Category: Agriculture

The Agronomists, Ep 226: Optimum soy seeding rates...

On this episode of The Agronomists, guest host Peter Johnson is joined by Dennis Lange of Manitoba Agriculture and Paul Hermans of...

Transforming Caribbean Food Security Through Contr...

Which High-Profit Crops Actually Make Sense for Yo...

Many farmers dream of growing high-profit crops, yet high returns on paper can hide real constraints. Costs often outweigh income,...

When to Plant Marigolds in Florida: Your Zone-by-Z...

If you’ve ever stood barefoot in your Florida yard, seed packet in hand, wondering when to plant marigolds in Florida, you’re not ...

How to Grow Strawberries in Raised Beds: USA Zone-...

I’ll never forget the spring of 2024—standing in my muddy backyard in Columbus, Ohio (USDA Zone 6a), holding a single sad strawber...

Beef Market Update: Canada tops U.S. feeder import...

Volatility continues to define cattle markets as the industry moves into 2026, with steady cash trade in the U.S. but sharp swings...

Global supply gaps and freight costs will keep fer...

Fertilizer markets are set to remain firmly supported for the next several years, with no meaningful price relief on the horizon, ...

RealAg on the Weekend: Cutting red tape, collabora...

Welcome to RealAg on the Weekend with your host for this week's show, Lyndsey Smith! On this edition of RealAg on the Weekend, hea...

Soybean School: Breeding new varieties — from firs...

Every year, seed companies release new varieties to help raise the bar for soybean field performance, yield and end-use characteri...

BushelPlus announces new name and global brand Bra...

Bushel Plus Ltd., which sells harvest optimization equipment and agricultural technology, will transition to a new company name, B...

Forest Farming: Why it Might Make Sense for Your L...

Also called agroforestry, forest farming is a great way to work within your environmental parameters and utilize the tree canopy t...

Ontario CCAs and Ontario Soil and Crop collaborate...

Attendance at the Ontario Certified Crop Advisor Association (CCA) annual meeting this week topped 250 CCAs and industry represent...

Spring strategies for reviving drought-stressed fo...

After a punishing drought through central and eastern Ontario last year, some hay and pasture fields are entering 2026 under signi...

AGI announces CEO change as shares rebound

The board of directors for Ag Growth International (AGI) announced a major executive change on Jan. 15. Paul Brisebois has been ap...

Canola, peas to see tariff relief from China by Ma...

Prime Minister Mark Carney and Chinese President Xi Jinping met in China on Friday, and, by all accounts, had a productive meeting...

RealAg Radio: Regulatory hurdles, collaboration, a...

Welcome to today’s RealAg Radio, brought to you by the Saskatchewan Crops Forum! On today’s show, hear host Lyndsey Smith moderati...

How Could I Know? Ep 1: Lessons in navigating grow...

For young farmers looking to scale their operations or step into leadership, growth isn’t just about acres or assets—it’s about mi...

Wheat Pete's Word, Jan 14: Rotation battles, manur...

Wheat Pete is back in the pulpit this week with passionate calls for better manure stewardship, more diverse crop rotations, and a...

CFIA pauses traceability regulation change; cattle...

If you were on social media late last week you may have noticed a flurry of announcements, statements, and posts from beef and cat...

RealAg Radio, Mother nature's mood swings, de-risk...

Welcome to this Wednesday Edition of the Farmer Rapid Fire on RealAg Radio brought to you by Corteva! On today’s Farmer Rapid Fire...

Grain markets need policy shifts or weather threat...

Farmers could be forgiven if it felt like Groundhog Day as market experts unpacked the state of 2026 global grain markets at the S...

RealAg Radio: A very bearish USDA report, traceabi...

Welcome to RealAg Radio with your host Shaun Haney! For this Tuesday show, Haney is joined by: On today’s show, host Lyndsey Smith...

Profitable Practices: Keeping egg production up, a...

Maintaining good air quality inside a chicken barn, especially during Prairie winters, is critical for egg production and bird com...

Farm cost increases doubled the general inflation ...

The rate at which grain farming costs have escalated over the last five years is more than double Canada’s overall inflation rate,...

Redekop CAS Pre-Cleaner manages intake dust to ext...

Dust entering an engine’s air intake can quickly build up in filters, requiring operators to stop frequently to blow them out or c...

Market Day Report: Expectations run high, as Canad...

Prime Minister Mark Carney is leading a delegation to Beijing this week, that includes Minister of Agriculture Heath MacDonald, Mi...

