A LOSS FOR CANADIAN BARLEY
“As one of the world’s leading experts in malting and brewing, Yueshu used science and his extensive knowledge to build customer confidence in Canadian barley and malt,” said Watts. “Just as important...
AGRICULTURE GIVEN VOICE AHEAD OF TRADE TALKS
The agriculture industry will have a voice in Canadian preparation for looming trade talks. On April 21, Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance (CAFTA) executive director Michael Harvey was appointed to th...
A MENTAL HEALTH CONVERSATION STARTER
Resources to address mental health issues may be limited in rural areas, but the desire to help friends and neighbours is strong. With support from FCC, Do More Agriculture offers the 2026 Community F...
GROW AND LEARN
Each March, Ag in the Classroom and its provincial member organizations, including Ag for Life in Alberta, celebrate Canadian Agriculture Literacy Month (CALM). During the month-long awareness campaig...
FARMING’S FAMILIAR VOICE
A Prairie broadcast journalist for 40 years, 840 CFCW agricultural director Dean Thorpe has produced and hosted The Alberta Ag Show for nearly two decades. The AM country music station’s one hour radi...
PIGMENT APPEAL
A new hulless food barley variety dubbed “black caviar” is now available for seed companies to license. Produced by a breeder at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Brandon Research and Development C...
HIDDEN FIGURES
In markets, no plan can control time. There is a marketing adage that in the long run, we’re all dead. Broadly speaking, the longer the time frame, the greater the market uncertainty. By its nature, f...
TAKE IT TO THE TOP
Launched in 2001 to co-ordinate agricultural groups, the Grain Growers of Canada (GGC) is a farmer-led organization that shapes federal decision-making. Taking farm perspectives to Parliament, the org...
CANADA’S WHEAT BRAND AMBASSADORS
When a Canadian farmer sits across from a miller in Colombia, Japan or Morocco to explain how they manage grain quality from seeding to harvest and storage, it changes the conversation. Last fall, far...
POTENTIAL PROFIT IN SOIL DATA
Olds College Centre for Innovation (OCCI) at Olds College of Agriculture & Technology plays a key part in a national research program studying ways to reduce farm emissions of nitrous oxide (N2O), a p...