Bigger farms, fewer farmers — those results from the 2011 Census of Agriculture are hardly…
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Should farmers pay for railways’ pensions?
The Canadian Transportation Agency recently announced that prairie grain farmers will pay 9.5…
Statistics Canada must rethink how it defines farmers for census purposes
Let’s be clear from the get-go.
Statistics Canada is a national treasure, its…
Eliminating efficacy test may have beneficial side
The federal government is apparently initiating a plan that would eliminate the requirement that…
Ritz praises CAFTA for work
The Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance recently celebrated its 15th anniversary during a board…
Grain buyers have confidence in Canadian quality
South American buyers of Canadian spring wheat and durum are hoping Canada’s new open…
Turmoil in financial markets takes toll on ag commodities
I am going to have to start expanding the range of significant dates that I mark on my calendar,…
Expansion planned for Sask.’s Blue Hills processing plant
Farmers from Avonlea, Sask., who recently reclaimed 100 percent ownership in their pulse…
Alliance delays durum mill plan
Alliance Grain Traders Inc. is tightening its belt in the wake of another poor quarter by…
Redford’s Conservative gov’t differs from recent past
Alberta elected another majority Progressive Conservative government last month, but it…