Robert Arnason

Robert Arnason

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Robert Arnason is a reporter with The Western Producer and Glacier Farm Media. Since 2008, he has authored nearly 5,000 articles on anything and everything related to Canadian agriculture. He didn’t grow up on a farm, but Robert spent hundreds of days on his uncle’s cattle and grain farm in Manitoba. Robert started his journalism career in Winnipeg as a freelancer, then worked as a reporter and editor at newspapers in Nipawin, Saskatchewan and Fernie, BC. Robert has a degree in civil engineering from the University of Manitoba and a diploma in LSJF – Long Suffering Jets’ Fan.

Stories by Robert Arnason

A yellow canola field in full bloom.
News

Canada urged to stand up to EU mirror clauses

The European Union has been promoting the concept of buying only from trading partners that follow its regulations

Ottawa should call out Europe and its attempt to dictate agricultural production in Canada.
A corn field that's not quite ripe.
Crop Management, News

Corn acres saw stellar year in eastern Prairies

Growers in Manitoba harvested 497,000 acres last year, which is a record, and acres could climb even higher this year

Manitoba farmers harvested 497,000 acres of grain corn and 429,000 acres of oats last year, the second year in a row that farmers harvested more corn than oats in Manitoba — an acreage shift that could be the new normal.
Screencap of the homepage of the USDA with an image of a farmer walking through a pen with cattle in it.
News

U.S. Department of Agriculture slams door on diversity

Ag Canada committed to Gender Based Analysis

The department will prioritize meritocracy and colour-blind policies, a recent memo said, adding that the previous administration had lost sight of the USDA’s mandate to ensure that Americans have sufficient food.
Close-up of a cow's nose covered in chop/feed.
Livestock Management

Enzymes eyed as way to improve forage nutrition

Enzymes are used at low levels in poultry feed as well as hog diets, but their use is not standard practice in cattle rations

Emma McGeough, associate professor of animal science at the University of Manitoba, wants to know if enzymes can improve nutrient uptake in cattle that have forage-based diets.
A close-up of the head of a durum wheat plant.
Crop Management, News

Durum yields falling behind spring wheat 

SWIFT CURRENT, Sask. – Spring wheat and durum yields were similar in Saskatchewan from 2005-14. In many years, average yields for the two wheat types were exactly the same across the province, although spring wheat sometimes produced about one additional bushel per acre. That relationship changed in 2015. Spring wheat yields suddenly shot ahead, and […] Read more

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