Year: 2025

BASF Agricultural Solutions Canada has announced the 12 organizations that will each receive a portion of the $160,000 Growing Home with BASF prize fund. The company established the Growing Home with BASF initiative in 2023 to give back to rural communities. Every year, growers nominate the organizations that they believe are most deserving in their... Read More

Thanks for tuning in to this Tuesday edition of RealAg Radio! Shaun Haney is joined by: Kelvin Heppner of RealAgriculture to discuss the election results; Derryn Shrosbee of 33seven Continuity Planning in part 3 of the Continuity Conversations series, discussing who's 'in the tent' for succession planning. Dr. Hector Carcamo of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada,... Read More

Thanks for tuning in to this episode of the Pests & Predators podcast! Host Shaun Haney is joined by Dr. Héctor Cárcamo, entomologist at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada at Lethbridge, to dig into beneficial insects and the use of Canada wasps to help control lygus bugs and reduce insecticide use. In this episode, Cárcamo outlines... Read More

Canada’s latest federal election may have left the Liberals with a minority (as of press time), but it also deepened political fractures that could complicate national governance and policy. In this discussion, RealAg Radio host Shaun Haney is joined by Kelvin Heppner to break down how regional divides influenced the election outcome — and what... Read More

The Alberta government is preparing to lift its suspension of the loan program offered by Canada's largest cattle feeder association. Alberta Ag Minister RJ Sigurdson issued an order on January 27th, 2025, prohibiting the Picture Butte Feeder Co-op (PBFC) from issuing new loans under the Alberta government's Feeder Associations Loan Guarantee program. The order was... Read More

In a stunning outcome of the April 28 election, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre lost his Carleton riding to Liberal Bruce Fanjoy, who has never served as an MP. This was Poilievre's eighth election for the riding, one that was notable for a few reasons this election. First, Carleton was one of the ridings affected by... Read More

A plant growth regulator (PGR) can strengthen and sometimes shorten cereal stems, reducing the lodging risk and increasing harvest efficiency, but not every field is a candidate for a PGR application. To navigate the why and when of PGR passes, this episode of The Agronomists features Sheri Strydhorst with RDAR and Marijke Vanderlaan of Syngenta.... Read More

New Agriculture Minister Kody Blois is among around 165 Liberal MPs that are projected to have won their seat in the 2025 federal election, as the party now led by Mark Carney rode an unprecedented swing in political popularity following Justin Trudeau's departure to win a fourth consecutive mandate. The final seat count is too... Read More

Thanks for tuning in to this Agronomic Monday edition of RealAg Radio! Host Lyndsey Smith is joined by RealAgriculture’s in-house agronomist, Peter “Wheat Pete” Johnson to cover some agronomic topics including pre-seed burndown decisions, PGR applications, and nitrogen managment! Also hear a clip from a recent Corn School episode with Rob Miller of BASF Canada... Read More

Getting current and staying current can be a challenge when it comes to precision agriculture and ever-evolving technology. At the Commodity Classic in Denver, Colorado, RealAgriculture's Bernard Tobin caught up with Kyle Barry, John Deere’s manager of precision upgrades marketing, to take a look at Precision Essentials, the company's new precision ag hardware kit. Barry... Read More