A colourful and tightly-packed collection of fruit and vegetables including apples, oranges, turnips, cauliflower and carrots.

Chronic disease solution identified

Scientists from the University of Florida argue that more research funding is needed for fruit and vegetable production

Scientists argue that research spending on fruit and vegetable crops is almost nothing when compared to the amount of money spent on health care research.

Close-up photo of a dead blacklegged tick laying on a piece of lined white paper next to a clear plastic ruler to show its length.

Blacklegged ticks gain ground in Saskatchewan

Numbers are still low, but their presence is cause for concern because they can carry Lyme disease and spread it to humans

As of early June, 11 blacklegged ticks had been identified in Saskatchewan, based on reports to a monitoring service called etick.ca.

A ripe barley crop bends in the wind.

On-farm research tackles malting barley fertility

Four Saskatchewan crop commissions will jointly host a tour of on-farm research projects in the province later this month

SaskBarley and the Western Applied Research Corp. (WARC) have partnered with several growers in the province for on-farm trials with a goal of optimizing barley fertility.





Three McGill University researchers in white lab coats stand in front of some oat plants in a greenhouse.

Gene-edited oats in the cards?

McGill plant scientists using CRISPR to improve oat genetics

Researchers at McGill University announced June 10 that they used a gene editing technology called CRISPR-Cas9 to alter key traits such as plant maturity and beta glucan content in oats.

Trucks are lined up on a highway under as sign that reads, "U.S. Customs" as they wait to cross the border.

Customer diversity seen as benefit to exporters

Sixty-six per cent of Canadian exporters rely solely on United States, but economists say that can be hard on the bottom line

For someone running an agricultural or agri-food business in Saskatoon, Kelowna or Halifax, it’s easier to sell products to customers in Canada than to someone in Vietnam.

Looking upward at a tall, blue building with an Farm Credit Canada (FCC) logo on it.

FCC commits $2 billion to ag tech investment

Farm Credit Canada says the funding commitment will allow it to invest directly into promising agriculture technology companies

The country has great agricultural and agri-food scientists, but turning their research and innovations into profitable businesses has historically been a struggle.



Osler, a Canadian law firm, has tried to explain what’s happening with U.S. tariffs in a post on its website. It’s likely tariffs will persist, regardless of court decisions in the United States. Photo: Osler screenshot

Confused by Trump’s tariffs? Better ask a lawyer

A Canadian law firm is using its website in an attempt to make sense of the ongoing and difficult to understand trade chaos

Osler, a business law firm with offices in Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa, Vancouver and New York, attempted to make sense of the ongoing trade chaos in a June 3 post on its website.