Farmers came away from the recent federal, provincial and territorial (FTP) ministers meeting in Saskatoon with a few items stroked off their wish list. Farm organizations welcomed a $500-million, or 25 per cent, increase in cost-shared funding over five years, half of which will help farmers fight climate change and reduce emissions. The ministers also
Editorial: Needless concern
Editorial: Beware of the POTUS effect
It’s well known that U.S. President Joe Biden faces a steep challenge when it comes to winning over voters in farm states, but his efforts of late should give farmers here on the northern side of the border pause. That’s especially so when the goals of ramping up production and curbing inflation appear in the
Editorial: Gritty winds of change
One of the downsides of spring, aside from its slowness to arrive, is the wind. Invariably before crops get established, we get a series of major wind events that cause soil to move, shearing off the newly emerging plants, and filling ditches with dirt, the air with fine particles and our teeth with grit. These
Comment: Big little decisions are needed to address growing global food insecurity
The war in Ukraine is making an already bad situation exponentially worse
The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has issued a dire warning about the deteriorating state of food security for the people remaining under siege in Ukraine. Based on an assessment of 19 of 24 oblasts, or regions, the alert issued March 25 speaks to the rising uncertainty about the ability of farmers in that
Editorial: Farm face of protest unhelpful
Like many Canadians watching the pandemic protests unfold across the country, it’s taken me some time to sort out how I feel about it all. Everyone loves a parade. No one likes the pandemic restrictions. We’d all like to be done with COVID-19. The question is, restrictions or not, whether it’s done with us. As
Editorial: New innovations are exciting — but don’t expect them to feed the world
By all reports, the fully autonomous John Deere tractor launched at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this month is a pretty nifty machine. It combines a tractor, precision chisel plow, GPS guidance system and other unspecified “advanced technologies” into a package that farmers can put to work with a swipe of their mobile
Comment: New paths to sustainability are quickly changing the competition landscape
New investment, technology and food products are changing the value proposition
The agriculture industry could never be accused of being stagnant when it comes to embracing new methods or technologies that enable more efficient food production. It has also made huge strides in improving the sustainability of farming practices while increasing production of affordable food. However, as industry leaders gathered at the GrowCanada conference in Calgary
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Editorial: ‘Recipe shopping’ trend is trickling back through the value chain
When it comes to deciding what’s for dinner in this house, we often refer to recipe books collected over the years via family hand-me-downs, fundraisers, or interest in our ethnic roots, health or ethics. It’s easy to spend an hour or more flipping through these collections, comparing notes and ingredients from one recipe or another.
Editorial: Cookie context
The folks at HelloFresh, a meal-kit company, probably didn’t intend to wade into the latest dairy debate in Canada when they released their global Christmas Cookie Price Index Study this week. The company compared the cost of ingredients — flour, eggs, butter, sugar and baking powder to bake a standard batch of Christmas cookies in
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