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Stories in that issue’s Markets section had headlines such as “Lack of rain to pummel durum yields” and “Average pulse yields expected to fall this year.” | Screencap via producer.com
Opinion

Look back at Aug. 17, 2023, issue

This column is part of a series that marks the Western Producer’s 100th anniversary by taking a deep dive every week into a past issue of the paper. Flipping through the pages of the Aug. 17, 2023, issue of the Western Producer reminds us that last year was another dry one. Stories in that issue’s […] Read more
The Aug. 5, 2021, issue was full of stories about the drought, including one that urged cattle producers to use caution if thinking about feeding poor canola stands as greenfeed.
Opinion

Look back at Aug. 5, 2021, issue

This column is part of a series that marks the Western Producer’s 100th anniversary by taking a deep dive every week into a past issue of the paper. Another year, another drought, and the one three years ago was a doozy, as most of us still remember. The Aug. 5, 2021, issue was full of […] Read more
In July of 2017 high temperatures, extremely dry field conditions and lack of rainfall had caused crops to mature quickly and were expected to result in lower-than-average yields, particularly south of the Trans-Canada Highway. | Screencap via producer.com
Opinion

Look back at July 27, 2017, issue

For the next year, this column will mark The Western Producer’s 100th anniversary by taking a deep dive every week into a past issue of the paper. The main front page headline in the July 27, 2017, issue said it all: “Dry summer, early harvest.” High temperatures, extremely dry field conditions and lack of rainfall […] Read more
The introduction of resistant varieties had appeared to solve a lot of canola growers’ problems, but a story in the July 16, 2015, issue reported that a 2014 survey of Alberta fields in which those varieties were grown had discovered 27 fields with unusually high levels of infection. | Screencap via producer.com
Opinion

Look back at July 16, 2015, issue

For the next year, this column will mark The Western Producer’s 100th anniversary by taking a deep dive every week into a past issue of the paper. The fight against clubroot got more complicated nine years ago. The introduction of resistant varieties had appeared to solve a lot of canola growers’ problems, but a story […] Read more
Opinion

Look back at July 11, 2013, issue

For the next year, this column will mark The Western Producer’s 100th anniversary by taking a deep dive every week into a past issue of the paper. If it’s summer at the Western Producer, readers can be confident that there will be at least one storm story. That was certainly the case in 2013, when […] Read more
It was interesting to find a front page story in our July 7, 2011, issue in which David Phillips, the well-known senior climatologist with Environment Canada, said he thought Western Canada was going through a turbulent, transitional phase that would eventually lead to a new long-term climate regime that was more stable and predictable. | Screencap via producer.com
Opinion

Look back at the July 7, 2011, issue

For the next year, this column will mark The Western Producer’s 100th anniversary by taking a deep dive every week into a past issue of the paper. Climate change continues to be a major coverage area for the Western Producer, including a story in last week’s issue that looked at whether Canadian farmers should be […] Read more
Many Alberta regions hadn’t had a decent rain in a year, and eight municipalities in the northeastern and central parts of the province had declared agricultural disasters. | Bruce Dyck photo
Opinion

Look back at the June 25, 2009, issue

For the next year, this column will mark The Western Producer’s 100th anniversary by taking a deep dive every week into a past issue of the paper. Another drought loomed as the 2009 growing season moved from spring to summer. Federal agriculture minister Gerry Ritz said existing government programs would help producers if the situation […] Read more
The fight over the Canadian Wheat Board was heating up in 2007 with the Conservatives under Stephen Harper in power. | Bruce Dyck photo
Opinion

Look back at June 21, 2007, issue

For the next year, this column will mark The Western Producer’s 100th anniversary by taking a deep dive every week into a past issue of the paper. The fight over the Canadian Wheat Board was heating up in 2007 with the Conservatives under Stephen Harper in power. The party would eventually dismantle the wheat board’s […] Read more
In the June 16, 2005, issue, it was wheat’s turn to make the news. | Bruce Dyck photo
Opinion

Look back at June 16, 2005, issue

For the next year, this column will mark The Western Producer’s 100th anniversary by taking a deep dive every week into a past issue of the paper. I wrote in this column earlier in the year about an import duty that the United States had imposed on Canadian hogs. In the June 16, 2005, issue, […] Read more
The discovery of BSE in an Alberta cow was announced May 20, 2003, and our June 6, 2003, issue was pretty much all BSE, all the time. | Bruce Dyck photo
Opinion

Look back at June 6, 2003, issue

For the next year, this column will mark The Western Producer’s 100th anniversary by taking a deep dive every week into a past issue of the paper. The discovery of BSE in an Alberta cow was announced May 20, 2003, and our June 6, 2003, issue was pretty much all BSE, all the time. To […] Read more

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