Pork producers in Western Canada rarely buy livestock price insurance, citing high premiums as a major obstacle to the non-cost shared business risk management program.
Canadian beef farmers in 2025 are getting paid plenty for their cattle, but the memory of bad markets and little profit is hard to shake when it comes to big investments or projects on their farms.
Digvir Jayas grew up on a farm in India where he saw too much grain spoil, inspiring him during his renowned career in grain storage research. Now he’s been named to the Order of Manitoba to honour that work.
Farmers who spray their crops for grasshopper pests this summer need to make sure they don’t do more harm than good, says a professor of environmental science at the University of Lethbridge.