Why Is My Cucumber Plant Flowering But Not Produci...

On my sweat-drenched 10-square-foot balcony in manikonda apartment, Hyderabad, I planted cucumber vines on 3 June 2025, and they s...

Wheat breeder exit a wake-up call for the future o...

Editor's note: Dr. Richard Cuthbert recently resigned as senior wheat breeder with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. He had a hand...

How authentic farm stories can shape consumer perc...

One of a farmer's greatest assets is the story of how they produce food to feed a growing urban population, says Terry O’Reilly, h...

Clarity from Precision Planting tracks air seeder ...

Keeping product flowing evenly through an air seeder is important during seeding, but traditional blockage systems often only tell...

New fungicide protects against anthracnose and whi...

Syngenta Canada has introduced Elatus Era fungicide to help growers fight anthracnose and white mould in lentils. The company says...

RealAg Radio: Corn pops and spacing, reviving fora...

Welcome to this Agronomic Monday edition of RealAg Radio brought to you by FMC Ag Canada! On today’s show, host Lyndsey Smith is j...

2026 in Focus: Global Experts Predict the Future o...

For decades, greenhouse horticulture quietly scaled across global supply chains. In more recent years, a new generation o...

The 9 Best Flowers and Vegetables to Winter Sow

For farms in colder areas, starting seeds in time for the spring market requires a significant amount of time and indoor space. Wi...

Why Are My Tulsi Leaves Turning Yellow and Falling...

It was the third week of November 10, 2025, and I stood on my balcony in Hyderabad—staring at my tulsi plant like it’d just ghoste...

High-stability oil canola creates a profit advanta...

As growers finalize canola plans heading into seeding season, interest continues to build around identity-preserved opportunities ...

5 Agri-Environmental Strategies that Prevent Speci...

On today’s farms, ecologically-friendly practices are on the rise. Using agri-environmental strategies, farmers prevent environmen...

Why Are My Brinjal Leaves Curling in Pots? (Yes, E...

It was the second week of June 2025, and my brinjal plants on the Hyderabad balcony looked like they’d given up. Brinjal leaves cu...

A Mini Excavator’s Value Isn’t the Machine; It’s t...

For small businesses and farmers, mini excavators are more than just compact digging machines. They can simplify tasks from trench...

The Final Mile, Ep 1: Why strategy matters as much...

The Final Mile is six-part podcast series brought to you by Results Driven Agriculture Research (RDAR). In line with RDAR's goal o...

Price even the small bumps for '26 commodities, sa...

Poor crop prices and growing input costs will make farm profitability a tough pursuit in 2026 but there will be pricing opportunit...

RealAg Radio: Priorities for MacDonald, the value ...

Welcome to this Friday edition of RealAg Radio! On today’s RealAg Issues Panel, host Shaun Haney is joined by Stuart Person of MNP...

Corn School: Is the future of corn higher populati...

What will it take to keep driving corn yields higher in the years ahead? At the 2026 SouthWest Agricultural Conference at the Univ...

RealAg on the Weekend: Farm culture, '26 grain out...

Welcome back to RealAg on the Weekend with host Shaun Haney. On today’s show, Haney is joined by: Neil Townsend of GrainFox on a s...

My mint leaves turning yellow and black. What Went...

I snipped my first pudina cutting on January 1, 2026, from a neighbour’s bush in Hyderabad—I thought I was set for fresh mint tea ...

Wheat Pete's Word, Jan 7: Starter fertilizer optio...

The new year is off and running, and Wheat Pete is energized by the learning and connections happening at Ontario’s winter ag conf...

Franc to lead 4-H Canada as CEO

Christina Franc has been announced as the new CEO of 4-H Canada. With over 15 years of experience leading national nonprofit organ...

RCMP arrest man on nine fraud and forgery-related ...

RCMP in east-central Alberta have arrested a 36-year old and charged him with nine fraud and forgery-related offenses involving fa...

Cautious commodity demand and fear-based market mo...

Grain and oilseed markets are entering 2026 under a cloud of uncertainty, marked by hesitant demand and stable supply expectations...

RealAg Radio: Limits to farmland ownership, new st...

Welcome to this mid-week edition of RealAg Radio with your host Shaun Haney! On this edition of the show, Haney is joined by: Bern...

Didi-Omah Talk On How To Build A Successful Busine...

