Food
Picking the right digital tool for your farm
Have specific goals in mind – and be prepared to make new ones
Tending to your farm’s factory floor: its soil
The health of your farmland can have a big impact on your bottom line
Editor’s Take: Rain and high prices
Comment: In praise of processed foods
A new study shows there’s no clear-cut consensus on what ‘processed’ means
Early-pandemic calls to localize supply chains unfounded
With a year's worth of data, three agriculture economists revisit early-pandemic predictions on the food supply chain
With a year's worth of data, three agriculture economists revisit early-pandemic predictions on the food supply chain
A year of data shows early-pandemic calls for radical changes to food systems and risk management programs were unfounded, say some economists. Particularly in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, food supply chains struggled to adapt to changing consumption patterns and processors shut down due to virus outbreaks. “Into that void of uncertainty came
Federal ag minister talks childcare with Manitoba farm women
The Liberal government pledged to fund Canada-wide childcare as part of its 2021 budget
The Liberal government pledged to fund Canada-wide childcare as part of its 2021 budget
Farm families need access to flexible childcare to allow women farmers to better balance their lives, the federal ag minister told media and a panel of Manitoba women in agriculture. “If we want Canadian agriculture to be more economically and environmentally sustainable, we must break down the barriers for hard-working women in the sector,” said
Federal NDP introduces soil health bill
Proposal calls for a National Soil Health Advocate
Guest Editorial: Carbon questions loom
Peak of the Market president to retire after 27 years
A Toronto kid with no ties to agriculture, Larry McIntosh learned to love Manitoba, then its vegetable farmers
China seed industry seeks better laws to support innovation
Without protection measures on new products, investments will be scarce, sector says