Insights and Stories on Features

Where are Canada’s young farmers?

Aug. 16, 2019 at 9:55 am CDT

There are encouraging signs all across the country. At the University of Manitoba’s School of Agriculture convocation this spring, 58 graduates took home their two-year diplomas. At Ridgetown Campus of the University of Guelph in Ontario, 267 crossed the stage in late May, and at Olds College in Alberta, another […]

Young beef cattle producers connect with top chefs

Aug. 9, 2019 at 3:27 pm CDT

By Piper Whelan

Hopping mad

Jul. 12, 2019 at 3:12 pm CDT

By Cecelia Nasmith

Flat revenue, higher expenses squeeze Canadian farmers

Jun. 7, 2019 at 2:25 pm CDT

By Allan Dawson

Investing in ag tech

May. 31, 2019 at 3:12 pm CDT

By Lois Harris

Debating the fate of the Ontario Food Terminal

May. 24, 2019 at 2:17 pm CDT

Wholesalers and patrons of the Ontario Food Terminal are worried there is another agenda behind a government-ordered review of the facility. Although the stated purpose of the study commissioned by the Ford government is to determine how best to expand and modernize the facility, many worry that its location just […]

By Matt McIntosh

Leading in the community

Apr. 12, 2019 at 9:19 am CDT

When Max Kaiser decided to try for municipal council four years ago, he harkened back to a famous and fairly recent moment in farming history. As he’s a crop and chicken farmer (in the Town of Greater Napanee near Kingston, Ont.), it was fitting — but also a great strategy. […]

By Treena Hein

What does the updated Canada’s Food Guide mean for farmers?

Feb. 1, 2019 at 3:23 pm CST

The new Canada’s Food Guide and its new emphasis on plant proteins drew swift but measured response from agricultural groups and organizations across the country last week. In a news release after the guide’s rollout January 22, Ron Bonnett, president of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) said it was “unfortunate that […]

By Lorraine Stevenson

Turning girls into farm women

Dec. 14, 2018 at 10:12 am CST

Bev Shewchuk can pinpoint the exact moment she realized she’d had enough of not being taken seriously as a farmer. She and husband, Brad, had gone into the local bank to talk financing. Even though she carried the majority of the farm management including all of the day-to-day operating of […]

By Madeleine Baerg

Seeking out the services you need

Nov. 23, 2018 at 1:45 pm CST

It’s been a rough harvest. If you didn’t have a miserable harvest, you may have been stricken by drought. If you weren’t worried about the weather, there were the NAFTA renegotiations to keep you up at night. The House of Commons Ag Committee has been studying mental health issues among […]

By Lisa Guenther