Farming is one of the oldest businesses in the world, yet it still remains one of the most profitable—if you understand how to sta...

My Curry Leaves Are Turning Yellow – Here’s What I...

It hit me on the morning of November 12, 2025. I was brewing chai on my Hyderabad balcony when I noticed it—my prized curry leaf p...

Farming Forward: Balancing what's best for cover c...

Improving the soil while maintaining a profit to feed the farm. It's a simple philosophy that's reflected in Cavan, Ont., farmer N...

Brocklebank named as CEO of the Canadian Cattle As...

Andrea Brocklebank will become the Canadian Cattle Association’s (CCA) Chief Executive Officer in early March. She is currently th...

The Agronomists, Ep 224: Smart agronomy money with...

On this episode of The Agronomists, host Lyndsey Smith and guests Dale Cowan of AGRIS Co-op and Rob Miller of BASF Canada discuss ...

RealAg Radio: Market reactions to Venezuela situat...

Welcome to today’s edition of RealAg Radio with your host Shaun Haney! For today’s discussion, Haney is joined by: Neil Townsend o...

Frontlines: Maduro's capture could set off unexpec...

The U.S.-led arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro may have been framed as a crackdown on drug trafficking, but its ripple...

Coriander leaves turning yellow and wilting. Here’...

It was early November 2025 in my Hyderabad villa, and I remember crouching beside my kitchen balcony pots, heart sinking. My coria...

Minister MacDonald gets a cautious passing grade f...

As we begin a new year, feedback from farmers, agribusiness leaders, and policy watchers suggests Canada’s agriculture minister is...

An automated approach to large square bale handlin...

Clearing bales from the field in a timely and efficient manner is key step in making great straw or hay and decreasing injury to p...

How GLP-1s will shift consumer food habits and why...

A quiet pharmaceutical revolution is reshaping the grocery aisle—and with it, demand signals across the agri-food supply chain. GL...

RealAg Radio: Soybean flowers to pods, waterhemp, ...

Welcome to this Agronomic Monday edition of RealAg Radio with your host Lyndsey Smith! On today’s show, Lyndsey Smith is joined by...

Market Day Report: Trade tensions and policy uncer...

With 2025 in the rearview, farmers head into 2026 facing a crowded policy landscape and persistent market pressures. Shaun Haney, ...

The New Superfood With Minimal Environmental Footp...

In the future, farmers can diversify the output of their farms with Chlorella vulgaris, a freshwater alga gaining traction as a di...

Best Soil for Cucumbers in Pots: My Foolproof Mix ...

December 23, 2025. I was repotting my third cucumber seedling of the season on my east-facing balcony in Hyderabad when I realised...

Best Pot Size for Vegetables (India Guide for Pots...

Let’s be honest—when I first tried growing veggies in pots on my Hyderabad balcony back in summer 2023, I used whatever containers...

How to Grow Hazelnuts from Seed: A Step-by-Step Gu...

The sound of rain tapping on my balcony roof filled me with anticipation. The aroma of damp neem leaves fills the air. I found six...

Is Potting Soil the Same as Garden Soil? Here’s Wh...

Hello gardners, back in early December 2025, I nearly killed my entire balcony crop in Hyderabad—yes, all of it—because I thought ...

Defining what best means in modern canola breeding

Choosing traits for new canola varieties goes well beyond yield, with breeders balancing disease resistance, lodging tolerance, ma...

RealAg Radio: Farm profitability variables, policy...

Welcome to the first RealAg Radio show of 2026! On today's show, host Shaun Haney is joined by Kelvin Heppner and Lyndsey Smith of...

Beef Market Update: Holding back heifers, feeder n...

In the first Beef Market Update of 2026, Shaun Haney and Anne Wasko of the Gateway Livestock Exchange reflect on the year past and...

Ag Hall of Fame Class of 2025: Honouring Joe Hudso...

The late Joe Hudson has been honoured as part of the Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame’s Class of 2025 — a recognition his family...

Dishes & Devotions makes every day delicious

In Dishes and Devotions: Make Every Day Delicious, Tammi Arender delivers more than a cookbook—she offers a deeply personal collec...

Reconsidering Hemp: A Promising Grain Crop

Growing a hemp grain crop isn’t difficult, and its rising popularity makes it an interesting option for farmers. This high-value m...

Pulse School: ChatGPT vs the agronomists

As artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT gain traction across agriculture, questions are growing about where they fit — and w...

Trump administration imposes de facto ban on sale ...

