The Canadian government has committed $350 million to help soften the impact of the Canada-EU trade deal on the dairy sector, as co-hosts Shaun Haney and Kelvin discuss in today's top news discussion. Markets have rallied since plummeting on election night on Tuesday, Ron Bonnett joins Lyndsey Smith to chat about the state of Canada's... Read More
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Donald Trump is going to be the president of the United States. What does this mean for agriculture, especially in Canada? Will NAFTA be thrown out? There are plenty of questions to be answered. We have a solid slate of experts and commentators on Wednesday's show, including Chris Clayton of DTN, farmer and Farm Journal... Read More
The RealAg team gets in on the action on RealAg Radio, as we go around the horn for an update on today's show. We also discuss CP Rail reporting a record month of grain movement to Vancouver, and things getting personal between the railway and a spokesperson for western grain companies. Terry Betker of Backswath... Read More
RealAg Radio hosts Shaun Haney and Kelvin Heppner kick off this very big week with a special extended version of the day's top news stories, because hey, there's a lot happening. From the impact of a carbon tax on air travel, to wild weather and an even wilder harvest season, and on to the cattle... Read More
Anne Wasko of Gateway Livestock joins hosts Shaun and Kelvin on the Nov 4 edition of Real Ag Radio to chat about what's happening in the beef markets, and few other things. We also hear from Dave Hanson of Canterra Seeds, Eric Gregory of BrettYoung and Kevin McCallum of DL Seeds — three companies in... Read More
Federal transport minister Marc Garneau has unveiled the Liberals' long-term strategy for transportation in Canada, including the promise to introduce new legislation relevant for grain transportation in early 2017. Co-hosts Shaun Haney and Kelvin Heppner discuss the government's promise to address concerns about grain transportation, Dairy Farmers of Canada's new logo, and much more on... Read More
Bern Tobin and Lyndsey Smith join co-hosts Shaun and Kelvin to chat about harvest progress, the U.S. election, changes to Canada's Food Guide and more. We also hear from Brian Comeault of Cargill on the sudden halt in the canola market rally. Tune in each weekday to SiriusXM’s Rural Radio Channel 147 at 4 p.m.... Read More
Co-hosts Shaun Haney and Kelvin Heppner discuss the moment in the House of Commons involving the former and current trade ministers following the introduction of the bill to implement the Canada-EU trade deal. Kevin Grier also stops in to chat about retail beef prices — are we finally seeing a trend lower? We also hear... Read More
The Canada-EU trade deal has been signed, as PMJT stopped in Brussels to make it official on Sunday. Ryan Heath, Brussels-based correspondent for Politico, joins us today to discuss what it took to get both sides to that signing table on the weekend. We also hear from long-time CBC broadcaster Don Newman — his thoughts... Read More
Apparently it's Friday already! We're one week into the launch of RealAg Radio — thanks for joining us! Shaun and Kelvin discuss harvest progress, new port terminal, elevator and wheat mill construction, and real heavy news — Think Shift's publishing a set of farm-themed emojis for iPhones. Jay Bradshaw of Syngenta Canada shares some insight... Read More