Insights and Stories of Staff

Farmers encouraged to make Agriculture Day meme-able

Feb. 12, 2018 at 5:34 pm CST

Canada’s farmers are being urged to make closer connections with the country’s non-farming consumers, in both the real world and cyberspace, as Canada’s Agriculture Day nears. Spearheaded by the year-round industry-backed initiative Agriculture More Than Ever, Canada’s Agriculture Day is set this year for Tuesday (Feb. 13). “It’s a time […]

Market shifts, weather push back Food Freedom Day

Feb. 10, 2018 at 4:19 am CST

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Dairy sector wary of proposed food label policy

Feb. 9, 2018 at 8:16 pm CST

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Active Air Dam for 2019 Ram trucks

Feb. 8, 2018 at 4:32 pm CST

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Saskatchewan, B.C. areas up for livestock tax deferrals

Feb. 6, 2018 at 8:06 pm CST

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Ocean Spray to buy Quebec cranberry processor

Feb. 5, 2018 at 3:27 am CST

Quebec cranberry processor Atoka Cranberries is set to become an arm of the U.S.-based cranberry grower co-op Ocean Spray. Massachussetts-based Ocean Spray on Friday announced it would buy the Atoka processing plant at Manseau, Que., about 70 km east of Trois-Rivieres, along with the Atoka brand from berry producer Canneberges […]

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Canola biodiesel processor in receivership

Feb. 3, 2018 at 2:16 am CST

An eastern Saskatchewan biodiesel processor using growers’ heated, green, spring-harvested, tough and otherwise off-spec canola for feedstock is in receivership. Saskatchewan Court of Queen’s Bench on Thursday appointed Calgary-based insolvency trustee Hardie and Kelly as the receiver for Milligan Biofuels, which operates at Foam Lake, about 90 km northwest of […]

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Le Bulletin marks 100th anniversary

Feb. 2, 2018 at 7:49 pm CST

Canada’s oldest francophone farm publication on Friday marked its 100th birthday with an updated look and a new theme for the year. Le Bulletin des agriculteurs — now owned and published by Glacier FarmMedia, operator of this website — recently released its January 2018 issue under the theme “100 ans […]

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Krone EasyCut TS 320 mower

Feb. 1, 2018 at 6:55 pm CST

Krone’s EasyCut TS 320 Pull-Type Disc Mower provides hay and forage producers a clean, closer cut with a tighter turning radius and easier servicing. Krone’s new pull-type disc mowers offer: a cutterbar that hugs the ground, enabling a clean, closer cut. a tighter turn radius on headlands thanks to Krone […]

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Canola ‘streaming’ firm eyes mortgage business

Jan. 30, 2018 at 11:32 pm CST

A Saskatchewan company that offers farmers cash up front for canola to be grown later is now tentatively bringing its model to the farm mortgage business. Input Capital, which sources canola from Prairie growers through multi-year “streaming” contracts, announced Tuesday it has launched a “mortgage stream” as a pilot project. […]

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