Insights and Stories on Education

‘Mobile skills lab’ to promote careers in ag

Apr. 18, 2024 at 9:36 am CDT

A new high-tech “Careers in Ag Mobile Skills Lab” will begin a summer tour of Saskatchewan at Ag in Motion July 16 to 18 to help develop a “talent pipeline” for ag and ag equipment manufacturing.

Ag resources for teachers released

Apr. 9, 2024 at 5:14 pm CDT

By Glacier FarmMedia staff

CAHRC puts out funding call for Indigenous training initiatives

Jan. 9, 2024 at 4:45 pm CST

By Geralyn Wichers

Urban school farm opens world of opportunity to British teens

Dec. 21, 2023 at 1:28 pm CST

By Andy Bruce Phil Noble Reuters

At Agribition: Iowa school group looks in on Prairie ag

Nov. 24, 2023 at 5:43 pm CST

By Becky Zimmer

Think outside the agriculture box for labour, ag and tech leaders say

Oct. 26, 2023 at 6:35 pm CDT

Ag and tech leaders encouraged employers to think outside the agricultural box when looking to hire workers in order to expand the labour pool. “I’m one of the lucky ones,” said Brenna Mahoney, general manager of Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP). Mahoney entered the industry with no agriculture experience. She had […]

By Geralyn Wichers

OAC to offer new master’s program in plant agriculture

Aug. 31, 2023 at 9:02 pm CDT

Ontario Agricultural College is seeking approvals to offer a new master’s degree in plant agriculture, which would designate plant science professionals operating at a grad-school level but not on the traditional research-based path. OAC said Wednesday its proposed new “master of plant agriculture” (MPAg) program would allow recent graduates and […]

By Dave Bedard

Bringing cattle to the classroom

Aug. 3, 2023 at 3:00 pm CDT

Julie Mortenson grew up in the heart of cattle country. Today, she’s found a way to share some of that experience with students who don’t have the chance to spend time on farms and ranches. Originally from north of Grand Prairie, Alta., Mortenson spent her childhood on the land as […]

By Melissa Jeffers-Bezan

Artist rendering of the Prairie Crops and Soils and Crops Research Facility.

Feds, Manitoba pledge $6.4M to ag research facility

Jul. 26, 2023 at 9:46 am CDT

The Federal and Manitoba governments have thrown their weight behind development of a facility touted to become Canada’s pre-eminent resource for field crop research. “A great deal of our agriculture industry’s success comes from research and skill development,” said federal ag minister Marie-Claude Bibeau in a news release, Tuesday. Bibeau […]