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Between The Rows

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Between The Rows is a weekly podcast featuring the Glacier FarmMedia editorial team bringing you the ‘story behind the stories’ in ag news and markets.

Drawing from our more than 20 print and online brands, our reporting staff will discuss the top stories and latest developments in agriculture today.

The 25-30 minute weekly program is built around a team of rotating journalist-hosts that include:

Laura Rance, Glacier FarmMedia Editorial Director
Gord Gilmour, Manitoba Co-operator Editor
Ed White, Western Producer Reporter & Analyst
Dave Bedard, AGCanada.com Daily News Editor
Robert Arnason, Western Producer Reporter

Between the Rows goes beyond the printed story and delves deeper to bring more detail on stories that affect today’s producers.

Each episode features 2 or more of the most important ag stories of the week, anchored by a comprehensive, in-depth look at the markets by one of our top analysts.

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Episodes

Home for the holidays

December 22, 2022 15:55 - 22 minutes - 42.4 MB

The Christmas season is chock-full of traditions, many of which result in a bountiful harvest of memories of family, friends and a sense of community that we carry with us for many years. In this episode of Between the Rows, our hosts from this past year share their Christmas memories such as carolling for neighbours, daydreaming over holiday mail-order catalogues, Santa getting stuck in the furnace, games with food, making ice-cream from scratch on the farm, a year-end doggerel, and more. Ho...

Data management on the farm

December 22, 2022 06:01 - 27 minutes - 52.1 MB

Data management on the farm has come a long way since the days of keeping a pen and notebook in the tractor. But are farmers capturing maximum value from the "crop" of data they now harvest every year? In this special sponsored edition of Between the Rows, we discuss how farmers are changing the way they use data and what to look for in a data management packages with Krista Kilback, marketing manager for AgExpert at Farm Credit Canada, and Justin Funk, partner of Real AgriStudies. Hosted by ...

The week after Canola Week

December 15, 2022 18:03 - 29 minutes - 54.3 MB

Sustainability still reigns in discussions of farming's future, and canola is no exception. Alberta Farmer reporter Alexis Kienlen recaps the Canola Week conferences in Saskatoon, where topics at hand included not only improving the plant and its efficiency in the face of climate change, but also the use of the crop as a feedstock for new reduced-footprint renewable diesel. Also: for all the apparent day-to-day drama in canola futures, they're still entrenched in the $800-$900 per tonne range...

Selective palates, watershed discussions

December 08, 2022 20:34 - 32 minutes - 60.1 MB

The variety of plants that grow on pastures are many, so how do cattle choose what to chow down on and what to snub? Laura Rance speaks with author and animal behaviour scientist Fred Provenza about the foraging habits of cattle and why taste is more than just flavour on the tongue; Western Producer reporter Ed White talks with Garry Wasylowski of the Manitoba Association of Watersheds about its ‘boots on the ground’ approach to watershed management, Ananda Fitzsimmons of Régénération Canada ...

Genetically edited discourses about food

December 01, 2022 20:36 - 24 minutes - 45.4 MB

Earlier this year, Health Canada revised its rules to allow more genetically edited foods into the market without special safety checks. Now, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency may be on a similar path when it comes to genetically modified seeds. Dr. Cami Ryan with Bayer AG discusses the differing viewpoints between the public and scientific communities when it comes to the safety – and acceptance – of GM foods; plus, Marla Carlson with SaskOrganics shares why organic farmers are concerned t...

Cultivating Safety: Seasonal safety tips for farmers

December 01, 2022 12:00 - 30 minutes - 57.6 MB

As the mercury begins to dip and the harvest season draws to a close, icy temperatures, fewer daylight hours and the threat of winter storms pose new safety hazards on the farm. Preparing for the risks common to the season can help to protect your people, your livestock and your equipment. Cultivating Safety Between the Rows is back with timely safety expertise, resources, and solutions to protect your farms greatest asset. As the winter season sets in, Hosts Kristin Hoffman, Consultant with...

