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 ...

For Claire Citeau, witnessing the impact of currency devaluation while she was growing up in Africa helped spark an interest in international trade. She spent much of her youth in Senegal, growing up ...

With widespread dry conditions, the 2015 growing season was a roller coaster for many farmers. Some areas received enough rain to see larger than expected yields, but that wasn’t the case everywhere. ...

If you have ever wondered where that great new variety growing in your field came from or how the latest international trade deal came about, you can often look to provincial crop commissions as the s...

In December, the world gathered in Paris to talk about the need for a legally binding and universal agreement on climate, with the aim of keeping global warming to less than 2°C above the global pre-i...

Big leaps in innovation don't occur every day. It sometimes takes special people (think Steve Jobs) or teams (think NASA) to imagine so far beyond our current experience that they create a new paradig...

Alberta Barley and the Alberta Wheat Commission (AWC) are committed to ensuring their farmer members are represented in local, national and international matters that impact their livelihoods. Recentl...