Summing up the 2024 agricultural year in rhyme as we look to 2025.
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Looking back on 2024, in verse
Summing up the agricultural year, as we look into 2025
A realistic road for regenerative agriculture
Regenerative agriculture is getting more popular on farms, but consumer acceptance still has hurdles to clear
Regenerative agriculture is getting more popular on farms, but consumer acceptance still has hurdles to clear.
Canada needs to be ready for loose cannon trade politics
Canada’s trade plans for the second Trump era needs to stand strong and hold ground against chaos
Canada’s trade strategy for the second Trump era needs to be ready to stand strong and hold ground against chaos.
The environmental cost of conflict
Farmers around the world pay the price for the wars they didn’t start
Farmers around the world pay the price for the wars they didn’t start
Trump win adds fire to Bill C-282 debate
Canada’s supply management bill had already drawn lines between supply managed and non-supply managed agriculture; U.S. election results likely gave that wedge another whack
Canada’s supply management bill had already drawn lines between supply managed and non-supply managed agriculture; U.S. election results likely gave that wedge another whack.
Ottawa must move to stop the great train robbery
Canada’s rail system needs a hard look at costing to support critical trade and markets for western Canadian grain
Canada’s rail system needs a hard look at costing to support critical trade and markets for western Canadian grain
Is the biofuel market cooked?
A flood of cheap imported feedstocks like used cooking oil from China is undermining growth in the U.S. biofuel market for crops like canola and soybeans
A flood of cheap imported feedstocks like used cooking oil from China is undermining growth in the U.S. biofuel market for crops like canola and soybeans.
Letter: Money alone will not solve algae bloom problems
Money alone will not solve Lake Winnipeg algae bloom problems.
Policy risk is on farmers’ minds, but it’s as clear as mud
Fees for accessing global gene banks could bring additional costs to researchers, farmers
Policy risk was the top concern in a Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute survey, but the reality of that risk is murky and hard to understand.
Pumpkin spice and public outreach
Fall brings people closer to the farm: Agriculture outreach can start here
People are actively looking for a taste of farm life, even if it is romanticized. Agriculture should take advantage
Cyber-Savvy Farmer