Ontario’s Greenbelt gets squeezed, uncovering climate conferences

November 24, 2022 17:50 - 35 minutes - 66.1 MB

A proposed bill by the Ontario government is poised to open up the province’s Greenbelt, an area established for farmland and environmental protection, to urban development. Peggy Brekveld of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture speaks to what this decision could mean for Ontario farmers, and local food production. Wayne Caldwell with the University of Guelph discusses what Bill 23 means for land use planning and if the strategy can meet the province’s housing needs. Plus, Manitoba Co-operat...

On (and off) the rails, weathering commodity prices

November 17, 2022 18:27 - 32 minutes - 60.1 MB

Why does Canada seemingly have an uphill battle each year transporting grain? Steve Pratte, senior manager of transportation and biofuel policy with the Canadian Canola Growers Association, talks about the current grain movement situation and what it might take to finally fix Canada's grain transportation problem; plus, Bruce Burnett, director of markets and weather information for Glacier MarketsFarm, reports on the extreme weather that's currently driving grain prices. Hosted by Gord Gilmour.

Pondering plant proteins, potato progress

November 10, 2022 17:57 - 30 minutes - 56.7 MB

New food options are increasingly finding their way into grocery stores as companies target your taste buds, plant proteins being one of them. Priera Panescu with the Good Food Institute discusses the growing need for plant-based proteins and the long road to becoming a mainstream food choice for consumers; plus, Daniel Metheringham with McCain Foods, talks about the company’s move toward regenerative agriculture and its upcoming, ‘Innovation Hub,’ slated for Manitoba that will share knowledg...

Interesting questions arise

November 03, 2022 17:31 - 34 minutes - 63.2 MB

What does the most recent interest rate hike from the Bank of Canada mean? Are we getting set for a replay of the 1980s farm debt crisis? What will rising rates mean for the value of farmland? On this episode of Between the Rows, Manitoba Co-operator editor Gord Gilmour speaks with Alfons Weersink with the University of Guelph, J.P. Gervais of Farm Credit Canada, and Chad Lawley with the University of Manitoba about rising interest rates and their impact on agriculture. Hosted by Gord Gilmour.

Telling innovative farm stories, shipping strains, a little help from our friends

October 27, 2022 19:45 - 28 minutes - 52.5 MB

Jacqueline Keena with EMILI talks about how Innovation Farms is using new agricultural technologies to show their positive impact on productivity and sustainability; the container shipping business continues to struggle in a post-COVID world. Greg Northey with Pulse Canada talks about what’s holding the sector back, particularly for some destinations; at the Brookings Institution this October, Chrystia Freeland, Canada’s Deputy Prime Minister, spoke to the idea of, ‘friend-shoring,’ which wou...

‘Immaculate’ insights into your farm data

October 20, 2022 17:14 - 31 minutes - 58.5 MB

Dr. Kelly Bronson, author and Canada Research Chair in Science and Technology at the University of Ottawa, discusses her book, The Immaculate Conception of Data: Agribusiness, Activists, and Their Shared Politics of the Future, that draws attention to how data collected by your new tractor is being used to further commercialize ag-business, and how activist “hackers” use agricultural data to build open-source platforms with the goal of improving farm practices. Hosted by Geralyn Wichers.

Measuring carbon stored in pastureland and measuring tree rings to understand climate change

October 13, 2022 18:22 - 30 minutes - 56.8 MB

Scientists know that the soils of pastureland and forage crops sequester more carbon than annual crops, but how much more? Angela Bedard-Haughn, from the University of Saskatchewan, is leading a project to estimate the amount of carbon stored in the forage and pasture lands in Saskatchewan. Scientists also know that tree rings can be used to understand what the earth's climate was like, 500 or 1,000 years ago. Geralyn Wichers of the Manitoba Co-operator speaks with David Sauchyn of the Univer...

Cultivating Safety: Safe Practices for Livestock Handling

October 13, 2022 11:00 - 34 minutes - 65 MB

With the changing of the season, the to-do list for Canadian farmers is long… but time is short. As the workload increases, cool temperatures and dwindling daylight create a persistent sense of urgency which can potentially lead to injury. Cultivating Safety Between the Rows is back with timely safety expertise, resources, and solutions to protect your farms greatest asset. Hosts Kristin Hoffman, Consultant with Workplace Safety & Prevention Services (WSPS) and Gord Gilmour, of Glacier Farm ...

