This year is a special one. The 68th United Nations General Assembly declared 2016 the International Year of Pulses (IYOP). In Western Canada, the benefits of growing peas, dry beans, faba beans, chic...

Although seeding is still a month or two away, it’s not too early to start thinking about your marketing plan for 2016. In fact, growers should be doing more than thinking about new crop sales—they sh...

Meeting Blair Rutter is a calming experience. He’s polite, respectful and a good listener. Don’t let his good-natured exterior fool you, though....

The Canadian Grain Commission has finalized its controversial decision to reclassify a number of popular wheat varieties....

Less than one year after its inception, the Price & Data Quotes (PDQ) website (pdqinfo.ca) has proven to be a popular medium for farmers to get the best bang for their wheat, peas and canola....

BY NATALIE NOBLE A distinct lack of rainfall throughout Alberta in 2015 was not conducive to starting crops off well or keeping them going. On top of this, a long mid-summer drought allowed pests to g...

One of the first major "crops" exported from southern Alberta to U.S. markets was coal. This train, owned by the Alberta Railway and Coal Company (although the line appears to have had several differe...

The 2015 crop year certainly had its moments, but overall it could have been worse. A difficult growing season that ranged from too dry to too wet, depending on the region and the month, was followed ...

While the theory behind plans to reclassify more than two dozen Hard Red Spring (HRS) and Canadian Prairie Spring (CPS) wheat varieties has merit, the real test is to see what the market does with thi...

Those in the commercial seed treatment industry will have to change some of the ways they operate, thanks to new industry standards outlined by CropLife Canada, an industry-led advocacy group focused ...