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

An aerial view of the Grain Millers' flax plant in Delisle, Saskatchewan
Crop Management, Markets

Company builds flax plant in Saskatchewan

Grain Millers’ $30 million processing plant is located near Saskatoon in an area where the crop still has a strong foothold

Grain Millers has built a flax plant in Delisle, Saskatchewan, which is now operational and producing bulk or mini-bulk shipments of flaxseed.
Crimini mushrooms, illuminated by a camera flash, grow in a dark barn.
Crop Management, News

Ottawa terminates Agri-food Immigration Pilot

Mushroom farmers ask federal government to restore program and ease labour concerns as their industry continues to grow

The mushroom industry is growing, but many mushroom growers are struggling with issues around labour, which could hamper future growth.
Ken Gross, right, listens to Manitoba environment minister Mike Moyes inside the Manitoba legislature in Winnipeg.
News

Winter wheat advocate set to retire

Ducks Unlimited Canada agrologist has promoted winter cereals for decades and remains hopeful about the crop’s future

Ken Gross, a Ducks Unlimited Canada agrologist who has promoted winter cereals for decades, has witnessed the ups and downs of the crop in Western Canada.
A large kochia plant is thriving amidst a lentil crop.
Crop Management, Markets, News

Kochia migrates north

A website where observers can post sightings shows the weed is moving into the northern Prairies

An unofficial project tracking the distribution of kochia on the Prairies has found that it’s present and possibly established in more northerly regions.
A stock photo of various plates on a table, each holding a different Asian-style food.
Farm Living

Food scientist comes to MSG’s defence

The food ingredient has gained an unsavoury reputation over the years, but an Alberta researcher says the bad rap isn’t deserved

A Northern Alberta Institute of Technology food scientist says it’s not MSG that makes people feel sick after eating Chinese food - it’s over-consumption.
Looking along two dirt paths made by vehicle wheels with grass in between, alongside a field with the sun setting over trees in the distance during summer.
Crop Management, News

Prairie farmland still a bargain

Cropland costs have risen dramatically, but it’s still deeply discounted according to an investor

Western Canadian farmland is cheap when compared to Europe and the U.S., says the director of an investment fund with offices in Calgary and Toronto.

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