Insights and Stories on Farm News

Improvements to temporary foreign worker program recommended: CFIB

Jun. 12, 2024 at 11:19 am CDT

Temporary foreign workers (TFWs) may help alleviate persistent labour shortages in Canada’s agricultural sector, but adjustments to the system would increase efficiencies and create better alignment with the practical needs of agri-businesses, according to new research from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) that includes several recommendations for policy […]

Former Manitoba man sues Bayer for causing his cancer

Jun. 11, 2024 at 7:01 pm CDT

By Don Norman

Family farms at risk from higher capital gains rates: GGC

Jun. 11, 2024 at 11:49 am CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Canadian drought conditions improve: AAFC

Jun. 11, 2024 at 9:43 am CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Prairie forecast: Drier with a slow warming trend

Jun. 5, 2024 at 9:28 am CDT

By Daniel Bezte

New website against weeds launched

May. 28, 2024 at 2:59 pm CDT

Glacier FarmMedia – Producers have a new website to bookmark if they’re looking for weed information on the Prairies. The Western Grains Research Foundation has announced the official launch of a weed monitoring hub, prairieweeds.com. The website will be the new digital host for resources, data, weed maps and research […]

By Alexis Kienlen

Close-up picture of U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack.

U.S. committee passes farm bill draft with little support from Democrats

May. 24, 2024 at 11:30 am CDT

The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives Agriculture Committee passed its version of a $1.5 trillion farm spending bill late Thursday night with few Democratic votes, prolonging a standoff between the parties over key nutrition, agriculture, and climate policies.

By Leah Douglas Reuters

Senate proposes third-party Commission to address systemic TFW issues

May. 22, 2024 at 10:26 am CDT

An independent agency is needed to coordinate temporary and migrant labour policy, says a Senate committee report released yesterday.

By Diana Martin

Semi truck drives down a wet highway with a cloudy sky overhead.

Prairie forecast: Cool and unsettled weather across the Prairies

May. 15, 2024 at 9:45 am CDT

For this forecast period, well, it's a bit of a mess. Overall, it looks like we could be stuck in a cool, wet pattern until the end of the month.

By Daniel Bezte

France revamps pesticide reduction plan in wake of farmer unrest

May. 6, 2024 at 12:45 pm CDT

Paris | Reuters – France unveiled on Monday a revised plan to halve pesticide use in the European Union’s biggest agricultural producer, pledging to adopt an EU indicator and boost research into alternatives in a nod to grievances voiced in farmer protests this year. Why it’s important Environmental regulation was […]

By Gus Trompiz Sybille De La Hamaide