as far north as Edmonton),... Read More

Communication and planning often take a back seat to production on the farm, until a crisis forces them to the forefront. For Alberta farmers Mike and Monika Benoit, a series of unexpected challenges reinforced that business resilience depends on more than growing a good crop. It requires strong planning, open conversations, and the ability to... Read More

For this episode of the Truth About Ag podcast, co-hosts Evan Shout and Kristjan Hebert sit down with Dick Wittman, farm management consultant, educator, and longtime faculty member of Texas A&M's Executive Program for Agricultural Producers (TEPAP). The conversation takes a hard look at an uncomfortable trend: using a proficiency checklist tracked over 25+ years,... Read More

When a pulse field starts yellowing off, it is easy to assume a destructive root disease is taking hold below the surface. But until you step into the field and start digging, you might be misdiagnosing a completely different agronomic headache. Erica Yaskowich, crop extension specialist with the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture, joins Amber Bell... Read More

Welcome to RealAg Radio with your host, Shaun Haney! On today's show, Haney is joined by Dr. Edward Bork of the University of Alberta to discuss virtual fencing on Western Canadian ranches, Tim Gardner of Bayer for a spotlight interview, and Blaine Woycheshin of BASF to look back on 30 years of InVigor canola. Coming... Read More

This week on The Agronomists, guest host Peter Johnson is joined by Adrian Rivard of Drone Spray Canada and Adam Pfeffer of Bayer to discuss spraying by drone — what the new rules say, the impact of spray height, water volume, and speed on efficacy. The Agronomists is brought to you by the Edible Bean... Read More

Welcome to Agronomic Monday on RealAg Radio, brought to you by FMC Ag Canada and hosted by Lyndsey Smith! 00:00 - Coming up… 01:47 - Aidan Filipchuck of PRIDE Seeds 12:30 - Horst Bohner of OMAFA 21:10 - Bryan O’Hara of FMC Ag Canada 28:06 - Marcel Van Staveren 39:16 - Marcel Van Staveren 50:54... Read More

Welcome to RealAg on the Weekend with your host for this week’s show, Lyndsey Smith! Today on the show, Smith is joined by Dr. Edward Bork of the University of Alberta to talk about e-collars for cattle, Marcel Van Staveren of K-Hart on addressing soil health goals and how a disc drill has changed how... Read More

Welcome and thanks for tuning in to the RealAg Issues Panel on RealAg Radio! Today on the show, host Lyndsey Smith is joined by Kelvin Heppner of RealAgriculture and Tyler McCann of CAPI! 00:00 - Coming up… 01:37 - RealAg Issues Panel with Lyndsey, Kelvin & Tyler 10:27 - RealAg Issues Panel with Lyndsey, Kelvin... Read More

Wet weather can create ideal conditions for fungal diseases in cereal crops, making timely scouting and well-planned fungicide applications very important. While growers can't control the weather, they can improve disease management by focusing on prevention, staging, and field prioritization. In this episode of RealAgriculture's Wheat School, Rory Cranston, technical product lead with Bayer, joins... Read More

Cool, wet springs are often the perfect recipe for soybean root rots, and with much of Ontario experiencing those conditions this season, growers should be keeping a close eye on their crop. In this episode of RealAgriculture's Soybean School, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness plant pathologist Albert Tenuta discusses the root diseases he's... Read More

Welcome to the Farmer Rapid Fire on RealAg Radio, brought to you by Pioneer Canada! Today on the show, host Lyndsey Smith is joined by Bruce Hill, Eric Mclean, Leslie Rae Kelly, Patrick Kunz, and agronomist Brent Nilsson. 00:00 - Coming up… 01:53 - Bruce Hill of Kinburn, Ont. 16:30 - Eric Mclean of Oak... Read More

Early-season cold, wet conditions can leave corn looking rough, but appearance alone does not tell the whole story. Before making management decisions, growers should evaluate stand establishment, crop staging, and root development to determine whether the crop is likely to recover. In this episode of RealAgriculture's Corn School, Aidan Filipchuk, sales agronomist with PRIDE Seeds,... Read More

Wheat harvest is underway in Ontario, with excellent wheat quality, but winter barley is putting up disappointing yields. What's the issue? Peter "Wheat Pete" Johnson tackles that, plus plenty of questions about nitrogen, soybeans, and fungicide decisions in this week's Wheat Pete's Word episode! Have a question you'd like Wheat Pete to address or some... Read More

