A hand holds a bottle of No Name canola oil with a canola field in the background.

Harvard study finds seed oils healthier than butter

Harvard study finds seed oils are healthier

Consuming plant-based oils such as canola oil is much healthier than butter, says a group of scientists from Harvard University and other institutions around Boston.




A field of blooming purple flax flowers.

Growers show flax interest amid canola turmoil

Statistics Canada forecasts an acreage drop, but a processor says farmers have been phoning since the U.S. trade war erupted

Statistics Canada has projected that flax acres will decline in 2025. That could happen, but with the trade and tariff uncertainty surrounding canola this winter, more growers are contacting Tyson Fehr and asking questions about the crop.





Federal hydrologist goes with the flow

Federal hydrologist goes with the flow

Agriculture Canada scientist takes a meandering path from school to research centre, thanks to classroom outreach work

Kayla Moore works at Agriculture Canada’s research centre in Brandon, where she specializes in hydrology, groundwater and the management of soil moisture on farmland.


Trevor Thiessen of Redekop Manufacturing explains the company’s straw chopper to a farmer from Oregon at the Commodity Classic in Denver, Colorado, March 4.

Prairie manufacturers adjust to tariffs

Some ag equipment makers moved U.S.-bound machines south before tariffs were imposed

In 2023, Saskatchewan exported about $834 million worth of agricultural equipment to the United States. A portion of those exports were straw choppers and weed seed control units, manufactured by Redekop at its plant near Saskatoon.

A photo of a stand of green wheat.

Later called better when spraying for fusarium

Some advice to growers still recommends spraying earlier, but researchers say recent studies point in the opposite direction

Prairie wheat growers could be getting poor control of fusarium head blight because they’re applying fungicides too early.