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Manitoba farmers feel left out on farm policy tour

Oct. 4, 2016 at 11:51 am CDT

CNS Canada –– Manitoba has been dropped from an upcoming consulting tour meant to lay the foundation for Canada’s next agricultural policy funding framework. That will limit the province’s producers, the head of an industry group says. The House of Commons’ standing committee on agriculture and agri-food is holding a […]

Selling direct to consumers

Sep. 9, 2016 at 10:51 am CDT

By Shannon VanRaes

Austria expects ‘conflict’ on Canada trade deal

Sep. 1, 2016 at 7:41 pm CDT

By Reuters

Building up the soil in your fields

Aug. 26, 2016 at 10:34 am CDT

By Angela Lovell

Two rewarding farm careers

Jul. 29, 2016 at 9:34 am CDT

By Marie Smith

Wilf Keller elected new AIC board chair

Jul. 28, 2016 at 3:14 pm CDT

Wilf Keller is the new head of the Agricultural Institute of Canada. Keller is a well-known agricultural researcher who has worked for nearly 40 years mainly in the field of biotechnology development and application for the genetic modification of crops. In this time he has led numerous major research efforts. […]

By Staff

Saskatchewan premier ‘not satisfied’ with Husky spill response

Jul. 27, 2016 at 5:09 pm CDT

Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall said on Wednesday he was not satisfied with Husky Energy Inc’s emergency response to an oil spill into a river that supplies drinking water, and said the western Canadian province needed to consider ways to avoid a recurrence. The spill of 1,572 barrels of oil from […]

By Reuters Rod Nickel

Your most important farm resource? People

Jul. 8, 2016 at 10:05 am CDT

If you don’t have people, you don’t have a farm. It’s as simple as that. While most producers think about their farm in terms of their livestock and crops, they neglect to think about the people, says a rural business specialist with Alberta Agriculture and Forestry. But that needs to […]

By Alexis Kienlen

Food commodity prices seen stable over next decade

Jul. 5, 2016 at 11:05 am CDT

Paris | Reuters –– Higher agricultural productivity and slightly larger crop areas in the coming decade will cover rises in food demand, leading to stable prices and a period of more restrained agricultural markets, the FAO and OECD said Monday. In their annual Agricultural Outlook report, the Food and Agriculture […]

By Reuters

Ottawa plans study for new Kingston prison farm

Jun. 3, 2016 at 7:27 pm CDT

The federal government is set to run a study reconsidering the previous administration’s decision to shut farming operations at federal penitentiaries. Following up on a Liberal campaign pledge, the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) announced plans Thursday for a feasibility study including both in-person and online consultations with stakeholders and […]

By Staff