Insights and Stories of Staff

U.S. study links bumblebee declines to fungicide use

Nov. 16, 2017 at 8:28 pm CST

A new look at the environmental factors around declining bumblebee populations and ranges points to a less-than-usual suspect: fungicides. “Insecticides work; they kill insects. Fungicides have been largely overlooked because they are not targeted for insects, but fungicides may not be quite as benign — toward bumblebees — as we […]

Agrico buys stake in Alberta input retail chain

Nov. 14, 2017 at 7:00 pm CST

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MacAulay to visit China on trade mission to boost food exports

Nov. 10, 2017 at 5:15 pm CST

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Crop research partnership maps two lentil genomes

Nov. 9, 2017 at 3:18 pm CST

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Cash ticket deferral option to remain unchanged

Nov. 7, 2017 at 4:06 pm CST

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Feds announce tax support for farmers

Nov. 6, 2017 at 4:37 pm CST

In a news release distributed today linked to Budget 2017, Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Lawrence MacAulay announced tax relief to help farmers who received compensation under the Health of Animals Act from livestock destroyed due to the bovine tuberculosis outbreak in 2016 and 2017 in Alberta and Saskatchewan. The federal government also released its 2017 list […]

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Best Cooking Pulses named finalist for ‘Organic Champion’ award

Nov. 6, 2017 at 11:26 am CST

Best Cooking Pulses, Inc., a Canadian family-owned company that has been active in the international pulse trade for 81 years, has been named as a finalist in the Fi Europe 2017 ‘Organic Champion’ Innovation Awards for its range of ‘BEST’ Certified-Organic Pea Hull Fibers. The Fi Europe Innovation Awards honours […]

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Canadian agricultural exporters urge Trans Pacific Partnership without U.S.

Nov. 3, 2017 at 6:00 pm CDT

The Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance (CAFTA), added its voice to the long list of Canadian agricultural exporters urging the federal government to achieve a trade deal with the 11 remaining Trans Pacific Partnership members. The planned summit in Vietnam next week represents a unique opportunity for Canada to take the […]

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Ex-Wildrose ag critic to handle file for merged Tories

Nov. 3, 2017 at 3:12 am CDT

Alberta’s new provincial opposition United Conservatives have gone to the former Wildrose bench for their first agriculture critic. Jason Kenney, the former federal Conservative cabinet minister who was elected Saturday as the United Conservative Party’s first leader, on Tuesday named Drumheller-Stettler MLA Rick Strankman as the opposition critic for agriculture, […]

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CP conductors, engineers reject short-term deal

Nov. 2, 2017 at 9:08 pm CDT

Unionized conductors and engineers at Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) have voted down a proposed one-year renewal of their collective agreement. The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference, whose train and engine (T+E) unit represents about 3,050 Canadian conductors and engineers at CP, announced Wednesday its membership had voted 67.1 per cent against […]

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