PHOTO: Kenny Piecharka is the new country head for KWS Canada. In a recent interview, Kenny Piecharka, the newly...
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South Dakota’s Millborn Seeds Acquires Union Forage
South Dakota’s Millborn Seeds is expanding their North American footprint with the acquisition of Union Forage in...
Camrose County Built a New Seed Plant to Keep Up with the Changing Times
A lot has changed since the Camrose County Seed Cleaning Plant was built. Where grain trucks were once used to haul...
Rene Victoor is Honoured for 65 Years of Dedication to the Seed Community
ABOVE PHOTO: Receiving the Long Service Award for his 65 years in the seed business was Rene Victoor, flanked by...
Why Bayer’s Antoine Bernet Loves Alberta
From France to Denmark to Poland and now to Canada, Antoine Bernet has a singular vision: to cultivate success for...
New Bayer Crop Science Canada Country Divison Head Opens CrossRoads Conference
Along with event chairperson Todd Hames and Alberta ag minster RJ Sigurdson, Bayer Crop Science Canada's new country...
New Herbicide Batalium for Wheat Weed Control Registered
Batalium, a herbicide that provides broad spectrum control of grass and broadleaf weeds that limit the yield potential...
Adama Launches New Fungicide Maxentis in Canada
Adama Agricultural Solutions Canada Ltd. is releasing Maxentis, a fungicide for lentil, canola, soybean and peas, a...
Paterson Grain Buys Parrish and Heimbecker Out of Alliance Seed Shares
Paterson Grain has purchased all of Parrish and Heimbecker's equity in Alliance Seed Corporation, a Dec. 8 news...
Winfield United Named Canadian Distributor for Yalos Seed Treatment
Winfield United Canada and its retail owners have been named as the Canadian distributor for Lavie Bio's bio-inoculant...
Canadian Ag Could Create $30 billion in Income Over Next Decade
Rekindling productivity growth in Canadian agriculture is a $30 billion opportunity over 10 years according to a new...
2024 Canadian Food Prices Predicted to Rise 2.5 to 4.5 Per cent
The following piece is from our sister publication, Spud Smart. The Canada’s Food Price Report 2024 forecasts overall...
Alberta Invests to Expand Leduc Food Centre Business Incubator
The Alberta government is expanding the Leduc food centre’s Agrivalue Processing Business Incubator (APBI) by 2,300...
Lavie Bio Expands Seed Treatment Yalos to Cover Durum, Barley
Lavie Bio Ltd. is expanding usage its microbiome-based product for spring wheat called Yalos to include durum and...
Cost to Grow Wheat in Canada Falls for 2023
The production costs to grow wheat in Canada fell by 26.5 per cent in 2023, a Nov. 17 news release from Statistics...
Farm Equipment Sales Predicted to Slow in 2024
With higher interest rates, increased equipment prices and a decline in commodity prices, farm equipment sales are...
Ag in the Classroom Canada Hires Mathieu Rouleau as Executive Director
Agriculture in the Classroom Canada (AITC-C) has hired Mathieu Rouleau as the organization's new executive director, a...
B.C. Launches Program to Support New Farmers
New farmers in British Columbia can apply for financial support to grow their operations through the New Entrant Farm...
Tentative Labour Agreement Sees St. Lawrence Seaway Reopen
A tentative agreement has been reached between the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SLSMC) and Unifor, an...
Michael Flynn Named Executive Director of Alberta Grains
Michael Flynn has been named as the first executive director of Alberta Grains, an Oct. 23 news release said. He was...