REDEFINING THE NATION’S SUDS
With the support of Beer Canada and provincial brewer associations, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) will be amending the beer compositional standards section of the Food and Drug Regulation...
THE HEAT IS ON
GrainsWest first spoke to Hames in mid-October when wet weather and record early snowfall had disrupted harvest across the province. It was clear then that a high percentage of Prairie grain would nee...
INSECT INVASION
A bacterial infection caused by Borrelia burgdorferi, Lyme disease is spread by two types of ticks found in Canada. ...
ARCTIC EXPORT ROUTE REVIVED
There's much buzz in northern Manitoba about the reopening of the Hudson Bay Rail Line and Port of Churchill. ...
PEROGY PROGRESS
Heritage purchases about nine million kilograms of Alberta Hard Red Spring Wheat flour a year from ADM Milling Co. of Calgary. This flour is used to produce three million perogies a day for a total of...
BRANDING THE FAMILY FARM
“The need and desire for farmers to brand their farm has definitely picked up quite a bit over the last several years,” said Christensen. “When I started, this was really niche, but now, yes, there’s ...
NO MORE NEONICS
Western Canadian farmers may experience a few hiccups of their own when it comes to protecting their crops thanks to recent decisions by Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) surrou...
GOING BIG IN JAPAN
With the implementation of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), Canada will now have better access to international markets comprised of 495 million peopl...
CRISIS CONTROL
Importantly, the public and political debate on the issue has driven the provincial government, police, volunteer organizations and rural residents to take action. ...
BEATING THE BUSHELS-PER-ACRE BARRIER
Yield and quality are not everything to farmers; they’re the only things. In agriculture, success is measured by numbers, and the statistics for barley yield in recent years do not tell a winning tale...