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 University of Saskatchewan (USask) are exploring new ways to get even more value from this hybrid plant developed in the 1970s....

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 Farm Credit Canada (FCC) Young Farmer Summit event in Red Deer on Thursday. The stop in Red Deer is part of a series of su...

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 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). Richardson Centre, a subsidiary of JRSL, will make an in-kind contribution of land for the...

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 minister of community safety in a portfoilio previously known as corrections, policing and public safety, taking over for Ti...

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 agriculture, manufacturing, technology, and large-scale project leadership. Mazergroup Board Chair Jim McManes said with ...

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 Agreement (CUSMA). The organizations represent a broad spectrum of agriculture and agri-food industries-including farmers,...

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 dead in the same area, later tested positive. Catalonia accounts for about eight per cent of Spain's hog production. Swi...

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 collaboration, in which Bunge allows the use of company land near select locations to be farmed by volunteers, with crop pro...

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 based in Saskatoon, Sask. She provided the 2025 insect review for those attending Canola Week meetings. Starting with B...