Both sides of the carbon offsets market debate weigh in....

After years of sometimes-tense negotiations, a tentative Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement was struck in October, with Canada as a founding member of the historic trade pact....

As technology for collecting on-farm data continues to grow, so too does the number of questions it raises. Where does the data go? Is it securely stored? Who owns it? And probably the most important ...

Merle Good has a farm succession presentation titled, “The Impossible Dream?” That question mark says it all when it comes to the way most people feel about, and approach, the task of farm succession....

In 2007, amid growing pressure to address mounting concern around climate change, the Alberta government created a system of agricultural carbon offsets designed to help farmers voluntarily lower thei...

For many farmers, the idea of paying money for pictures of their fields seems a bit, well, crazy. If you can walk a field and see a problem, why would you pay money for a picture of that problem? What...

Before landing at the University of Lethbridge (U of L), I had always been impressed by the volume and quality of research that was being produced by a relatively small and traditionally undergraduate...

(Calgary, Alberta) November 30, 2015 – As the future of farm safety policy takes shape, Alberta’s crop commissions, comprised of elected farmer representatives, are urging their members to be active a...

In a stunning reversal of fortunes, Justin Trudeau’s Liberals rolled to victory in Monday’s long awaited federal election, ending a decade of Conservative rule under Prime Minister Stephen Harper....

GrainsWest quizzed Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, Liberal agriculture critic Mark Eyking and NDP agriculture critic Malcolm Allen about their positions on a variety of issues that are important to f...