A total of ten participants have been selected for the 2014 IFAJ-Alltech Young Leaders in Agricultural Journalism award, an award that supports participation in an intensive journalistic boot camp-style workshop and attendance at the International Farm Association of Journalists Congress in Scotland. RealAgriculture is pleased to announce that field editor Debra Murphy was chosen as... Read More
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It seemed that in 2013 nothing could prevent machinery sales in Canada and the United States from being strong. The Association of Equipment Manufacturers have released its April 2014 Flash Report for retail Sales of farm machinery. The results year to date are not pretty in Canada while in the US farm machinery retailers are... Read More
It's with much fanfare, pomp and circumstance, confetti cannons and more that we roll out the following news: Lyndsey Smith, editor of this illustrious web site is moving to Ottawa to open our fifth bureau. (The other four are Lethbridge, somewhere in the Special Areas of Alberta, Guelph and, currently, Winnipeg. There will be a... Read More
Farm Management Canada and the Canadian Association of Diploma Agriculture Programs are collecting submissions from agricultural students across Canada and will award three winners with $1,000 towards furthering their education in agriculture. The award is designed to help students develop their communication skills by having the opportunity to voice their opinion on a subject related... Read More
The beauty of the prairies is hard to ignore, but grasslands aren't just nice to look at or ride across, they are active parts of a larger ecosystem. Grass and wetlands offer habitat to a vast range of organisms, improving biodiversity. Native ecosystems also clean and purify air and water, provide raw materials and resources,... Read More
Following on the heels of a recommendations report that came out of the Beef Strawman process, a new study completed by Toma & Bouma suggests three main ways Canada's beef industry can improve its profitability. The Canadian Beef Industry Benchmark study, conducted with the help of Drs. Steve Morgan Jones and Allan Preston, suggest that... Read More
The National Energy Board has published some interesting numbers as data tallies were finalized for 2013's fourth quarter. The data shows drastic increases in rail movement of crude oil from 2012 to 2013. In 2012, October to December rail movement of crude oil was tallied at a little over 1.1M cubic metres (12.6K m³ per... Read More
The Manitoba Outstanding Young Farmers have announced the Major Jay Fox Memorial scholarship in honour of Major Jay and the contribution that he made to agriculture in Canada. Major Jay Fox died suddenly at the age of 32 in December of 2011. A 4-H alumni, family man, rancher and dedicated agriculture enthusiast, Fox valued a... Read More
The federal government's proposed Bill-30, dubbed the "Fair Rail for Grain Farmers" act, hit a snag while moving through the legislative process yesterday, as the bill was sent back to committee over an amendment being deemed "out of order." At issue was the amendment proposing railways compensating shippers over poor service — what some have... Read More
Earlier this week, Ontario's Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk confirmed what people in Ontario's horse racing industry have known and lived through for the past two years. In the Auditor General's special report on the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Modernization Plan and cancellation of the Slots-At-Racetracks Program (SARP), Lysyk concluded that “OLG developed its Modernization Plan... Read More