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 hand holds a partially-peeled cob of corn with a corn field in the background.
Crop Management, News

Corn protein could solve battery problem

U.S. researchers use corn protein as a separator in lithium-sulfur batteries to reduce corrosion and increase battery life

Scientists at the University of Washington have learned that corn protein can improve the performance of lithium-sulfur batteries.
A massive grey ship at port in Vancouver has red shipping containers stacked six-high on its deck.
News

More cash needed for trade offices: farm group

Canadian businesses make trade transactions, but Grain Growers of Canada says government can be a facilitator

Governments don’t trade with other nations, says the University of Manitoba agricultural economist. An individual business in Calgary or Vancouver sells products to customers in other countries, not the federal government in Ottawa.
A photo from space with the Earth in the foreground, the much smaller moon and the sun in the distance.
News, Tariffs

Gravity’s heavy pull on trade

Many Canadians want to reduce their reliance on trade with the U.S., but the country’s pull is strong

Newton’s law says the force of attraction between a planet such as Earth and another object, such as the moon, depends on the size of the objects and the distance between the two. A similar rule applies to trade.
A Nissan Leaf EV sits at a charger station with the charging cable connected to the front of the vehicle.
News, Tariffs

EV subsidies take another hit

Canadian Federation of Independent Business says government support for electric vehicle sector threatens agriculture

The Canadian Federation of Independent Business is asking the federal government to re-assess its subsidies for electric vehicles and battery manufacturing in Canada.
A canola field in full yellow bloom.
News

U.S. canola acres look to drop

Falling prices and attacks on seed oils have North Dakota growers thinking twice

Canola acres in North Dakota will likely decline this spring.
Screencap of the homepage of the Modern Ag Alliance organization showing a farmer walking in his field with the text, " Control weeds, not farming," written overtop.
Crop Management, News

North Dakota bill could limit pesticide lawsuits

Critics of the legislation say it will make it impossible to challenge manufacturers in court over the safety of their products

On April 9, the North Dakota state senate voted in favour of a bill that could protect pesticide manufacturers from lawsuits.
Heather Blewett and her daughter, Madelyn, wearing protective glasses, white lab coats and holding a flask in a lab.
Farm Living

Food facts matter over theories

AAFC researcher working to validate the health benefits of Canadian crops

Theories are interesting fodder over coffee at Tim Horton’s, but data matters.

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