Welcome to this mid-week edition of RealAg Radio with your host Shaun Haney. Today on the show, Haney is joined by Jason Reinheimer of the Global Institute for Food Security on food security and opportunities in Canada, Rob Jardine for a spotlight interview on Cargill Edible Oils, and Shaun Kindopp on the future of Agrbition!... Read More

Keeping cattle where they belong without a single strand of wire might sound ambitious, but after four years of research, virtual fencing is proving it can do just that. Researchers at the University of Alberta have been putting virtual collar technology through its paces to determine whether it can withstand Western Canadian grazing conditions. Speaking... Read More

Welcome to this Tuesday edition of RealAg Radio! Today on the show, Shaun Haney is joined by Nik Nanos, Chief Data Scientist with Nanos Research Group. Haney and Nanos unpack the current relationship between North American countries. 00:00 - Coming up… 02:37 - Nik Nanos & Shaun Haney’s discussion part 1 14:02 - Nik Nanos... Read More

Canadian agriculture's policy framework needs to shift from reacting to crises toward proactively building resilience if the sector is to remain competitive in an increasingly volatile operating environment. That's the "Big Idea" for this episode of the Ag Policy Connection podcast, hosted by Tyler McCann, managing director of the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute (CAPI), and... Read More

What does the FIFA World Cup tell us about geopolitics? Find out in this episode of the Frontlines podcast! For this episode, host Shaun Haney and geopolitical analyst Jacob Shapiro use the global football tournament as a springboard to discuss nationalism, international institutions, and the role sport plays in bringing people together, while acknowledging that... Read More

For this episode of The Agronomists, Joseph Ikley of North Dakota State University, Mike Cowbrough of OMAFA and Aaron Hager of the University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign join host Lyndsey Smith to discuss the rising threat of Palmer amaranth and the problem that is waterhemp, what we know (and don't) about control and control costs,... Read More

Cover crops can reduce erosion, improve soil health, recycle nutrients, and help suppress weeds, but achieving those benefits depends on one critical factor: biomass. While growers often focus on selecting the right species or cover crop mix, Washington State University extension agronomist Andrew McGuire, who is also senior extension fellow at WSU's Center for Sustaining... Read More

Welcome to RealAg on the Weekend with your host Shaun Haney! On this week’s edition of the show, Haney is joined by farmers Kris Mayerle of Tisdale, Saskatchewan, and Chris Allam of Edmonton, Alberta; Kelvin Heppner of RealAgriculture to talk about the StatsCan acreage report; Anne Wasko of the Gateway Livestock Exchange for a Beef... Read More

As soybean fields move into flowering, protecting yield potential shifts from weed control to disease management. Timing fungicide applications correctly is critical for managing white mould and other yield-robbing diseases, particularly in fields with dense canopies and a history of disease. In this episode of Soybean School, RealAgriculture's Bernard Tobin visits the BASF Maryhill Research... Read More

Brandt commits to building a $8.5 million structure to house livestock for the 2026 event With all the changes happening or planned for Regina's REAL District in the announced sale of buildings to the Brandt Group of Companies, questions had begun to mount on the fate of the 2026 Canadian Western Agribition, slated for November... Read More

July has arrived with a shift toward more typical seasonal market patterns, but the underlying fundamentals supporting the North American cattle market remain firmly in place. On this week's Beef Market Update, Anne Wasko of Gateway Livestock Exchange and Shaun Haney discuss softer U.S. cash trade, record Alberta fed cattle prices, improving forage conditions across... Read More

Interest in targeted spraying continues to grow as the technology expands beyond green-on-brown applications into green-on-green systems capable of identifying weeds within standing crops. In this demonstration, Christian Hansen, agronomy research lead with John Deere, walks through the company's See & Spray technology on a 412R sprayer, showing how operators can configure crop models, adjust... Read More

A strong-looking corn crop in late June can still lose yield if key stresses aren't managed through the reproductive period. As the crop moves toward tasselling and silking, growers should be paying close attention to nitrogen availability, disease pressure, and environmental conditions that can quickly reduce yield potential. In this episode of RealAgriculture Corn School,... Read More