Easing into a conservation, chuckwagon tales, reconciliation at Stoney Knoll

October 06, 2022 20:12 - 28 minutes - 52.8 MB

Conservation easements aim to protect native grasslands, but some ranchers are hesitant to sign on the dotted line. Melissa Bezan with Canadian Cattlemen talks with Tom Harrison of the Saskatchewan Stock Growers Foundation who has a less-permanent solution; Canadian Cattlemen editor Lisa Guenther catches up with chuckwagon driver Amber L’Heureux about her 2022 season in the driver’s seat; and, Gary LaPlante a Plains Cree-speaking member of Moosomin First Nation of Treaty 6, and Randy Klassen ...

Farming after Fiona, taking 4-H further

September 29, 2022 14:49 - 24 minutes - 45.1 MB

Crop and livestock producers across Atlantic Canada are gauging losses -- and counting blessings -- after Fiona stormed through the region last weekend. Tim Marsh, president of the Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture, considers the damages yet to be tallied in some parts of that province, and affected farmers' next steps. Also: youth at Williams Lake First Nation interested in working with livestock get to Learn To Do By Doing, no matter what sort of access they'd otherwise have to the indu...

Sticker shock, yields in the fields, on with the Show

September 22, 2022 14:22 - 29 minutes - 55.4 MB

It’s hard to find anything that hasn’t seen its price increase as of late, and the price of farm equipment is no exception. John Schmeiser with the North American Equipment Dealers Association offers some insight into what’s driving rising prices; Bruce Burnett of MarketsFarm takes a look at this year’s harvest progress and which crops on the Prairies are coming off better than others; and, John Greig, Glacier FarmMedia’s regional director for Ontario, shares his experiences from Canada’s Out...

Meeting a Monarch, hot air power, clothes encounters of the ‘Prairie’ kind

September 15, 2022 17:15 - 23 minutes - 42.9 MB

A past 4-H winner recounts the time Queen Elizabeth II inspected his champion Hereford steer at the Manitoba Summer Fair in Brandon, Man., in 1970; Manitoba steam-powered threshing enthusiasts share what they enjoy about the ‘huffing and puffing’ of the antique machines that once dominated Canada’s farmland; a Saskatchewan entrepreneur talks about, ‘Prairie Proud,’ his prairie-based clothing brand, and how he kept his business afloat during the pandemic. Hosted by Ed White.

Emission deliberations

September 08, 2022 20:59 - 39 minutes - 73 MB

The federal government’s plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from nitrogen fertilizer is generating heat with farmers and some industry groups. Karen Proud, president and CEO of Fertilizer Canada, says the goal of achieving a 30 per cent reduction may be achievable, but is the government’s timeline realistic and at what cost does it come to farmers? Plus, Mario Tenuta, research chair in 4R nutrient management and professor with the University of Manitoba, discusses fertilizer emission res...

Grits’ emissions mission, Alberta’s police proposal draw pushback

September 01, 2022 10:28 - 24 minutes - 28.6 MB

Alberta's UCP government is pitching a plan to shift rural law enforcement duties from the RCMP over to a provincial police force, but Western Producer reporter Alex McCuaig says rural councils remain skeptical of the province's claims of cost savings and increased staffing. Also: from where Dalhousie food policy prof Sylvain Charlebois sits, the federal Liberals' plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from fertilizer are emblematic of a largely urban electorate throwing its weight around o...

Beef producers’ priorities and farming flies for feed

August 25, 2022 20:17 - 33 minutes - 38.1 MB

Who or what is the Canadian Beef Advisors? Its chair James Bekkering talks us through that group's priorities, in terms of seeing Canada's beef industry through its latest challenges toward its strategic goals for this decade. Then, Brenna Grant, executive director of Canfax, gives us a closer look at those industry goals for carbon sequestration and reduced greenhouse gas emission intensity. And even more on animal protein: Geralyn Wichers of the Manitoba Co-operator takes us to Jutland, Den...

