The Global Institute for Food Security (GIFS) at the University of Saskatchewan (U of S) has been awarded $295,000 by Saskatchewan’s Agriculture Development Fund (ADF) for a project aiming to improve phosphorous and nitrogen uptake and efficiency in bread wheat, a...
Through a continuing co-funding partnership with the Agriculture Development Fund (ADF), the Canadian Agricultural Partnership, and other producer commodity groups, the Western Grains Research Foundation (WGRF) is funding 43 crop-related research projects with up to...
The Canola Council of Canada (CCC) is receiving an investment of more than $1.8 million from the federal government to boost canola exports, the government says in a Dec. 21 news release. “Canada leads the world in canola exports and this investment will keep...
The Canadian government has launched the AgriCommunication Initiative to help better connect Canadians with farmers, a Dec. 9 news release says. “Consumers have a growing interest in learning more about where homegrown agricultural products come from and how...
The lifetime maximum amount Young Farmer and Young Entrepreneur loans have been increased from $1 million to $1.5 million, Farm Credit Canada (FCC) says in a Dec. 7 news release. “One of the biggest challenges young farmers and entrepreneurs tell me they face is...
A 74,000-square-foot vertical farm will built in Calgary, Alta. by Goodleaf Farms, a Nov. 29 news release says. GoodLeaf Farms is Canada’s largest commercial vertical farming company. “With Canada’s limited growing season, climate-controlled indoor farms...
