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AIM for Hart, Day 2: The road to success, one scoop at a time

Jul. 20, 2017 at 11:02 am CDT

I announced yesterday to a couple colleagues who work for the Western Producer, “We are wasting our time and energies writing stories. What idiots. If we want real financial success in life — sell ice cream.” That was my take home message from Day 2 (Wednesday) at the Ag In […]

AIM for Hart: An informative first day

Jul. 19, 2017 at 1:20 pm CDT

By Lee Hart

Organic groups call for Ontario regulations

Jul. 17, 2017 at 7:58 pm CDT

By John Greig

Coming soon: AGDealerTV

Jul. 13, 2017 at 1:26 pm CDT

By Spencer Myers

Canada Day: A farm wife’s Centennial project becomes her Canada 150 quilt

Jul. 1, 2017 at 1:34 am CDT

By Dave Bedard

Alberta producers have big questions about solar power

Jun. 23, 2017 at 10:20 am CDT

There’s no doubt that the government of Alberta is betting big on renewable energy. The goal is to get 30 per cent of Alberta’s electricity needs from renewable energy by 2030, and it earmarked $5.5 million last year to help farms and municipalities develop solar power projects. With that kind […]

By Jeff Melchior

Farmers keen early adopters, StatsCan report shows

Jun. 22, 2017 at 4:24 am CDT

CNS Canada — Canadian farmers in most sectors are strong proponents of data-driven technology, according to a report Wednesday from Statistics Canada. The latest release from StatsCan’s 2016 Census of Agriculture showed farmers were particularly keen to jump into new technology if it improved the efficiency of their operations or […]

By Terry Fries

Ag sector equity rises in 2016

Jun. 22, 2017 at 3:56 am CDT

CNS Canada –– Agriculture sector equity rose slightly in 2016, according to a Statistics Canada balance sheet on the industry. Farm sector equity totaled $500.3 billion for the year ending Dec. 31. That’s a 4.5 per cent increase, or $21.6 billion, from the same period a year ago, according to […]

By MarketsFarm Team

U.S. Trade Representative says no deadline for NAFTA deal

Jun. 21, 2017 at 3:17 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said on Wednesday there was no deadline for completing NAFTA trade talks between the United States, Canada and Mexico even as lawmakers warned that U.S. business would be hurt by prolonged negotiations. “There is no deadline. My hope is that we […]

By Reuters

NAFTA agriculture ministers see ‘few’ differences over trade

Jun. 20, 2017 at 2:37 pm CDT

Garden City, Ga. | Reuters — The U.S., Canada and Mexico have “relatively few” differences on agricultural trade, agriculture ministers from the three countries said in a joint statement after meeting Tuesday to discuss the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement. However, some “irritants” are present for each […]

By Harriet McLeod