(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...

Canadians have an important decision to make in this upcoming election. GrainsWest is here to help....

Two different sides square-off on the OHS debate in Alberta....

Do you want to get into the business of agriculture? Or are you in it already but need to add a specific skill? Agriculture is a big business, involved in local, regional, provincial, national and int...

There’s plenty of excitement about a new winter wheat variety unique to Western Canada....

Frederick Sladen, born in England in 1876, was fascinated with bees as a child. At the age of 16, he wrote his first book, on bumblebees. He became an entomologist and moved with his family to Canada....

Steve Larocque has a problem. “Our frustration at the moment is that we haven’t noted any telltale symptoms in our grain, but DNA tests sometimes come back positive for Fusarium,” he said. ...

Water—or, more accurately, the lack of it—has been on the minds of many producers in Western Canada this summer. Drought, and its devastating effects, have been with us since the beginning of agricult...