Return to the great Outdoor

August 18, 2022 18:32 - 27 minutes - 50.2 MB

A major event on the Ontario agriculture industry calendar is about to return from cyberspace to the grounds of Discovery Farm Woodstock -- but while the pandemic's restrictions may have been lifted, related supply chain issues may still linger for some exhibitors. Canada's Outdoor Farm Show president Doug Wagner fills us in on what's new at the show, running Sept. 13-15. Also: a western Ontario auctioneer with a passion for antique iron is in the midst of divesting his own record-large colle...

Crime in the country, movement improvements?, conversations with a clown

August 11, 2022 14:50 - 33 minutes - 62.7 MB

Property crime is on the minds of many rural Manitobans. Kam Blight with the Association of Manitoba Municipalities talks about a new survey that sheds light on the extent of rural crime and what needs to happen to address it; Wade Sobkowich with the Western Grain Elevator Association offers his take on the 2022-23 grain transportation plans of Canada’s major railways and if they’re sufficient in light of last year’s shortcomings; and Gordon Mark, long-time rodeo participant, rodeo clown, and...

Tipping the scales, combine calibrations, in (bin) monitors ye trust, oats in vogue

August 04, 2022 14:28 - 25 minutes - 46.6 MB

Western Producer reporter Ed White shares some of his conversations with attendees at Ag in Motion and hears from an exhibitor about how to keep on-farm scales and weighing devices accurate; Trevor Scherman of ScherGain offers tips on how to keep your hard work – and profits – from blowing out the backend at harvest; Warren Feist of IntraGrain Technologies shares how grain monitoring systems have evolved to protect your grain once it’s in the bin; and, Kelly Cornelius with Grain Millers talks...

The whys and hows of green ammonia

July 28, 2022 13:03 - 22 minutes - 42.2 MB

The fertilizer industry has a carbon dioxide problem and Mike Reese, a University of Minnesota scientist, is hoping to solve it. Reese and other researchers have built a pilot plant in Western Minnesota that turns wind energy into anhydrous ammonia. And Seamus Kane, a U of Minnesota engineer, says that green ammonia can be used as a fuel for tractors, grain dryers and other farm equipment. Hosted by Robert Arnason.

Ag in Motion comes home, perennial forage profits, stress management

July 21, 2022 22:47 - 24 minutes - 45.6 MB

Ag in Motion show director Rob O’Connor shares what it’s like to be back to the big outdoor farm expo after a two-year hiatus and a significant purchase that will ensure the future of the site; Ken Wall of Federated Co-operatives discusses how grain farmers can increase revenue by planting perennial forage crops and gauges the amount of farmer interest; Melissa Bezan of Canadian Cattlemen magazine talks with Lee Sinclair of Merck Animal Health about low-stress cattle handling and how it can m...

Off to the races!, grain (transportation) on the brain

July 14, 2022 14:12 - 27 minutes - 50.4 MB

Canadian Cattlemen editor Lisa Guenther talks with chuckwagon driver Amber L’Heureux about her sport and what it’s like to compete after a two-year hiatus; Dale Haroldson talks about his decades of experience on the chuckwagon circuit and what it takes to be a competition judge; and, Jamie Laboucane talks about the ‘many hats’ needed in competitive chuckwagon racing and why the sport requires much more than just grabbing the reins and hanging on. Plus, Gord Gilmour, editor of the Manitoba Co-...

Conserving the present, sustaining for future

July 07, 2022 13:38 - 24 minutes - 46 MB

This week Don Norman of the Manitoba Co-operator takes us to meet Cal Cuthbert, who aims to preserve some pristine wooded wildlife habitat on his family's land in perpetuity. Also: Liam O'Connor talks with Jess Newman of McCain Foods about the potato processor's plans to help prove the business case for sustainable and regenerative agriculture worldwide. And Co-operator reporter Alexis Stockford would like to see meaningful attention paid to an overstretched link in Canada's fragile supply ch...

