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Normalized relations with Cuba seen positive for U.S. agriculture

Dec. 17, 2014 at 5:38 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — The normalization of diplomatic relations between the United States and Cuba is an “important opportunity” for U.S. agriculture that will make exports of U.S. farm goods cheaper, easier and less time consuming for shippers, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Wednesday. President Barack Obama announced on […]

Canada/Korea trade pact to kick in Jan. 1

Dec. 3, 2014 at 8:23 pm CST

By Staff

Guenther: Indigenous ag summit cultivates global ambition

Nov. 27, 2014 at 7:38 pm CST

By Lisa Guenther

Prairie farm leaders peg water damage in the billions

Nov. 22, 2014 at 11:57 am CST

By Dave Sims

Minogue: Silicon Valley, Saskatchewan style

Nov. 21, 2014 at 1:35 am CST

By Leeann Minogue

Farm websites earn national honours

Nov. 21, 2014 at 12:50 am CST

Farm Business Communications’ ventures in cyberspace have earned national honours for the Winnipeg farm publishing house at the Canadian Online Publishing Awards. The awards, presented Thursday in Toronto in an event organized by Canadian media magazine Masthead, go to websites in three divisions: Blue (scholarly, farm, business-to-business), Red (consumer) and […]

By Staff

Mary Buhr, Dean, College of Agriculture, University of Saskatchewan.

A woman’s place

Nov. 14, 2014 at 11:32 am CST

At the University of Saskatchewan’s College of Agriculture, Dean Mary Buhr doesn’t spend much time fretting over whether women are being accepted in the agriculture industry. Long gone are the days when female students were seen as a novelty or as brave trailblazers. These days, they’re just students, and Buhr […]

By Gord Gilmour

CME Group to cut staff by five per cent

Oct. 14, 2014 at 5:06 pm CDT

CME Group, the world’s top derivatives marketplace, has announced plans to cut about 150 jobs, or five per cent of its staff worldwide, mainly from its technology department. The staff cuts come as part of the company’s previously announced restructuring, which included a decision earlier this month to cut its […]

By Staff

Living on the farm with Alzheimer’s

Oct. 10, 2014 at 11:33 am CDT

Watching Alzheimer’s steal away a loved one is always painful, but there are additional challenges when you’re living on a farm. Trent, a grain farmer from east-central Alberta, knows this all too well. He farmed with his father, now in his late 70s, until five years ago. “I knew Dad […]

By Alexis Kienlen

FBC earns seven Canadian Farm Writers’ awards

Oct. 7, 2014 at 1:44 pm CDT

Staff and contributors at Winnipeg ag publishing house Farm Business Communications, operators of this website, have brought home seven national awards for their work from the Canadian Farm Writers’ Federation (CFWF). The CFWF, which held its annual conference Oct. 2-5 in Charlottetown, presented a total of 42 awards in 14 […]

By Staff