Insights and Stories of Glacier FarmMedia staff

Mar. 9, 2023 at 4:17 pm CST

Western Canadian society has a wall running straight down its middle, dividing the world into Indigenous and non-Indigenous spheres. Breaking that wall down is in everyone’s interest, according to Kendal Netmaker. The Saskatoon-based Indigenous entrepreneur, author and consultant told the Canadian Crops Convention his priority is removing that wall. “We […]

By Glacier FarmMedia staff, Gord Gilmour

Mar. 9, 2023 at 12:18 pm CST

The Canola Council of Canada celebrated a return to normalcy at its annual meeting at the Canadian Crops Convention in Ottawa. “Our theme this year is ‘from adversity to opportunity’ and I think that’s very fitting,” said Jim Everson, the group’s president. Production has rebounded following the drought of 2021, […]

By Glacier FarmMedia staff, Gord Gilmour

Mar. 8, 2023 at 11:33 am CST

Don’t expect a return to normal geopolitical conditions — at least not if you think the past several decades were normal. That was Janice Gross Stein’s message March 8, in an opening address to the Canadian Crops Convention. The noted political scientist and founding director of the Munk School of […]

By Glacier FarmMedia staff, Gord Gilmour

Mar. 7, 2023 at 5:08 pm CST

John Stackhouse is a senior vice-president of Royal Bank of Canada and author of the Farmer 4.0 report that delves into the transformation of agriculture. Stackhouse was a participant in a panel discussion on innovation and resilience in agriculture at the Canadian Federation of Agriculture annual meeting in Ottawa on […]

By Glacier FarmMedia staff, Gord Gilmour

Mar. 7, 2023 at 11:07 am CST

For the first time since at least 1980, according to a long-time member of the Parliamentary Press Gallery, a sitting Prime Minister has spoken to the annual meeting of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA). Liberal leader and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was a last minute addition to the agenda, […]

By Glacier FarmMedia staff, Gord Gilmour