Farmers’ Feed

It's Monday, which means RealAg Radio is all about agronomy — or at least mostly. It also marks day one of an entire week of Lyndsey Smith hosting the show. Beware: there may be a whole lot of livestock and sheep talk all week. Today's show features: News with news lead Jessika Guse Two segments... » Read More

The 2018 growing season has thrown Ontario farmers more than a few curve balls, including severe drought, but this latest at harvest is likely the toughest to manage. Ontario's provincial agriculture department has released its annual corn crop toxin survey, and the numbers are not good. A whopping 25% of crop surveyed came in at... » Read More

It was an exciting day for trade between Canada and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region. Today, the Canadian government announced new market access for live cattle exports to the Philippines, along with sheep and goat genetics exports to Indonesia and the Philippines. “Increasing trade with fast-growing and dynamic markets such as those in... » Read More

There was a tremendous amount of relief, and some consternation, when the new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) was finally struck. Cleary, many industries are simply happy that things did not get worse. The dairy industry, though, feels that things did get worse for them. Dr. Richard Barichello, professor, food and resource economics at the University... » Read More

Wheat midge is still a significant threat to wheat in Western Canada. While the threat has subsided a bit because of the discovery and use of the SM1 resistance gene, it's important to remember that there is only one bullet in the chamber, and if it gets spent wheat crops will be, once again, at... » Read More

Attention to detail helps farmers in TFW application process Farmtario newsletter for Monday, Oct. 15, 2018 Read More