Alberta Grains will officially launch its Young Farmers Peer Network pilot project in mid-September. The project was inspired by a farm transition research project undertaken by Selena Grutterink, a communications and stakeholder engagement specialist with the organization.

Byproducts of the beer making process such as malting barley rootlets are increasingly being used as food ingredients. A team of students from the University of Manitoba have made these sprouts the star ingredient of a chocolate bar.

“As one of the world’s leading experts in malting and brewing, Yueshu used science and his extensive knowledge to build customer confidence in Canadian barley and malt,” said Watts. “Just as importantly, he focused on building relationships and trust with our customers around the world.”

The agriculture industry will have a voice in Canadian preparation for looming trade talks. On April 21, Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance (CAFTA) executive director Michael Harvey was appointed to the Advisory Committee on Canada–U.S. Economic Relations as a representative of agri-food exporters.

Resources to address mental health issues may be limited in rural areas, but the desire to help friends and neighbours is strong. With support from FCC, Do More Agriculture offers the 2026 Community Fund for Mental Health. Available to rural communities across Canada, the annual funding program supports the presentation of the Talk Ask Listen mental health support training workshop. Applications can be submitted until April 30.

Each March, Ag in the Classroom and its provincial member organizations, including Ag for Life in Alberta, celebrate Canadian Agriculture Literacy Month (CALM). During the month-long awareness campaign, the organizations promote awareness of their work to educate children about agriculture and recruit new volunteer participants.

A Prairie broadcast journalist for 40 years, 840 CFCW agricultural director Dean Thorpe has produced and hosted The Alberta Ag Show for nearly two decades. The AM country music station’s one hour radio news program is familiar lunchtime listening across rural Alberta. Each weekday at 12 p.m., Thorpe takes to the microphone at the station’s Edmonton studio with one question in mind: What do farmers need to hear today?

A new hulless food barley variety dubbed “black caviar” is now available for seed companies to license. Produced by a breeder at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Brandon Research and Development Centre, the currently unnamed HB23150 will be available to farmers in two to three years once it is licensed, registered and propogated.

For years the North American beer industry has contended with a gradual downturn. Since 2019, beer sales have dropped 11 per cent. According to Beer Canada, 2025 domestic beer sales were down 2.4 per cent compared to 2024. For imported beer, the decline was noticeably steeper, as Canadians drank 8.6 per cent less such beers in 2025 versus a year prior.

Initiated in July 2025, the V6 Odyssey port terminal project is billed as “Canada’s first low-carbon, enhanced efficiency fertilizers and commercial phosphate fertilizer terminal.” Situated on the Saint Lawrence River south of Ottawa, it’s a joint venture between V6 Agronomy and the Port of Johnstown. As it receives Prairie commodities such as durum wheat, lentils, potash and sulphur via CN Rail, it will send matchback railcars of phosphate and specialty fertilizers to the West.