Interest rates inflate, spring seeding progress

June 30, 2022 17:35 - 28 minutes - 52.4 MB

It would seem that Canadians are in for a bumpy ride when it comes to rising interest rates. J.P. Gervais, chief economist with Farm Credit Canada, discusses why the current round of inflation is more persistent than many people expected and when consumers may see some relief; plus, Bruce Burnett with Glacier MarketsFarm shares his take on how this spring has been for Prairie farmers trying to get a crop in the ground and where seeding progress is at now. Hosted by Gord Gilmour.

Back in the farm show saddle, soybeans slide into further favour

June 23, 2022 13:44 - 30 minutes - 55.7 MB

Reporter Ed White of the Western Producer talks with Ag in Motion show director Rob O’Connor about getting back to in-person farm shows after two pandemic years; plus, Shirley Janeczko with Canada’s Farm Show talks about the excitement she’s seeing from exhibitors and farmers eager to return to the event. Soybeans in Manitoba were poised for a big boom in growth about a decade ago when acres began being planted in earnest. Jeff Loessin with Corteva AgriScience, Mel Rattai of Manitoba Pulse & ...

Cultivating Safety: Protecting your Farm’s Greatest Asset

June 22, 2022 17:00 - 29 minutes - 54.2 MB

As temperatures begin to soar, hosts Kristin Hoffman, Consultant with Workplace Safety & Prevention Services (WSPS) and Gord Gilmour, of Glacier Farm media stress the importance of keeping your cool, both on the farm and on the road. On this episode, putting safety first on busy summer roadways. Sheila James, WSPS Consultant shares strategies to get you and your farm equipment road ready. In the second half of the show, working in the elements from sun-up to sun-down means extended heat expos...

Unearthing ‘unicorns’ in agriculture

June 16, 2022 16:57 - 28 minutes - 52.9 MB

Manitoba Co-operator reporter Geralyn Wichers cracks open a page from history and speaks with plant breeder Peggy Wagoner, Lee DeHaan of the Land Institute, and Doug Cattani at the University of Manitoba, about early and ongoing efforts of perennial grain development – tracing back to the tragic, Stalin-era Soviet Union period – and the promise of a perennial, dual-purpose grain named kernza that may be more environmentally friendly to grow than some annual grain crops. Hosted by Geralyn Wich...

A steadfast journo hangs his hat, addressing animal welfare concerns

June 09, 2022 14:34 - 37 minutes - 69.3 MB

After 42 years of agricultural reporting, Allan Dawson, stalwart reporter for the Manitoba Co-operator, is retiring. Gord Gilmour sits down for a conversation with the giant of ag journalism about how Dawson got his start as a reporter, the people and personalities he’s encountered over the years, and some of the ground-breaking stories he’s covered in a career spanning five decades. Plus, reporter Geralyn Wichers talks with animal welfare consultant Stéphane Beaudoin about how interest group...

Postponed Prairie planting, a public pivot on plant protein

June 03, 2022 08:39 - 26 minutes - 30.4 MB

Seeding is weeks behind schedule in Manitoba and eastern Saskatchewan and we can now expect a good chunk of that area's soaked cropland to go unplanted this spring. Bruce Burnett of Glacier MarketsFarm takes a closer look at the chances for abandoned acres in the eastern Prairies. Also: consumer demand for plant-based meats has declined. Sean Pratt of the Western Producer reviews recent studies of the market growth, or relative lack thereof, in a previously red-hot protein segment. Hosted by ...

Photo sessions and photo-finishes in the livestock sector

May 26, 2022 21:51 - 24 minutes - 28.4 MB

At the Livestock Marketing Association of Canada convention in Lloydminster, Canadian Cattlemen editor Lisa Guenther talks to Jill Renton and Dacie Przekop, who photograph cattle for DLMS/CattleVids.ca. They tell us what it takes to quickly capture a bovine's best side -- and, equally importantly, how to avoid getting on its bad side. Also: as the racing business works its way back from the COVID-19 pandemic, the CPCA's first and only female chuckwagon driver, Amber L’Heureux, is overcoming i...

