The following piece is from our sister publication, Spud Smart. While the fall forecast is calling for a wetter and cooler-than-average fall for Western Canada, Eastern Canada will experience the exact opposite with a drier and warmer fall, the AccuWeather 2022...
Wayne Thompson has been announced as the new executive director of the Western Grains Research Foundation (WGRF), an Aug. 18 news release said. Thompson will be replacing Garth Patterson, who officially retires at the end of the year following 11 years in the...
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)’s Food Price Index showed a significant decline in the benchmark for global food commodity prices in July. The Index averaged 140.9 points last month, showing an 8.6 per cent decrease from June’s...
Inaugural commercial space greenhouse could be in orbit as early as 2023. Redwire Corporation recently announced its plan to develop the sole commercially owned and managed spaceflight-qualified plant growth platform in space able to grow plants from seed to maturity,...
Two Albertans have been appointed to the second cohort of the Canadian Agricultural Youth Council, an Aug. 11 news release said. B. Pratyusha Chennupati and Kallum McDonald have been named to the Council. The inaugural meeting of this new group of 25 young people will...
Ken Seitz, who was previously named interim CEO of Nutrien in January, has now been named the permanent CEO and president of the fertilizer company, an Aug. 8 news release said. He will will also join the Nutrien board of directors. “Nutrien’s record performance...
