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Farmland values exceed expectations

Mar. 13, 2023 at 11:39 am CDT

Average farmland prices were up 12.8 per cent in Canada in 2022, the largest increase seen since 2014 when the increase was 14.3 per cent. The increase follows gains of 8.3 per cent in 2021 and 5.4 per cent in 2020. J.P. Gervais, FCC’s chief economist, said the numbers were […]

Spring road bans loom across Prairies

Mar. 10, 2023 at 7:54 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Pulling back the curtain on the ag lobby

Mar. 10, 2023 at 9:58 am CST

By Geralyn Wichers

Building bridges to Indigenous communities

Mar. 9, 2023 at 4:17 pm CST

By Glacier FarmMedia staff Gord Gilmour

Canola industry ready to move forward

Mar. 9, 2023 at 12:18 pm CST

By Glacier FarmMedia staff Gord Gilmour

As globalization fades new strategies needed

Mar. 8, 2023 at 11:33 am CST

Don’t expect a return to normal geopolitical conditions — at least not if you think the past several decades were normal. That was Janice Gross Stein’s message March 8, in an opening address to the Canadian Crops Convention. The noted political scientist and founding director of the Munk School of […]

By Glacier FarmMedia staff Gord Gilmour

Charting Canada’s agricultural path forward

Mar. 7, 2023 at 5:08 pm CST

John Stackhouse is a senior vice-president of Royal Bank of Canada and author of the Farmer 4.0 report that delves into the transformation of agriculture. Stackhouse was a participant in a panel discussion on innovation and resilience in agriculture at the Canadian Federation of Agriculture annual meeting in Ottawa on […]

By Glacier FarmMedia staff Gord Gilmour

Farmers hear from national political leaders

Mar. 7, 2023 at 11:07 am CST

For the first time since at least 1980, according to a long-time member of the Parliamentary Press Gallery, a sitting Prime Minister has spoken to the annual meeting of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA). Liberal leader and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was a last minute addition to the agenda, […]

By Glacier FarmMedia staff Gord Gilmour

The path to attracting workers

Mar. 6, 2023 at 11:45 am CST

[UPDATED: Mar. 6, 2023] Farm labour was a hot topic at the annual meeting of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture in Ottawa March 6 and 7. Jennifer Wright, executive director of the Canadian Agricultural Human Resources Council, led a panel discussion that delved into the size and scope of the […]

By Glacier FarmMedia staff Gord Gilmour

Ontario police charge seven with trafficking, exploiting migrants

Mar. 3, 2023 at 1:21 pm CST

Toronto | Reuters — Ontario’s York Regional Police have charged seven people with trafficking and exploiting 64 Mexican migrants, saying the accused were part of an international labour trafficking ring operating in the Toronto region. Police in Ontario said on Friday they had obtained information in November that migrant men […]

By Anna Mehler Paperny