Outdated. Reactive. Costly. This is how certain critics describe business risk management programs available to Canadian farmers....

The first in a series of family farm portraits, GrainsWest visited Angela and Robert Semeniuk, whose land is in the Smoky Lake area. Their children, daughter Gabrielle and son Tristan, are the fifth g...

The words “white bread” don’t tend to stir excitement in the hearts of Canadian consumers. The term itself is used as shorthand for “boring,” and typical grocery store white bread is often considered ...

As a microbiology student at the University of British Columbia, Rickey Yada struggled with his chosen path, until he received a recruitment letter from the school’s Food Science department and sat do...

For nearly a decade, Sexsmith area farmer and Alberta Grains region 6 director Greg Sears has opened his fields to researchers for pest studies. These researchers set traps, use sweep nets and record ...

In July, the Alberta government announced the intended launch of a permanent farm plastics recycling program but has instead renewed the province’s existing pilot project. The “Alberta Ag-Plastic. Rec...

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada crop breeder Harpinder Randhawa has made impressive gains in soft white spring wheat breeding in recent years, and AAC Raymond is his latest success. “Soft whites are ...

A made in Alberta, barley-based nutritional supplement, NutraStat is manufactured by Camrose-based Sunny Boy Foods, known for its namesake hot cereal, flours and pancake mixes. NutraStat’s star ingred...

Canadian agriculture faces one of the biggest farm transitions in history. Nearly 40 per cent of farmers are expected to retire over the next decade. In Alberta, it’s closer to 62 per cent. The provin...

On Oct. 16, 2025, the Premier of Alberta mandated Minister of Service Alberta and Red Tape Reduction Dale Nally to work with Alberta’s distilling industry to define standards for “Alberta whisky.” The...