Flu flying into fields, uncertainties at seeding

May 19, 2022 15:27 - 33 minutes - 62 MB

With outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza now seen in commercial and backyard poultry flocks coast to coast, and migratory birds known to be carrying the virus, Dr. Tom Baker of Ontario's Feather Board Command Centre considers how we got to this point and what farmers outside the poultry sector can now do to help curb further spread. Also: many Prairie farmers have either already seeded into parched soils or are waiting on the edge of cold, soaked and/or submerged fields. Bruce Burn...

Big voices sound off in Lloyd, a logistical giant takes shape, investments (not) made easy

May 12, 2022 14:43 - 24 minutes - 45.7 MB

Canadian Cattlemen editor Lisa Guenther speaks with professional auctioneers John Baier and Rob Bergevin at the Canadian Livestock Auctioneering Championship about what judges are looking for in contestants and how auctioneers develop their ‘chant’; Ed White of the Western Producer speaks with Centreport Canada president Diane Gray about the massive distribution hub situated in the geographic centre of Canada and what it means for agri-business; and, farmer columnist Toban Dyck opines on his ...

Searching for stories inside Prairie sentinels

May 05, 2022 18:57 - 29 minutes - 55.5 MB

The number of wood-frame grain elevators on the Prairies are slowly dwindling away. Sadly, that number was recently added to when one of the oldest elevators of its kind in Canada was reduced to ashes. In early April, the Lake of the Woods grain elevator in Elva, Man., was being dismantled as part of a reclamation project when the 125-year-old structure accidentally caught fire and burned to the ground. In this episode, Manitoba Co-operator reporter Geralyn Wichers speaks with Gordon Goldsbor...

Managing microbes, curbing climate gases

April 28, 2022 12:16 - 33 minutes - 61.5 MB

The federal government wants growers to use less fertilizer to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but continuous yield growth is needed to feed an increasingly hungry population. Manish Raizada, professor of plant science at the University of Guelph, thinks nitrogen-fixing microbes have a big role to play in this arena; plus, nitrous oxide is a far more powerful greenhouse gas compared to its lesser, but more popular cousin, carbon dioxide. Richard Farrell, associate professor at the Unive...

Conversations with the cattle crowd

April 21, 2022 13:36 - 27 minutes - 50.5 MB

Bob Lowe, outgoing Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) president, shares some of the many challenges cattle producers faced during his tenure while COVID-19 cast its long shadow across the country; Piper Whelan speaks with new CCA president, Reg Schellenberg, about where the association is preparing to focus its priorities in 2022; and Fawn Jackson, CCA’s director of policy and international affairs, offers her take of the recent federal budget and what parts of the plan are designed to su...

Seed 2022 comes into view, after the snow blows, grain train pain

April 14, 2022 15:43 - 26 minutes - 48.4 MB

Each seeding season comes with a fair bit of excitement for farmers, but this year also comes with more than a fair share of uncertainty. Craig Klemmer with Farm Credit Canada discusses some of the risks facing producers and what factors could make 2022 the most expensive crop on record; Bruce Burnett of MarketsFarm offers his outlook on prairie moisture conditions, spring seeding forecasts, and the efforts of Ukrainian farmers to get a crop in the ground as war rages around them; plus, Manit...

Seeking singles, carbon counting and seeding in wartime

April 07, 2022 12:15 - 28 minutes - 52.5 MB

Executive producers Erin Haskett and Jean Parsons of Vancouver's Lark Productions tell us about their casting call for single B.C. farmers to take part in their new CTV reality series Farming for Love. Also: Lisa Guenther talks to Kimberly Cornish of the Food Water Wellness Foundation about its soil carbon quantification project, gauging just how much organic carbon farm and ranch practices are putting back into the soil on a farm-by-farm basis. And Laura Rance of Glacier FarmMedia considers ...

Sustainability gets federal funds, uncertain sunflower situation, EU plays it COOL on durum

March 31, 2022 14:36 - 22 minutes - 42.2 MB

Lynda Nichol, executive director of Manitoba Association of Watersheds, discusses the ‘Living Lab’ project and the important role of watersheds in sustainable agriculture; sunflower is not only Ukraine’s national flower, it’s also one of that country’s largest exports. But with Ukraine currently repelling a Russian invasion, we hear from John Sandbakken of the National Sunflower Association if North American oilseed producers can fill the gap left by war; plus, Sean Pratt with the Western Pro...

