Dean Dias, who worked for Cigi prior to the merger, has been chosen to lead Cereals Canada as Chief Executive Officer,...
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Crop Development Slightly Behind Normal
Crop development is slightly behind normal across Alberta, but with warmer temperatures they can catch up, the weekly...
Cereals Canada Announces New Board Following Cigi Merger
The new Cereals Canada board will be led by Todd Hames from the Alberta Wheat Commission, the organization says in a...
Good Weather Pushes Alberta Planting to 62 Per Cent Done
Precipitation has varied across the province over the last month which has led to farmers being able to get the crop...
Alberta Gives $5 Million for Ag Worker Training
The new Agriculture Training Support Program will help employers in the food chain provide necessary training to new...
Crop Report Shows Spring Harvest and Planting Progress
Farmers across Alberta are making progress on harvest this spring while getting new crops in the ground at the same...
Alberta Farmers to Plant More Wheat, Oats Over Canola
Farmers in Alberta are expected to plant more wheat and oats this year, while canola acres will fall, according to...
Feds Give $50 million for Temporary Foreign Worker Quarantine Help
Farmers, fish harvesters, and all food production and processing employers will be eligible for $50 million in funding...
Canadian Government Enables FCC to Lend $5 billion More
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to unfold the Canadian government has provided Farm Credit Canada (FCC) with an...
Business Allowed to Continue Despite Travel Restrictions
The following piece is from our sister publication, Germination. After some uncertainty last week surrounding the...
Need Resources to Help You Tackle COVID-19?
The Canadian Agricultural Human Resource Council has developed a website with resources to help agricultural business...
Canadian Fertilizer Chain Flowing Smoothly Despite COVID-19
Fertilizer shipments to farmers are still flowing throughout Canada despite recent supply disruptions due to the...
The SVUA is Now a Reality
Seed Variety Use Agreement pilot program launches at Prairie Grain Development Committee 2020 meeting. On Feb. 25,...
Federal Government Gives Money to Create Sustainability Initiative
The Canadian government will give the Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) $560,000 to develop the Canadian...
Thousand Kernel Weight Test: What’s It All About?
This spring, if you are a farmer who asks for a Thousand Kernel Weight (TKW) test on cleaned samples of each of your...
Connecting With Customers In The Off-Season
Creating networks during the growing season is one way to maintain contact with your customers at this time of year....
On The Edge
Discovery of Sorghum Gene that Controls Bird Feeding Could Help Protect Crops A single gene in sorghum controls bird...
Alberta Farmers and the Federal Fuel Charge
“The Alberta Ag-Info Centre is receiving calls about exemptions for Alberta farmers under the federal carbon tax that...
Help Wanted: Studies Warn Of The Growing Shortage Of Skilled Labour In Agriculture
Labour shortages are not new in agriculture. In the early 20thcentury, “harvest trains” travelled from east to west...
Wheat Growers Launch NoFarmCarbonTax Petition
With the new federal cabinet being sworn in, the Western Canadian Wheat Growers are launching a new “NoFarmCarbonTax”...