About three years ago, we started hearing determined rumblings about the end of the Canadian Wheat Board. Tensions amongst farmers were running high, but the government’s agenda was clear: It was time...

In 21st-century agriculture, E.A. Partridge and Sintaluta, SK, are little more than footnotes in the history books. And yet Partridge and the tiny farming community about an hour east of Regina, SK, p...

It’ll take more than simply renewing railway shipping requirements to improve market access for Canadian grain, according to Stephen Vandervalk, vice-president of the Western Canadian Wheat Growers As...

Pebble smartwatches appear to be all the craze these days, but what do we really know about them? Are they practical? Do they make our lives easier? Or are they just another techno-gadget destined to ...

It perhaps had an odd shape, but this wooden grain elevator built in 1879 at Niverville, MB, got the ball rolling for the storied and sometimes romantic grain storage and handling system in Western Ca...

Near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) continues to be investigated for its potential to improve feed efficiency in livestock, saving feedlots money and making the livestock industry more profitable....

Canadian wheat researchers have been looking into the nutritional value of heritage varieties of wheat in order to combat what they believe to be myths about the grain in popular culture....

Building on more than a century of Canadian agriculture innovation and know-how, farmers are reaching record levels of productivity while actively protecting the environment. Canada’s safe, sustainabl...

American satirist H.L. Mencken provided the classic quote, “For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple and wrong.” Sometimes, a complex problem demands a complex solution—and m...

An ever-changing array of bulk cargo and container ships frequents Port Metro Vancouver (PMV). Though the temperate maritime trade destination handles much of Canada’s import–export traffic, the avera...