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Hay-starved Prairies fertile ground for online scammers

Oct. 14, 2021 at 7:35 pm CDT

High demand, scarce supplies and rising prices for hay and other feeds due to this summer’s drought on the Prairies have made a market for online scammers, RCMP warn. The urgency driving such transactions may cause ranchers, farmers and farm workers to make purchases “without taking time to properly verify […]

Glacier’s outdoor ag shows preparing digital event lineup

Feb. 12, 2021 at 1:21 am CST

By GFM Staff

Loblaw beats profit estimates as online sales surge

Jul. 23, 2020 at 1:43 pm CDT

By Reuters

COVID-19 shifts bull buyers online

Mar. 23, 2020 at 2:23 pm CDT

By Lisa Guenther

‘Tinder for cows’ matches livestock in mood for love

Feb. 13, 2019 at 1:48 pm CST

By Matthew Stock

Viterra offers up 24/7 online grain contracting

Feb. 3, 2019 at 6:50 am CST

Prairie grain growers doing business with Glencore Agriculture’s Viterra arm can now create their own grain contracts with the company anytime online. In what it describes as the “first and only full range” of online contracting options for farmers in Western Canada, Viterra launched its new system on its myViterra […]

By Dave Bedard