If you feel like you're seeing Ontario Agricultural College jackets everywhere online and in Ontario today, you're not imagining it — May 2024 marks 150 years since the opening of the Ontario Agricultural College (OAC), one of the University of Guelph’s three founding colleges. This month kicks off several planned events to honour the 150th... Read More
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Canada's Auditor General was highly critical of the federal government's efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in agriculture in an independent report released on Tuesday. The audit found Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) has failed to design, implement and then track plans for how the agriculture sector will contribute to Canada’s 2030 and 2050 greenhouse... Read More
Growers across Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Ontario have selected four winners in Growing Home with BASF, an initiative launched by the company in 2023 to give back to the communities where BASF customers live, work and play. The 2024 winners, selected from 624 nominations from growers, include Alberta's Erskine Curling Club, Saskatchewan's Abbey Curling Club,... Read More
What's it going to take to maintain and grow Canadian agriculture in the future? After all, that's ultimately the definition of that word "sustainable" that we hear so often these days. Whether you consider yourself a full-fledged ag policy nerd or just dabble every now and then, we're excited to let you know that the... Read More
Bunge's proposed acquisition of Viterra could result in more than $700 million in annual economic losses to farmers, according to a new report authored by researchers at the University of Saskatchewan. The study, conducted by Drs. Richard Gray, James Nolan, and Peter Slade, received research support from the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS), Alberta... Read More
CNH and Intelsat, operator of one of the world’s largest satellite and terrestrial communication networks, have announced a collaboration that will see farmers gain access to the internet via satellite communications (SATCOM) service. Based on a new memorandum of understanding, Intelsat will provide multi-orbit internet access to connect Case IH, Steyr and New Holland equipment... Read More
It's not rare for a cow to conceive twins (though triplets are rare), but the odds of a cow conceiving quads is about 1 in 700,000. The odds of those calves being born alive is 1 in 11.2 million, give or take, but at least one Saskatchewan ranch hit the jackpot. Mark and Erin van... Read More
The possibility of both CN Rail and CPKC striking in the next month could leave farmers sitting on grain contracted for delivery this spring. The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC), the union representing more than nine thousand CN and CPKC railway workers, organized an electronic strike vote beginning on April 8th to give members the... Read More
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) says it has not detected a case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in cattle in Canada at this time, and is not currently testing for traces of the virus in raw or pasteurized milk. "As with many reportable diseases in animals, testing is being recommended based on suspicion... Read More
It's unlikely the U.S. Farm Bill gets passed in 2024 by Shaun Haney's estimates, but what does Jim Wiesemeyer, D.C. policy analyst for Pro Farmer magazine think? Plenty of things need to happen for this bill to be passed, Wiesemeyer says, but there is some impetus to get well into the process by June. That's... Read More