Rebekah Sandford planted 28,000 garlic plants by hand last year on her operation near St. Malo, Manitoba. She’s one of the few local garlic growers in the province and on the Prairies.
Canada’s beekeepers are losing hives to issues like foulbrood and varroa mites. A B.C. company hopes their product, ApiSave, will help turn the tide for Canadian honeybees.
Heartland Livestock Services in Virden and Grunthal Auction Mart in Grunthal have offered farmers in fire-threatened areas a safe place to evacuate their livestock.
Standardizing regenerative agriculture could make the system easier to market, but too much rigid definition could also alienate farmers and undermine grassroots progress, experts worry.
The Canadian dollar was relatively steady on Wednesday. The loonie closed at US$0.7250 or US$1=C$1.3794, compared to US$0.7252 or US$1=C$1.3789 on Tuesday. The United States Dollar Index was down 0.24 of a point at 98.15. Crude oil prices fell on Wednesday after reports suggested OPEC+ could decide at its meeting on Sunday to raise output[...]
While some say Justin Trudeau’s government had a much more hands-on approach to environmental issues, appearing to favour deterrents over incentives, the Carney government’s strategy may be more restrained and integrated with its economic agenda.
Glacier FarmMedia – The Canadian dollar was in reverse coming out of the Labour Day weekend. The loonie closed at US$0.7252 or US$1=C$1.3789 on Tuesday, compared to US$0.7277 or US$1=C$1.3742 on Friday. The Bank of Canada did not publish a closing rate on Monday due to the holiday. The United States Dollar Index was up[...]