Canola is a winning industry for Canada, but right now the Canadian farmers growing it are feeling the squeeze from China’s tariffs.
Op/Ed
Canola or cars? Canada can’t save both
Sacrificing the canola industry to Chinese tariffs in favour of the auto manufacturing industry would a bad move for Canada and Canadian trade policy
Guarding against misinformation: Do you believe in house hippos?
Children have been told for decades not to trust everything they see on a screen; adults today, farmers included, should remember that lesson in their newly online worlds
Children have been told for decades not to trust everything they see on a screen; adults today, farmers included, should remember that lesson in their newly online worlds.
LETTER: Is this what young people deserve?
Letter to the editor, sent in reaction Co-operator stories on wildfire smoke implications to human health and agriculture
Letter to the editor, sent in reaction Co-operator stories on wildfire smoke implications to human health and agriculture
Ignoring growth plates sabotages young horse development
Training plans and workloads for young horses must match their skeletal development, even when they look physically mature from the outside
Young horse training plans and workloads must match their skeletal development. Failing to plan around growth plates can create lifelong physical problems.
Canola price outlook rather grim for Canadian farmers
Some hope seen with trade delegation, federal announcement
Nearby canola futures slipped further back during the week ended Sept. 4, as they approached C$600 per tonne. The most-traded November contract lost C$15.50 on the week, that brought it down to C$620.20/tonne.
Goose hunting in the wide fields of Manitoba
Hunting Canada geese in the field requires different tactics than in the marsh
Hunting Canada geese in the field requires different tactics than in the marsh; read on for expert tips to a successful 2025 goose hunt in Manitoba fields.
Untangling Alberta Beef Producers’ withdrawal from the Canadian Cattle Association
An outline of issues Alberta Beef Producers has brought forward, as well as the Canadian Cattle Association’s response
An outline of some of the issues Alberta Beef Producers has brought forward as reasons for a potential membership withdrawal, as well as the Canadian Cattle Association’s response
Artificial intelligence could cut down food recalls — or make them explode
Artificial intelligence could nip food regulation non-compliance at the bud, but it could also detect more issues, leading to more recalls
Artificial intelligence could nip food regulation non-compliance at the bud, but it could also detect more issues, leading tomore recalls.
Now is the time for Canada to rediscover its agricultural edge on the global stage
Data-driven farming will help Canada meet rising global demands for sustainability and traceability
Kip Eideberg of the Association of Equipment Manufacturers says government investment in precision farming technology needs to be scaled up to ensure farms of all sizes across all of Canada get support needed to modernize.
Should you believe boots on the ground or satellites in the sky on Canadian canola production?
Expert’s Radar: It looks like StatCan’s newer high-tech monitoring protocols won the battle this past crop year
Questions remain over just how much canola was grown in Canada a year ago, and whether the satellites and computer models now producing most estimates are as reliable as ground-level surveys, given the data’s weight on canola prices.
Cyber-Savvy Farmer
