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episode 219 agriculture show may 29 2018

Phil Holst is with us today in studio. Phil brings us news from Ducks Unlimited Canada  www.ducks.ca  Our playlist:

  • Could I have This Dance by Anne Murray
  • Bidin’ My Time  by Gene MacLellan
  • Ventura Highway by America
  • Snowbird by Anne Murray
  • Forever Young by The Tenors

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episode 216 agriculture show april 10 2018

Danielle Stewart is our guest today. Danielle is a health and safety consultant specializing in workplace mental health working with www.wsps.ca  This is our playlist:

  • Best of You by The Foo Fighters
  • Our Lady of Peace by Clumsy
  • Lullaby by Billy Joel
  • Easy Silence by The Dixie Chicks
  • Shake It Off by Taylor Swift

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episode 215 agriculture show march 27 2018

Wendell Schumm and Christine Schoonderwoerd of  www.wfs.ca are back in the studio. Wendell and Christine were last here for http://radiowaterloo.ca/episode-147-agriculture-show  You can check out their podcasts at https://soundcloud.com/user-725843201  or at  https://www.farmruralag.com/category/ontario-agcast  Our playlist:

  • Fishin’ in the Dark by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
  • Walk This Way by Aerosmith
  • 40 Hour Week for a Living by Alabama
  • Hurt by Johnny Cash
  • Castle on the Hill by Ed Sheeran
  • Online by Brad Paisley

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episode 214 agriculture show march 20 2018

Mark Smuck from  www.northdumfries.ca is our guest today. Mark is Deputy Fire Chief and Director of Community Services in the Township. Our playlist:

  • Dead Skunk In The Middle Of The Road by Loudan Wainwright
  • For What It’s Worth by Buffalo Springfield
  • Ode to Billy Joe by Bobby Gentry
  • It Don’t Come Easy by Ringo Starr
  • It’s A Great Day To Be Alive by Travis Tritt

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episode 213 agriculture show march 15 2018

Kathryn Enders is our guest today. Kathryn works at  www.ontariofarmlandtrust.ca  The OFT works to preserve Ontario’s farmland.   Our playlist;

  • Big Yellow Taxi by Joni Mitchell
  • Radioactive by Imagine Dragons
  • Kick The Dust Up by Luke Bryant
  • Escarpment Blues by Sarah Harmer
  • Rain Is A Good Thing by Luke Bryant

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episode 212 agriculture show mar 6 2018

Barry Hill is our guest this week. Barry has been involved in many groups and activities. Check these links. Nomination to the Ontario Agricultural Hall of Fame  www.oahf.on.ca  Past president of the Ontario Crop and Soil Improvement Association www.ontariosoilcrop.org   Chapel Committee Chair www.mohawkchapel.ca  Original Board Member of Integrated Grain Processors Co-operative Inc   www.igpc.ca

Our playlist:

  • Hello Darlin’ by Conway Twitty
  • Object of My Affection by Micky Gilley
  • Everything is Beautiful by Floyd Cramer
  • Pipe organ by St Pauls Cathedral
  • Cindy Lou by Mark LaForme

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episode 211 agriculture show feb 13 2018

Janet Fleming and Sue Hilborn bring to The Agriculture Show news of an upcoming production of Kai The Barbarian  in Embro late March.  www.facebook.com/EZorra  We talk about lots of things about agriculture as well. Our Playlist was a CD called Fly Like Swallows produced by Cambridge artist Allison Lupton.

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episode 210 agriculture show feb 6 2018

David Banbury is in the studio today from  www.banburygrasslands.ca  Check out this Youtube of a speaker Dave really likes from the links on the grasslands site.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpTHi7O66pI  Our Playlist:

  • Fields of Gold by Eva Cassidy
  • It’s My Life by Bon Jovi
  • With or Without You by U2
  • Save Tonight by Eagle Eye Cherry
  • Ordinary Day by Great Big Sea

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episode 209 agriculture show jan 30 2018

Bruce Butter, Janine Lunn, Jackie Kelly-Pemberton, and Brian Gilroy sit down for a few minutes with The Agriculture Show . It’s good to hear about agriculture from the people who do this ag thing.

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episode 208 agriculture show jan 16 2018

Robert Shantz and Jason Atwater are in the studio today. You can learn more about what they do.   https://www.facebook.com/AyrFireDepartment/    Our playlist:

  • Chicago Fire Suite by Atli Orvarsson
  • Kick Start my Heart by Motley Crue
  • Big Red Truck ( A Firefighters Life) by John Riggins
  • Burnin’ It Down by Jason Aldean
  • The Firefighter Song by Paul Cummings

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episode 208 agriculture show jan 16 2018

Robert Shantz and Jason Atwater are in the studio today. You can learn more about what they do on Facebook.  https://www.facebook.com/AyrFireDepartment/

Our playlist:

  • Chicago Fire Suite by Atli Orvarsson
  • Kick Start my Heart by Motley Crue
  • Big Red Truck ( A Firefighters Life) by John Riggins
  • Burnin’ It Down by Jason Aldean
  • The Firefighter Song by Paul Cummings

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episode 207 agriculture show jan 9 2018

Gord Grant and Mark Reusser are in studio today for episode 207. It’s a tradition of The Agriculture Show to bring our first guests in at the beginning of a new season. Our playlist:

  • City of New Orleans by Arlo Guthrie
  • Canadian Railroad Trilogy by Gordon Lightfoot
  • Chattanooga Choo-Choo by Glen Miller
  • Flying CPR by Stompin’ Tom
  • Freight Train by Joan Baez
  • Wreck of 97 by Boxcar Willie
  • Once I Built A Railroad by Tom Waites

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episode 206 agriculture show nov 20 2017

The Ontario Federation of Agriculture held their AGM in Toronto in 2017. This episode is made up of three interviews during the show. Thanks go to Steve Fonger, Henry Swiernga, and Mike Schreiner.

