The following piece is from our sister publication, Spud Smart. As of 2021 there are 79,795 female farm operators...
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U of A Researcher Identifying Main Stressors for Farmers
Over the next two years a researcher at the University of Alberta is working to identify the biggest stressors farmers...
Mike Dungate Elected Chair of Canadian Centre for Food Integrity
The following piece is from our sister publication, Spud Smart. The Canadian Centre for Food Integrity’s (CCFI) Board...
Alberta Wheat, Barley Farmers Vote in Favour of Amalgamation
Preliminary results show farmers in Alberta have voted in favour of the Alberta Barley Commission (ABC) and the...
CN Rail Sets Weekly Grain Movement Record
CN Rail set a record for weekly grain movement during the week of Oct. 16, an Oct. 24 news release said. The company...
Alberta Agriculture Ministry Has a New Name
The ministry of agriculture in Alberta will now be referred to as the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation, an Oct....
Alberta Tops for Highest Farm Operating Revenues Nationally
Alberta has the highest farm operating revenues in Canada with the province reporting $22.2 billion in farm operating...
La Nina to Bring Cold, Stormy Winter for Prairies
The following piece is from our sister publication, Spud Smart. La Nina is expected to bring cold air and more...
Prairie Canola Performance Trials Discontinued
The Western Canada canola performance trials (CPT) program will end following the release of the 2022 growing season...
Olds College Launches Ag Communications Course
Olds College is launching an Agriculture Communications Certificate for fall 2023, an Oct. 11 news release said. The...
Seed World Group Wins Three Canadian Ag Journalism Awards
Seed World Group has won three agriculture journalism awards at the Canadian Farm Writers’ Federation (CFWF) awards...
Canadian Farmland Values, Interest Rates on the Rise
The following piece is from our sister publication, Spud Smart. Farmland values across Canada continued to increase...
Voting Opens for Alberta Wheat, Barley Merger
Barley and wheat farmers in Alberta can vote throughout the month of October on if Alberta Barley and the Alberta...
Early Bird Registration Open for CrossRoads
Early bird registration is officially open for CrossRoads, happening Jan. 24-25 in Edmonton, Alta., a Sept. 29 news...
WGRF Helping Fund New Ag Research Centre in Donnelly
The Western Grains Research Foundation (WGRF) is giving $750,000 towards the new Advanced Agriculture Research Centre...
UPL AgroSolutions’ Seed Treatment Approved for Aphanomyces Protection
UPL AgroSolutions Canada Inc.'s Rancona Trio seed treatment has been approved for early season control of Aphanomyces...
New Report Shows How GHG Emissions Can be Reduced
A new report from Fertilizer Canada and the Canola Council of Canada (CCC) shows how Canada can continue to increase...
Fall Forecast Calls for Wet Cool Prairies, Dry Warm East
The following piece is from our sister publication, Spud Smart. While the fall forecast is calling for a wetter and...
WGRF Names Wayne Thompson as New Executive Director
Wayne Thompson has been announced as the new executive director of the Western Grains Research Foundation (WGRF), an...
Global Food Commodity Prices Decline in July, Yet Levels Remain High
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)’s Food Price Index showed a significant decline in...