Agriculture in the Classroom Canada and its ten provincial member organizations provided agriculture education programming for over 2.1 million students across Canada in 2019, according the organization's annual impact report shared during AITC's annual general meeting last week. “It was a monumental year for Ag in the Classroom Canada (AITC-C) with our student reach up... Read More
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2020 has already been a challenging year, and we're only just now approaching July. While there are plenty of reasons to be down about the year, many areas of Alberta that have endured three years of drought had finally been gifted good moisture, plenty of timely rain, and good heat. Unfortunately, another part of farming... Read More
After holding out hope into last week that the show could go on, organizers of the U.S. Farm Progress Show say they have made the decision to cancel the large farm show due to COVID-19. The event was slated to run September 1-3, 2020 near Boone, Iowa. "We're sad to report today that the changing... Read More
There were few surprises in the June Statistics Canada acreage report, though there were significant acreage moves for several of the principal field crops, year over year. As expected, big winners in acreage versus 2019 were lentils, barley, and durum wheat, while canola and soybean total area fell in 2020, perhaps due to continued global... Read More
The Liberal Member of Parliament who chairs the House of Commons' agriculture committee has written a letter to his colleague who serves as agriculture minister pointing out the flaws in the government's business risk management (BRM) programs for agriculture. The agriculture committee has been studying the federal government's suite of risk management programs, which includes... Read More
CN Rail will spend approximately $305 million across Alberta in 2020, including the construction of more double track on CN’s mainline. Included in the plan is a maintenance program that will focus on the replacement of rail and ties, as well as maintenance work on level crossings, bridges, culverts, signal systems, and other track infrastructure.... Read More
Grain farmers in Manitoba and west all the way to B.C. will be required to sign an eligibility declaration at the elevator when delivering grain after the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement comes into force July 1. For most farmers in that region, this requirement doesn't actually change all that much, as declarations have been part of... Read More
The Ontario Harness Horse Association (OHHA) has been accepted as an organizational member of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA). The OFA is one of three farm policy organizations in Ontario, and represents 38,000 farm members. OFA has 51 County Federations of Agriculture and includes 31 organizational members and affiliates representing a majority of Ontario's... Read More
For the second time this week, the pulse industry is in the spotlight as another research and development project gets the green light. This latest project, funded through the protein supercluster Protein Industries Canada (PIC), is a joint research and development initiative between Saskatchewan-based AGT Food and Ingredients and ulivit, a consumer-facing ingredients start up,... Read More
The Royal Agriculture Winter Fair, re-branded a few years ago simply as The Royal, will not run this November, the latest casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a video posted on social media, The Royal says it will not hold the 2020 show, but will host the event November 2021. Due to our ongoing concern... Read More