Historical painting still speaks to the all too real financial stresses facing modern farmers in Canada
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Mortgaging the farm
Historical painting still speaks to the all too real financial stresses facing modern farmers in Canada
What’s new and returning for Ag in Motion 2025
Preparations for Ag in Motion are underway with the western Canadian outdoor farm show now less than a month away; the show runs July 15-17, 2025.
Every year, Ag in Motion brings the latest in agriculture technology, innovation, farm equipment and industry insights to Western Canada. This year’s Ag in Motion show runs July 15-17, 2025 near Langham, Sask.
Canadian agricultural leaders attend global food security forum in shadow of G7 summit
Agriculture didn’t make the G7 agenda ,yet speakers at the Americas AgForum25 said it forms the foundation for global solutions
The forum hosted by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) was designed to ensure agriculture and food stays on world leaders' radar.
Barren fields, dry wells: after war, drought ravages Syrian farms
Digging wells adds costs as harvests fail; many farmers have heavy debts, want assistance
Syrian farmers hoped for some reprieve after Islamist rebels ended Assad' 24 years of autocratic rule in December, but a devastating drought and continued water theft mean their crops are still dying, their pears and plums withering on the branch.
Six agriculture leaders named Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame
The six 2025 Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame inductees range from long-serving farm policy makers to researchers and business leaders
The six 2025 Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame inductees range from long-serving farm policy makers to researchers, agriculture advocates and food business leaders.
G7 farm groups on governments to support rules-based trade, innovation
Increasingly volatile geopolitical, economic, environmental landscape pressuring farmers say groups
Farm organizations from the G7 countries called for governments to support stable rules-based trade, modernized regulations and other measures to help farmers weather “unprecedented pressures,” the Canadian Federation of Agriculture said in a joint news release, Monday.
Bunge receives China regulatory approval for Viterra deal
Global agribusiness Bunge Global has received regulatory approval from China for its acquisition of grain handler Viterra and expects to close the $34 billion deal "on or around July 2," the company said in a statement on Friday.
Who let the frogs out?
A fear of frogs comes head-to-head with a bucket full of the amphibians
Stories out of rural Manitoba: A fear of frogs comes head-to-head with a bucket full of the amphibians.
Bunge nears China ruling for $8.2 billion Viterra merger, Bloomberg News reports
U.S. grains merchant Bunge is close to getting a ruling from Chinese regulators on its $8.2 billion (C$11.2 billion) purchase of Glencore-backed Viterra with a verdict expected within days, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday.
Manitoba 2025 grasshopper season gets early start
Proper identification, aiding natural predators, weather, spraying can all play into grasshopper control on the Canadian Prairies
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.