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Propaganda posters celebrating farming show the legacy of Canadian agriculture during the Second World War.
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Canada’s ‘Harvest for Victory’ in the Second World War
Propaganda posters celebrating farming show the legacy of Canadian agriculture during the Second World War.
Manitoba’s forced Japanese-Canadian farmers
Manitoba’s sugar beet farms drew on displaced Japanese-Canadians from B.C. during the Second World War.
REMEMBRANCE DAY 2025: Women who fed a nation
More than 40,000 young Canadian women supported the war effort between the 1940s and early 1950s, helping grow and harvest…
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Manitoba grain elevator ownership expands
Carman-based Linear Grain buys Fannystelle elevator from Bunge, another three elevators sold to Morden’s BP & Sons Grain and Storage…
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Canada’s agricultural innovation in crisis?
Experts argue that Canada’s ability to foster agricultural innovation and technology needs drastic improvement, and it needs to happen now
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Bridge the seasonal gap with a cash advance
“Now is a good time for farmers to take stock. Not just of what’s in the bin or pasture, but…
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OECD lauds Canada’s low farm subsidies, except supply management
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development says Canada’s farm subsidies are among the lowest, but still criticized supply management…
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Fertilizer label changes called costly, unnecessary
Canada’s bulk fertilizer makers now have until July 2026 to update their labels, but industry says rules will be expensive,…
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Nanotechnology used to develop genetic pest control
Researchers from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada are working with nanotechnology and RNA to develop new pest insect control methods as…
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Canada’s ‘Harvest for Victory’ in the Second World War
Farm work was war work in the Second World War, according to Canada’s government, and propaganda posters show how they sold that message to Canadians
Manitoba’s forced Japanese-Canadian farmers
Manitoba sugar beet farms drew labour from displaced Japanese-Canadians from B.C. during the Second World War
Manitoba’s sugar beet farms drew on displaced Japanese-Canadians from B.C. during the Second World War.
REMEMBRANCE DAY 2025: Women who fed a nation
Documentary ‘We Lend a Hand’ chronicles the lives of farmerettes and farm labour during the Second World War
More than 40,000 young Canadian women supported the war effort between the 1940s and early 1950s, helping grow and harvest crops amid labour shortages. They were called Farmerettes.
Women who fed a nation
More than 40,000 young women supported the war effort between the 1940s and early 1950s, helping grow and harvest crops amid labour shortages. They were called Farmerettes.
The forced Japanese-Canadian farmers of the Second World War
Manitoba’s sugar beet farms drew on displaced Japanese-Canadians from B.C. during the Second World War
Canada’s ‘Harvest for Victory’ in the Second World War
Propaganda posters celebrating farming show the legacy of Canadian agriculture during the Second World War.
Manitoba grain elevator ownership expands
Carman-based Linear Grain buys Fannystelle elevator from Bunge, another three elevators sold to Morden’s BP & Sons Grain and Storage Inc.
Carman-based Linear Grain buys Fannystelle elevator from Bunge, another three elevators sold to Morden’s BP & Sons Grain and Storage Inc.
Canada agriculture minister says canola trade prospects are improving after China visit
Canada’s agriculture minister Heath MacDonald said in an interview on Monday his weeklong trip to China is evidence of bilateral relations beginning to thaw, something desperately needed by Canada’s farmers and canola exporters.
How we’re tracking avian flu’s toll on wildlife across North America
Avian influenza is a virus that is clearly a threat to livestock and human health. Our team, a collaboration of governments and academics across the country, recently assessed the extent of HPAI A(H5Nx) in at-risk species across Canada.
Canada’s agricultural innovation in crisis?
Experts argue that Canada’s ability to foster agricultural innovation and technology needs drastic improvement, and it needs to happen now
Experts argue that Canada’s ability to foster agricultural innovation and technology needs drastic improvement, and it needs to happen now
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