Insights and Stories of Don Norman

(Left to right) Elaine Sopiwnyk, vice-president of technical services at Cereals Canada, with Cereals Canada chief executive officer Dean Dias and Winnipeg South MP Terry Duguid at the Cereals Canada pasta lab in Winnipeg Oct. 15. PHOTO: DON NORMAN

Federal funds announced for Cereals Canada

Oct. 15, 2024 at 3:23 pm CDT

The recent $7.3 million in federal money to Cereals Canada is slated for international market improvements and research into the impact of environmental conditions on cereals

Federal government intervenes to end rail lockout with binding arbitration

Aug. 22, 2024 at 4:55 pm CDT

By Don Norman

Canada’s railways grind to a halt

Aug. 22, 2024 at 9:02 am CDT

By Don Norman

Time runs out for a negotiated settlement for Canada’s railway labour dispute

Aug. 21, 2024 at 12:55 pm CDT

By Don Norman

The rail lockout: How did we get here?

Aug. 16, 2024 at 6:07 pm CDT

By Don Norman

Agriculture groups campaign against rail strike

Aug. 15, 2024 at 4:36 pm CDT

Pulse Canada has organized a letter writing campaign to push the government to halt the looming labour stoppage at Canada's railways.

By Don Norman

Kyle Gibson of AGI3 outside his company's booth at Ag in Motion. Photo: Don Norman

‘Precision’ insurance on offer for farmers

Jul. 30, 2024 at 1:30 am CDT

Company says individual insurance breaks coverage into different profiles, even within the same farm, making for a more tailored business risk management option.

By Don Norman

Company promises instant plant tissue sample results

Jul. 19, 2024 at 10:40 am CDT

ATP Nutrition, which made headlines last year with their Nutriscan portable soil lab, has upgraded the system to scan nutrients in the leaf tissue of plants.

By Don Norman

Left to right: Ashley Smith (moderator), Rory Cranston, Chris Mansiere, Shaun Sharpe, Corey Loessin.

From AIM: How do we keep ahead of herbicide resistance?

Jul. 17, 2024 at 1:00 pm CDT

Proactive thinking and strategies are needed to protect chemical modes of action until new crop protection tools can hit the market, Ag in Motion 2024 attendees hear at Bayer Crop Science panel on herbicide resistance.

By Don Norman

Former Manitoba man sues Bayer for causing his cancer

Jun. 11, 2024 at 7:01 pm CDT

A Calgary man who lived on a farm in Carman, Man., as a child has filed a lawsuit saying chemicals he was exposed to resulted in a cancer diagnosis. The plaintiffs in the case are Kevin Giesbrecht and his common-law spouse, Jennifer McAlpine, who now live in Calgary. According to […]

By Don Norman

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