Insights and Stories of Janelle Rudolph

Detector in the works for fusarium head blight mycotoxin

Oct. 10, 2025 at 10:27 am CDT

Glacier FarmMedia – Fusarium head blight and the mycotoxins it cause, especially deoxynivalenol (DON), can be a serious economic detriment to producers. It reduces yield and grain grade, as well as contaminates the grain, making it dangerous for human and animal consumption. Infected wheat kernels, known as fusarium-damaged kernels (FDK), can be […]

CFIA says regulatory changes will cut agricultural red tape

Oct. 8, 2025 at 6:29 pm CDT

By Janelle Rudolph

Scott Moe in Saskatoon International Airport ahead of trip to Ottawa, following return from China. Photo: Janelle Rudolph

Moe says China trip laid ground work

Sep. 15, 2025 at 2:08 pm CDT

By Janelle Rudolph

Pierre Poilievre at Sixteen Grains near Saskatoon, Sask. speaking to one of the farm owners. Photo: Janelle Rudolph

Poilievre promises EV action and calls for canola compensation

Aug. 14, 2025 at 2:40 pm CDT

By Janelle Rudolph

Minister Eleanor Olszewski at Global Institute for Food Security for funding announcement. Photo: Janelle Rudolph

Sask. agriculture sector receives federal funding

Aug. 13, 2025 at 1:31 pm CDT

By Janelle Rudolph

two cows feeding at a trough in a feedlot

Research continues on ergot-impacted grain and its effect on beef cattle

Jul. 25, 2025 at 10:02 am CDT

Glacier FarmMedia – Ergot is increasingly creeping into cereals in Western Canada, as well as into cattle feed. If grain has been contaminated by the fungus, it will be refused for human consumption and sent to the livestock industry. Darby Meyer, a graduate student at the University of Saskatchewan, has […]

By Janelle Rudolph

Drake Meats to build new facility

May. 21, 2025 at 11:09 am CDT

Saskatchewan meat company Drake Meats Processors Inc. will be building a new meat processing facility in Saskatoon that is expected to employ 200 local people once fully operational.

By Janelle Rudolph

Cutting nitrous oxide emissions without cutting the crop

Apr. 11, 2025 at 10:52 am CDT

Glacier FarmMedia – Canadian agriculture is being pushed to looking for a new balance when it comes to nitrogen emissions. It’s a critical nutrient, essential to life and agriculture, but its byproduct, nitrous oxide (N2O), is also powerful greenhouse gas, one that federal government has aimed to slash. Canadian farmers […]

By Janelle Rudolph

Federal government vows to crack down on spent fowl fraud

Mar. 20, 2025 at 2:09 pm CDT

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) will be working together to crack down on spent fowl fraud.

By Janelle Rudolph

National Farmers Union calls for ‘serious response’ to tariffs

Mar. 6, 2025 at 1:44 pm CST

The NFU says a serious response is needed to the tariffs, but any retaliatory measures must consider and protect Canadian farmers, farm workers and consumers.

By Janelle Rudolph

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Insights and Stories of Janelle Rudolph

Detector in the works for fusarium head blight mycotoxin

CFIA says regulatory changes will cut agricultural red tape

Moe says China trip laid ground work

Poilievre promises EV action and calls for canola compensation

Sask. agriculture sector receives federal funding

Research continues on ergot-impacted grain and its effect on beef cattle

Drake Meats to build new facility

Cutting nitrous oxide emissions without cutting the crop

Federal government vows to crack down on spent fowl fraud

National Farmers Union calls for ‘serious response’ to tariffs

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