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episode 205 agriculture show oct 16 2017

The North Dumfries/Waterloo Plowmens Association held their banquet and awards night at The Grand Valley Golf Club near Cambridge. Special guests from the www.kwcf.ca and the North Dumfries school fair were invited.

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episode 204 agriculture show october 19 2017

The Waterloo Federation of Agriculture held their AGM at www.puddicombehouse.com in New Hamburg.  Kelly Daynard from www.farmfoodcare.org was the guest speaker. There were presentations from Waterloo 4-H, Waterloo Junior Farmers, and Waterloo Farm Safety Day.

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episode 203 agriculture show oct 10 2017

Rick Dunnett  is the guest today of The Agriculture Show. Rick is very involved with plowing matches locally and provincially.  www.plowingmatch.org    Our playlist:

  • Talladega by Eric Church
  • Night Moves by Bob Seeger
  • Hotel California by The Eagles
  • No Sugar Tonight by The Guess Who
  • The Weight by The Band

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episode 202 agriculture show sept 12 2017

The Agriculture Show is live at www.outdoorfarmshow.com in Woodstock. Two of our four guests are in this picture, Marvin Talsma and Jenna MacDougall. The other guests are Dan Wright and Mark Kerry.  Here are some other great links.  www.climatefieldview.ca  www.cdnseed.org www.dekalb.ca  www.agscape.ca  Our Playlist:

  • Wheat Kings by The Tragically Hip
  • YYZ by Rush
  • The Journey by Paul Brandt
  • Bad by U2

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episode 201 agriculture show aug 29 2017

Today’s show was a remote live-to-air from the Pioneer Agronomy Centre south of Ayr Ontario.  There were many great speakers about agriculture. L to R in the picture, Adam Gaspar, Ashley Pfister, Jeff Stager, Rachel Faust, Erin Calhoun, and Ali Aziz.  Other speakers were Scott Cressman , Kaye McLagan, and Sean Dunnett. Some of the music selections were Shania Twain, Jason McLean, The Irish Rovers, and Johnny Cash.

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episode 200 agriculture show aug 21 2017

Denise Hockaday is in our studio today. Denise lives in the Region of  Waterloo and works for www.climatefieldview.ca Today is our 200th show and also a solar eclipse in North America.  WOW!  Our playlist:

  • I’m In A Hurry (And Don’t Know Why) by Alabama
  • Roar by Katy Perry
  • Leavin’ by Paul Brandt
  • Closing Time by Semisonic
  • Home by The Piano Guys

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episode 199 agriculture show aug 1 2017

Jackie and Scott Merkir are in our studio today. Jackie and Scott work at www.grandvalleygolf.com   Our Playlist:

  • Sweet Disposition by The Temper Trap
  • Fake Plastic Trees by Radiohead
  • Black by Pearl Jam
  • Blurry by Puddle of Mudd
  • Space Age Love Song by A Flock of Seagulls

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episode 198 agriculture show july18 2017

Greg Mercer from  www.therecord.com is our studio guest today. We had lots of great things to talk about. Our playlist:

  • Call Me The Breeze by J.J. Kale
  • Tom Thumb Blues by Bob Dylan
  • Peaceful Easy Feeling by The Eagles
  • Friend Of The Devi by The Greatful Dead
  • The Weight by The Band

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episode 197 agriculture show july 4 2017

Janet Horner is our in studio guest today. Janet is a municipal councillor in  www.mulmur.ca  She also is the executive director with www.foodandfarming.ca  Our playlist:

  • A World of Our Own by The Seekers
  • Proud Mary by Tina Turner
  • Stompa by Serena Ryder
  • Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen
  • My Shot from Hamilton the Musical

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episode 196 agriculture show june 27 2017

Marcia Ruby is the guest of The Agriculture Show today. Marcia has made a career of writing for www.alternativesjournal.ca/  Our playlist includes artists from  www.hillsidefestival.ca

  • Escarpment Blues by Sarah Harmer
  • Tears and Time by Leonard Sumner
  • There is Power in a Union by Billy Bragg
  • Fruitpickers ( In Dubious Battle)
  • Bad Liver and a Broken Heart by Hayes Carll
  • Force of Nature by Lindy Vopnfjord

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episode 195 agriculture show june 20 2017

Donna Rogers, Sandy Roth, Susan Martin, Walter Grose, Graham Johnson, Kristen Bradley, and Iris Perriman were participants at The Waterloo Farm Safety Day on June 17. We had a great time asking all these people their impressions.  The event was held at Heritage Hills Farms on the Waterloo-Oxford Rd.  The Farm Safety Day is organized by  https://www.facebook.com/WaterlooRuralWomen

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The Agriculture Show is talk radio where guests tell us their story, and we play their music.  Tuesdays from 12 noon – 2PM to hear the stories of agriculture from the people who have many different paths connecting them to agriculture.  Send email to jeff.stager@gmail.com   Have a look at past episodes here.   http://radiowaterloo.ca/category/shows/the-agriculture-show/

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episode 313 agriculture show oct 16 WFA AGM with Senator Rob Black The Waterloo Federation of Agriculture held their AGM at Puddicombe House New Hamburg. Senator Rob Black was our guest speaker and he talked about the a soils report presented to Senate and government of Canada. https://radiowaterloo.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/episode-313-agricultural-show-Oct-16-2025-at-WFA-AGM-with-Senator-Rob-Black.mp3 Click here to save the audio  
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