Insights and Stories on Producers

At Ag in Motion: Farmers review their data-driven decisions

Jul. 18, 2023 at 7:50 pm CDT

A producer panel on Tuesday at the Ag in Motion outdoor farm show at Langham, Sask., finds the concept of data-driven farming coming into its own. In this video Glacier FarmMedia senior editor Gord Gilmour speaks with Eston, Sask. farmer Dave Hewlitt, about his path to early adoption of the […]

Sask farmers, ranchers get cash for water management

Jun. 30, 2022 at 1:05 pm CDT

By Liam O’Connor

Industry-led code of conduct for food retailers on horizon

Jul. 19, 2021 at 3:33 am CDT

By D.C. Fraser

Tensions build over Argentina’s beef export ban

May. 19, 2021 at 1:41 am CDT

By nicolas-misculin

Tighter timeline set for dairy farmers’ trade pact compensation

Nov. 28, 2020 at 9:04 pm CST

By Dave Bedard

As ‘Cannabis 2.0’ kicks off, industry strangled by limited retail outlets

Oct. 17, 2019 at 7:28 pm CDT

Reuters — A year after Canada legalized use of recreational marijuana, cannabis stocks have lost half their market value, and investors betting that the launch of higher-margin pot-infused drinks and other products will quickly lift shares may be in for a bumpy ride. So-called cannabis 2.0 — legalization of marijuana […]

By Nichola Saminather Shariq Khan

Ag minister announces launch of Canadian food policy

Jun. 17, 2019 at 2:28 pm CDT

Canada has its first food policy, an initiative to increase access to safe, nutritious and culturally diverse food, and to cut food waste. Marie-Claude Bibeau, minister of agriculture and agri-food and parliamentary secretary, Jean-Claude Poissant made the announcement Monday in Montreal. “The Food Policy for Canada is our road map […]

By GFM Staff

U.S. biodiesel lobby drops effort to adjust tax credit

May. 25, 2018 at 8:54 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — The biggest U.S. biodiesel lobbying group has dropped its nine-year push to convert a US$1-per-gallon tax credit available to blenders of the biofuel into one for producers, the vice-president of federal affairs said on Friday. The tax credit benefits companies that blend biodiesel into fuel sold […]

By Michael Hirtzer Tom Polansek