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Unlocking more value in Canada’s canola industry
Canada's canola industry generates $43.7 billion in economic activity each year, according to the Canola Council of Canada. Canola oil is currently the primary output, but researchers from the Univers...
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Podcast & Story: Young Farmer Summit unites 200+ agrarians in Red Deer
The shifting economics of agriculture, mental health among farmers, and the landscape in which younger agrarians are set to take over the sector.Those topics and more made up the agenda at the 2025 Fa...
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Future Global Agriculture Technology Exchange has a home base
A deal has been reached for land for the Global Agriculture Technology Exchange (Gate) facility in downtown Winnipeg. Cereals Canada and James Richardson & Sons, Limited (JRSL) have signed a Memor...
Dec 12, 2025
Premier Scott Moe adds five newly elected MLAs to Saskatchewan cabinet in shuffle
Premier Scott Moe shuffled his cabinet on Thursday, with five MLAs who were first elected last year taking on ministerial portfolios for the first time.Mike Weger (Weyburn-Bengough) will serve as mini...
Dec 11, 2025
Mazergroup announces new CEO
Mazergroup's Board of Directors, along with the Mazer family, have approved the appointment of Ben Voss as its new president and chief executive officer. Voss has more than 25 years of experience in a...
Dec 09, 2025
Farm groups sign letter calling for renewal of North American trade deal
Nearly 100 leaders in Canada's agriculture and agri-food sector have sent a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney in a show of support for the full 16-year renewal of the Canada-United States-Mexico Ag...
Dec 09, 2025
Wild boar in Spain test positive for viral disease
For the first time in nearly three decades African swine fever (ASF) has been discovered in Spain.In November ASF was found in two dead wild boars in the Barcelona area. Eleven more wild boars, found ...
Dec 08, 2025
Canadian Foodgrains Bank and Bunge continue partnership to fight global hunger
Canadian Foodgrains Bank and global agribusiness Bunge will continue their partnership in the fight against global hunger. Foodgrains Bank and Bunge (formerly Viterra) are celebrating 10 years of coll...
Dec 05, 2025
Research scientist reviews top canola pest of the 2025 growing season
The Bertha armyworm, cabbage seed pod weevil and canola flower midge were among the more visible insect pests in canola this year. Agriculture and Agrifood Canada research scientist Meghan Vankosky is...
Dec 05, 2025
Statistics Canada releases the 2025 Field Crop Survey
The November 2025 Field Crop Survey on production on the prairies was higher than anticipated. Despite dry conditions in early summer, timely precipitation later in the growing season improved conditi...
Dec 04, 2025