Welcome to this Friday edition of RealAg Radio! On today’s RealAg Issues Panel, host Shaun Haney is joined by Stuart Person of MNP and RealAgriculture’s Lyndsey Smith. In segment two, Stephen Heckbert of the Canadian Pork Council joins the panel for a discussion on global demand for Canadian pork. Thoughts on something we talked about... Read More

What will it take to keep driving corn yields higher in the years ahead? At the 2026 SouthWest Agricultural Conference at the University of Guelph’s Ridgetown campus, University of Illinois corn researcher Dr. Fred Below shared a compelling vision for future corn management — one that starts with fundamentals but leads to a bold conclusion... Read More

The Final Mile is six-part podcast series brought to you by Results Driven Agriculture Research (RDAR). In line with RDAR's goal of moving farm-ready innovation into the hands of Albertan producers to create a stronger, more efficient, more profitable, and more sustainable agriculture industry for the province, The Final Mile will feature a leading industry... Read More

Poor crop prices and growing input costs will make farm profitability a tough pursuit in 2026 but there will be pricing opportunities for farmers to take advantage of throughout the growing season. That was Steve Kell's message to Ontario farmers attending the SouthWest Agricultural Conference this week at the University of Guelph's Ridgetown Campus. Drawing... Read More

Welcome to the RealAg Radio Farmer Rapid Fire, brought to you by Corteva Crop Protection! On today’s show host Shaun Haney is joined by: Brendan Byrne of Essex, Ont.; Ron Krahn of Rivers, Man.; Chris Bauer of Lake Lenore, Sask, Patrick Kunz of Beiseker, Alta.; and, Saskatchewan agronomist Rhett Duke of Corteva Agriscience. Thoughts on... Read More

As corn producers head into another growing season, economic headwinds are intensifying—not from just one direction, but from both sides of the balance sheet. While production costs remain stubbornly high, corn prices have sharply declined, squeezing farm margins and prompting a push for long-term demand growth. Krista Swanson, chief economist with the National Corn Growers... Read More

Nufarm is adding a new option to its lineup of soil-residual herbicides with the launch of Valtera Cereals, a product designed to help cereal growers manage early-season weed pressure and support resistance management programs. Speaking with RealAgriculture at Agri-Trade in Red Deer, Alta., Tyler Gullen of Nufarm says the product builds on the performance growers... Read More

Identifying crop stress before visual symptoms appear remains a challenge in agriculture, particularly when issues develop below the soil surface. At Canola Week in Saskatoon, RealAgriculture spoke with Norm Janssen, business development lead for North America with Vivent Biosignals, about how plants respond to their environment through electrical signals. Vivent Biosignals is a Swiss-based company... Read More

Welcome to this mid-week edition of RealAg Radio with your host Shaun Haney! On this edition of the show, Haney is joined by: Bernard Tobin from the floor of the Southwest Ag Conference; Darcy Rafoss for a spotlight interview for Corteva Agriscience Canada; Patti Durand on a new podcast launching on RealAgriculture next week! PLUS,... Read More

Grain and oilseed markets are entering 2026 under a cloud of uncertainty, marked by hesitant demand and stable supply expectations. According to Neil Townsend of GrainFox, the dominant theme leading us into this new year is “lower for longer,” as both sides of the market struggle to generate upward momentum. Townsend points to stagnating biofuel... Read More

The new year is off and running, and Wheat Pete is energized by the learning and connections happening at Ontario’s winter ag conferences! In this first episode of 2026, Peter Johnson dives deep into fertilizer economics, the legalities of road safety, fungicide's value with or without disease, and how to keep those tar spot losses... Read More

In this episode, co-hosts Evan Shout and Kristjan Hebert sit down with first-generation farmer and long-time ag industry leader April Nichol to explore what it really takes to build both a business and a life on the farm. April and her husband Chad started their operation from scratch east of Regina over 20 years ago,... Read More

Regenerative agriculture is one of those terms that can spark a debate faster than a coffee-row chat about tillage, but on this episode of Ruminating with RealAg, host Amber Bell sits down with Joel Williams of Integrated Soils to keep things grounded. Williams, an independent plant and soil health educator who works with farmers around... Read More

An airless wheel loader tire from Evolution Wheel is designed to cut downtime and extend wear life for operators running mid-size loaders. The company's 20.5-25 all-terrain wheel loader tire was on display at Agri-Trade in Red Deer. Designed for machines such as a Cat 930, the tire features an L5 tread with roughly three inches... Read More

Welcome to today’s edition of RealAg Radio with your host Shaun Haney! For today’s discussion, Haney is joined by: Neil Townsend of GrainFox on the markets, including how the Venezuela situation may have an impact on oil and ag commodities; and Krista Swanson, chief economist with the Nation Corn Growers Association, on opportunities for U.S.... Read More

The U.S.-led arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro may have been framed as a crackdown on drug trafficking, but its ripple effects could extend deep into agricultural markets across the Americas. In this Frontlines episode, Shaun Haney of RealAgriculture speaks with Jacob Shapiro of the Bespoke Group to explore the implications of Maduro’s removal—not just... Read More

On this episode of The Agronomists, host Lyndsey Smith and guests Dale Cowan of AGRIS Co-op and Rob Miller of BASF Canada discuss the smartest spend: what does an extra dollar of N return? How can we make sure the money spent on crop protection does what it should? Are there obvious places to stretch... Read More

Improving the soil while maintaining a profit to feed the farm. It's a simple philosophy that's reflected in Cavan, Ont., farmer Norm Lamothe's approach to nitrogen management and cover crops. On this episode of Farming Forward, Lamothe shares how he's combining cover crops and the power of living roots with a split nitrogen strategy to... Read More

Welcome to this Agronomic Monday edition of RealAg Radio with your host Lyndsey Smith! On today’s show, Lyndsey Smith is joined by: Dr. Istvan Rajcan of the University of Guelph and Horst Bohner of OMAFA on why some soybean flowers don’t make pods; Dr. Shaun Sharpe of AAFC on the growing threat of palmer amaranth... Read More

With 2025 in the rearview, farmers head into 2026 facing a crowded policy landscape and persistent market pressures. Shaun Haney, host of RealAg Radio, joined RFD-TV’s Market Day Report to outline the major forces shaping the year ahead. Haney points to 2026 as a “collision year,” with overlapping policy files demanding attention—from the stalled U.S.... Read More