The U.S. has banned the sale of certain unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), such as foreign-made drones, citing "unacceptable risks t...

Wheat Pete's Word, Dec 24: Long-term soil lessons,...

It’s the final Word of 2025, landing just in time for Christmas! In this special year-end episode, Peter “Wheat Pete” Johnson shar...

RealAg Radio: Strengthening grain market transpare...

Welcome to today's edition of RealAg Radio with your host Shaun Haney! Today's show is brought to you by Sask Crops and the Agricu...

Canola School: Palmer amaranth and waterhemp a gro...

Palmer amaranth and waterhemp are two weeds that prairie growers may not yet be familiar with, but that may soon change. According...

CPKC to pay nearly $2.8 million toward grains rese...

The Canadian Transportation Agency says the Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) railway exceeded its maximum grain revenue entitle...

Wiseman named Canada's new ambassador to the U.S.

Prime Minister Mark Carney has officially confirmed earlier reports that Mark Wiseman will be Canada’s next ambassador to the Unit...

Exploding Sprayer Myths: Drift Happens — A game sh...

Spray application can seem straightforward—until wind, speed, and droplet size throw your plans off target. In a playful and pract...

RealAg Radio: Making cover crops work, the power o...

Welcome to this Agronomic Monday edition of RealAg Radio with your host Lyndsey Smith! On today's show, Smith is joined by: Saskat...

Wheat School: Learning from the European YEN exper...

The Great Lakes Yield Enhancement Network (YEN) wrapped up its fifth season earlier this year with the 2024-2025 competition winne...

Best Time to Plant Okra: Sow Seeds Right for Crisp...

I’ll never forget kneeling in my Hyderabad terrace soil on March 2 last year, fingers muddy, dropping okra seeds like tiny promise...

Growing Chrysanthemums in Pots: Complete Care Guid...

Back in October 2025, I (Jagdish) planted chrysanthemums in pots for the first time on my Hyderabad, Manikonda balcony—and drowned...

Ag Policy Connection: Challenging the future of su...

Supply management has long provided price stability and income predictability for Canadian dairy and poultry producers, but its su...

Beef Market Update: Canada on pace to break record...

In the final Beef Market Update of 2025, the market reflects a seasonally quieter tone as U.S. packers pull back after buying volu...

RealAg Radio: Quebec politics, grain company conso...

Welcome and thanks for tuning in to this Friday edition of RealAg Radio! On today’s show, Haney is joined by Anne Wasko of the Gat...

Strengthening grain market transparency: A webinar...

SaskCrops and the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan, in partnership with RealAgriculture, hosted a webinar this w...

RealAg on the Weekend: Dishes and devotion, P&...

On today’s edition of the show, Haney is joined by: Werner Stump of the B.C. Cattlemen’s Association on B.C. court ruling on Abori...

7 Winter Storage Mistakes That Will Ruin Your Crop...

As you pack away your equipment and store each crop for winter, avoid the common pitfalls that can ruin your efforts. The post 7 ...

Where to Keep Money Plant at Home for Luck & Growt...

On the morning of 12th December 2025, I stood in my 1BHK flat in Hyderabad and stared at my wilting money plant. It sat near the b...

How Can I Reduce Equipment Downtime During Plantin...

Boosting uptime is one of the constant battles agricultural workers face. Every day, a new challenge threatens productivity, prima...

Trusted Place to Buy Farm Trailers for Heavy-Duty ...

Hello farmers, We are back to share great info on the best place to buy farm trailers for heavy-duty hauling. Modern farms rely on...

How Often to Water Rose Plants in Pots: A Season-b...

Honestly, I did not know how often to water rose plants in pots until I lost three rose bushes in just ten days back in June 2025....

How to Keep Your Gardening Equipment Clean and Rea...

After a long winter, nothing beats diving back into the soil—but only if your tools are up for it. I can’t recall the number of ti...

Unlocking Innovation Ep. 6: Investment, capital ga...

Canada’s ag innovation sector won’t thrive without the right capital, and current funding systems may be holding it back. Episode ...

RealAg Radio: EVs on the farm, wild weather, and w...

Welcome to the Farmer Rapid Fire on RealAg Radio brought to you by Pioneer Seeds Canada! On today’s show, host Lyndsey Smith is jo...

B.C. court ruling on Aboriginal title sends shockw...

A B.C. Supreme Court decision has raised alarm bells among private landowners, ranchers, and lenders, following a ruling that gran...