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Leaders’ Debate Shows Parties’ Priorities for the Sector
The Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) hosted the Agriculture Leaders’ Debate on April 17. The debate brought...
Be a Host Farm for Alberta Open Farm Days 2025
Alberta Open Farm Days is an annual two-day summer event that presents Albertans with an opportunity to experience the...
New Crisis Line Launches to Support Mental Health for Canadian Farmers
The Canadian Centre for Agricultural Wellbeing (CCAW) has launched the National Farmer Wellness Network (NFWN) Crisis...
Keeping You Connected Through the Canada Post Strike
While we await resolution to the Canada Post strike, we’ve prepared alternative solutions to keep the Canadian seed...
Alberta Grains Supports Global Agriculture Technology Exchange Initiative with $4.3 Million Investment
Alberta Grains has announced its financial commitment to the Global Agriculture Technology Exchange (Gate) initiative,...
New Website Launched to Support Root Rot Mitigation in Pulses
Alberta Pulse Growers (APG), as part of the Root Rot Task Force, today launched rootrot.ca to catalyze a collaborative...
2 Alberta Business Leaders are Among the Top Managers in North America
Seed World has named two business leaders in Alberta among North America's top managers as part of its Management...
Alberta Grains’ says Farmers are Voicing Concerns Over Capital Gains Inclusion Rate Increase
Alberta Grains is calling on government to allow all eligible intergenerational farm transfers to be taxed at the...
WGRF Commits $1 Million for Diverse Field Crops Cluster
The Honourable Laurence MacAulay, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food (AAFC), announced the Diverse Field Crop...
SeedMaster Invests Millions in Manufacturing Expansion
SeedMaster, the developer and manufacturer of leading-edge notill seeding technology, has invested $10 million to...
Feds Announce Investment in Research to Promote More Diverse Crop Rotations on Farms
The federal government has announced up to $5.7 million to the Canadian Field Crop Research Alliance (CFCRA) through...
New Fusarium Head Blight Mapping Tool Now Available
New Prairie-wide Fusarium head blight (FHB) risk maps are now available to producers in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and...
Bayer Crop Science Canada Partners with U of A to Unlock Canola Potential
Bayer Crop Science Canada has partnered with the University of Alberta (U of A) to research the genetic diversity of...
Pea Breeder Honoured with Pulse Industry Innovator Award
The Alberta Pulse Growers (APG) selected Dr. Dengjin (DJ) Bing, who continues to produce strong field pea varieties...
Major Water-Sharing Agreements are Ready as Drought Looms, says Province
The largest water-sharing agreements in Alberta’s 118-year history are now in place to help respond to the risk of...
The 411 on RVTs
What are the regional variety trials and how can you as a farmer use them to grow the best crops? Editor’s note: This...
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...
Historical Data Points to Bad Year for Pulse Root Rots
Alberta farmers only need to look at the history of their fields and weather from years past to predict what pests and...
In 2024, Canola Disease Threats are Lurking in the Soil
PHOTO: Clubroot. Alberta farmers only need to look at the history of their fields and weather from years past to...
Hall of Fame Nominations are Open
Nominations are open for the 2024 Alberta Agriculture Hall of Fame. The Alberta Agriculture Hall of Fame honours...
Newer Cereal Crop Diseases on the Rise for 2024
PHOTO: Bacterial leaf streak. Alberta farmers only need to look at the history of their fields and weather from years...
Why we Need to Learn From the Past to Fight 2024’s Insects
Above feature photo: A pea leaf weevil. (Shelley Barkley) Alberta farmers only need to look at the history of their...
How Does Investing in New Genetics Contribute to Sustainability? Find Out Next Week at CrossRoads
The countdown is on until CrossRoads Crop Conference kicks off next week on Jan. 29-31 at the Westin Calgary Airport,...
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...
Alberta Awards WaterSMART Solutions Contract for Drought Monitoring
Following three years of droughts and water shortages in parts of Alberta, the provincial government has awarded a...
New Faba bean Fractionation Process Captures Protein
A new fractionation process that captures the protein from faba beans, along with starch and dietary fibre, leaving...
Short-term Drought Causing Huge Impact on Grasslands
Intense short-term drought is having a worse impact on the world’s grasslands than previously thought, a Jan. 12 news...
FCC Launches New Sustainability Fertilizer Incentive Program
Farm Credit Canada (FCC) is launching a new Sustainability Incentive Program to support crop producers who follow...
AgKnow Running Alberta Farm Mental Health Survey
AgKnow is currently running an Alberta farm mental health survey, a website post said. The survey is being ran in...
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...
AI Project to Address Lentil Growing Challenges Announced
A consortium of partners from Canada’s agriculture and agrifood sectors will develop artificial intelligence...
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 Canada’s Food Price Report 2024 forecasts overall food prices will increase by 2.5 to 4.5 per cent, a Dec. 7 news release said. The average family of four will spend $16,297.20 on food in 2024, up $701.79 from last year. The most significant increases range from five to seven per cent for bakery, meat and vegetable items.
Pulp Mill Waste Could Be Used As Organic Fertilizer
A new study from the University of Alberta (U of A) is showing how pulp mill waste destined for the landfill could...
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...
Canadian Wheat, Canola Production Drops on Dry Conditions
Canadian farmers produced less wheat, canola, barley and oats in 2023 due to lower yields in Western Canada where...
Alberta, B.C. Farmers Named Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmers 2023 Winners
Greg and Sarah Stamp of Stamp Seeds in Enchant, Alta. and Brad and Travis Hopcott with Hopcott Farms in Pitt Meadows,...
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...
RDAR Research Showcase to Happen Jan. 11 in Edmonton
Results Driven Agricultural Research (RDAR) will host its second annual research showcase on Jan. 11 at 1 p.m. MST at...
CMBTC Releases 2024 Recommended Malt Barley List
The Canadian Malting Barley Technical Centre (CMBTC) has published its 2024–2025 list of recommended malting barley...
Canada Produces Top Quality 2023 Wheat Crop
Despite a challenging growing season that led to variable yields and below-average production, Canada produced another...
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...
Feds Give Money to Create Canola Cluster
The Canadian government is giving over $9 million to the Canola Council of Canada (CCC) through the AgriScience...
Do More Ag Hosting Event Putting Spotlight on Men’s Mental Health
The Do More Agriculture Foundation is hosting BroTalk, a fireside chat where men in agriculture will open up about...
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...
AI Tech Being Developed to Improve Protein Crops, Ingredients
Enns Bros., Crop Sentry, DL Seeds and AGT Foods are partnering together to develop new artificial intelligence...