Cultivating Safety

March 31, 2022 14:00 - 30 minutes - 56.8 MB

Cultivating Safety Between the Rows is a new series that speaks to the high rate of lost-time injuries (LTI’s) in the agriculture sector, sharing safety expertise and solutions to protect your farm's greatest asset. In the first episode, hosts Kristin Hoffman, Consultant with Workplace Safety & Prevention Services (WSPS) and Gord Gilmour, editor with Glacier FarmMedia tackle two timely topics.

Accelerating agricultural technology via ‘small’ steps

March 24, 2022 15:46 - 31 minutes - 58.3 MB

We hear from Ben Scott-Robinson, CEO of Small Robot Company in the U.K., about how its team of robots is poised to create a new model for regenerative and profitable farming; Saskatchewan farmer Terry Aberhart talks about how artificial intelligence is meeting today’s challenges facing farm operations and how it will change future production practices, for the better; and entrepreneur Rob Saik discusses how digital platforms and ag-tech startups are transforming innovation on the farm. Hosted...

Farmers not climate change villains, but they are rent seekers

March 17, 2022 15:14 - 36 minutes - 68.1 MB

The federal government is pushing farmers to cut greenhouse gas emissions, but some farmers are frustrated by all the attention on cow burps, fertilizer and diesel fuel. Saskatchewan farmer Kristjan Hebert says agriculture isn’t the cause of climate change, it’s part of the solution. Also, reporter Allan Dawson with the Manitoba Co-operator speaks with Ryan Cardwell, a University of Manitoba agriculture economist, who says farmers may not believe they have political power, but they have mould...

Cattle call: A special report on Canada’s beef sector

March 10, 2022 15:34 - 27 minutes - 51.7 MB

Canadian Cattlemen editor Lisa Guenther speaks with Melanie Wowk, newly re-elected chair of Alberta Beef Producers, about drought-related difficulties producers faced in 2021 and her first year at the helm; Cattlemen’s Young Leaders alumni Kaylee Chizawsky talks about barriers for young producers entering the cattle business and the importance of mentorship; Karin Schmid, beef production and extension lead with Alberta Beef Producers, shares forage tips and how producers should approach their...

Commodity market churn, boosting berry capacity

March 03, 2022 15:58 - 33 minutes - 62.6 MB

With significant amounts of grain now unavailable to other countries' importers, Russia's invasion of Ukraine has set markets swinging wildly. Bruce Burnett of MarketsFarm considers the impacts of the ongoing conflict on Canadian farmers going forward into spring. Also: the Weston family's research foundation will put up eight figures of funding over the next six years toward a prize challenge seeking new ways to boost Canada's capacity for growing berries out of season. Yes, berries. Evan Fr...

A decades-long volunteer dedication, Soviets make a steal of a deal

February 24, 2022 15:43 - 28 minutes - 53 MB

Manitoba Co-operator reporter Geralyn Wichers speaks with Sandra Duchak, a 4-H veteran volunteer of 42 years, about her commitment to the youth organization and some of the changes she’s seen in the past four decades; and, author Russ Crawford talks about his novel, ‘Limit Up,’ a tale of grain-trading international intrigue set 50 years ago against the backdrop of a devastating drought in the former Soviet Union which led to the “Great Grain Robbery.” Hosted by Ed White.

Your farm’s best friend: the veterinarian

February 17, 2022 15:58 - 25 minutes - 46.9 MB

The value of a good veterinarian who can expertly manage day-to-day tasks and unforeseen animal emergencies can’t be over-stated. But Ken Johnson, a rural Manitoba vet for 44 years, has also made a sizable contribution to the future of veterinary medicine. In this episode of Between the Rows, Johnson shares some of his stories as a large animal vet, how technology has changed the veterinarian/client relationship, and the role of mentorship to help meet the challenge of bringing the next gener...

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