Insights and Stories on General

Feb. 7, 2010 at 12:10 am CST

Canada’s federal, provincial and territorial (FPT) agriculture departments plan to launch a new round of consultations with producers and ag groups on business risk management (BRM) programs. The results of these consultations, which will include discussion on “challenges facing the sector” and “opportunities that lie ahead,” are to be reported […]

Feb. 5, 2010 at 3:23 pm CST

New technologies and genetic modification will play the key role in feeding the world. This is the view of thousands of farmers from across the globe who gave views on solutions to feeding the world, in a poll led by Farmers Weekly. In an unprecedented cross-continental collaboration, the views have […]

By Tom Allen-Stevens

Jan. 29, 2010 at 7:25 pm CST

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Jan. 27, 2010 at 1:44 pm CST

British children shipped to Canada as farm labourers from the 1870s to 1940s will get a year of tribute from the federal government. The federal government on Tuesday designated 2010 as the Year of the British Home Child, after members of the House of Commons last month unanimously supported a […]

Jan. 25, 2010 at 5:09 pm CST

Sales of tractors and combines in both the Canadian and U.S. markets are expected to drop significantly in 2010 from 2009 levels. The Milwaukee-based Association of Equipment Manufacturers, a trade association for over 800 makers of farm, forestry, construction, mining and utility equipment, said last week that it expects to […]