Insights and Stories on General

No charges against Quebec’s ex-ag minister

Jun. 19, 2017 at 7:53 pm CDT

Quebec’s director of prosecutions has decided not to pursue criminal charges against the province’s fired agriculture minister over allegations of “acts of a sexual character.” The province’s director of criminal and penal prosecutions (DPCP) announced in a release Monday that the office was “not reasonably convinced” culpability could be proven […]

Manitobans tired of forest tent caterpillar infestation

Jun. 16, 2017 at 10:48 am CDT

By Alexis Stockford

Federal food policy consultations underway

Jun. 1, 2017 at 8:11 pm CDT

By Staff

Deere to buy German road construction firm

Jun. 1, 2017 at 5:29 pm CDT

By Rachit Vats

Trust in agriculture increases with farm visits: survey

May. 30, 2017 at 7:38 pm CDT

By John Greig

Stats from 2016 show uptick in net farm income

May. 25, 2017 at 8:02 pm CDT

Statistics show slightly lower costs for fertilizer, fuel and cattle and calf purchases in 2016, against higher crop sales and program payments, led to a rise in realized net farm income last year. Statistics Canada on Wednesday released data showing Canadian producers’ realized net farm income — the difference between […]

By Staff

New Alberta labour standards for paid farm workers tabled

May. 24, 2017 at 6:11 pm CDT

Waged farm workers in Alberta will be allowed to unionize and get new rules governing vacation pay and youth employment, under a provincial labour bill tabled Wednesday. The new rules are tucked into Bill 17, the Fair and Family-friendly Workplaces Act, which went through first reading Wednesday and, if passed, […]

By Staff

Ontario to add local weight to land use appeal process

May. 16, 2017 at 7:25 pm CDT

Ontario’s Municipal Board (OMB), which handles appeals of land use planning decisions across the province, is set to be replaced with a new Local Planning Appeal Tribunal. The provincial government announced Tuesday it will introduce legislation “in the coming weeks” to replace the Ontario Municipal Board with the new tribunal, […]

By Staff

Trump reassures farmers immigration crackdown not aimed at their workers

May. 15, 2017 at 3:48 pm CDT

Washington/San Francisco | Reuters — U.S. President Donald Trump said he would seek to keep his tough immigration enforcement policies from harming the U.S. farm industry and its largely immigrant workforce, according to farmers and officials who met with him. At a roundtable on farm labour at the White House […]

By Kristina Cooke Mica Rosenberg

Ag census logs more younger and female farm operators

May. 11, 2017 at 8:25 pm CDT

While people age 55 and over still make up the fastest-growing segment of farmers in Canada, the latest Census of Agriculture shows slightly more producers under age 35 for the first time in five censuses. Statistics Canada’s 2016 Census of Agriculture, released Wednesday, counted 271,935 farm operators — that is, […]

By Staff