UPDATED – January 30, 2025 – 1500 CST – Glacier FarmMedia – Canada’s temporary foreign worker (TFW) program is “inherently exploitative and discriminatory,” and violates Canada’s international obligations according to a report from human rights group Amnesty International, released today. The report, titled “Canada has Destroyed me”: Labour Exploitation of Migrant Workers in Canada was […] Read more
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Airships may offer northern Canada better transport option
A Manitoba company is pitching the use of airships as a way to connect Canada’s North with food and essential goods
Glacier FarmMedia – Unpredictable weather and warming temperatures are making winter roads increasingly unreliable, cutting off remote northern communities from essential goods, including food, the University of Manitoba’s Fields on Wheels Conference heard in late December. One Winnipeg-based company has an unconventional solution, one that sounds straight out of the Roaring Twenties. Ross Prentice, a […] Read more
Ag sector urged to insure against tariff fallout
Risk management tools may be agriculture’s best bet when it comes to protecting itself against trade turmoil
Stakeholders in the broad Canadian agri-food industry are grappling with the uncertain future of bilateral trade with the United States, based on a 25 per cent tariff on Canadian goods and services that U.S. president Donald Trump promised would come early in his second tenure in office. The tariffs weren’t announced on inauguration day, but […] Read more
Business plan called important step for farms
A business plan is like a road map for a farm. Producers can plan their route, set a destination and track progress, but without a map or a plan, how do they know what success looks like, or even what they’re capable of achieving? Most importantly, how do they know when to change course? That’s […] Read more
Information sharing: how much is too much?
Affectionately, on the farm, it gets thought of as “the boardroom.” It’s the kitchen table, but the conversation around it isn’t always so affectionate, or so gentle. The kitchen table can also be host to plenty of uncomfortable questions and conversations, especially if the person asking the questions isn’t getting to see the numbers they […] Read more
Researcher tackles problems with zinc fertilizer
Zinc becomes unavailable to plants when it and phosphate are combined in the same granule due to reduced solubility
Glacier FarmMedia – Humans need zinc. It’s essential for our immune systems, wound healing and nerve function, to name a few benefits. However, our bodies don’t produce it naturally. We rely on food, or in the modern world, supplements to get enough. However, a lot of people don’t get enough, and neither do our crops. […] Read more
New opportunities loom for mustard
New potential uses for Saskatchewan-grown mustard are on the horizon, the executive director of Sask Mustard said during Crop Week 2025 in Saskatoon. Canada is a top supplier of mustard globally, but significant fluctuations in production in the last decade have impacted the country’s global market share. Related story: Supply-demand hits mustard Rick Mitzel told […] Read more
Supply-demand hits mustard
The two biggest headwinds facing the Canadian mustard market right now are bigger supplies and weaker demand, market analyst Chuck Penner said at last week’s Sask Mustard annual general meeting in Saskatoon. “It is really disappointing.” Related story: New opportunities loom for mustard Production of brown and Oriental mustard was down, Penner said, while that […] Read more
Saskatchewan Pulse Growers, Crop Development Centre close to new deal
REGINA — Saskatchewan Pulse Growers is close to signing a new crop breeding agreement with the University of Saskatchewan’s Crop Development Centre as new varieties from Limagrain near the market. Chair Winston van Staveren announced at the January annual meeting that SPG and the CDC recently signed a term sheet to guide agreements for specific […] Read more
Research funding announced for Sask. beef, forage projects
SASKATOON — Saskatchewan and Ottawa today announced $6.9 million in livestock and forage-related research funding for 2025. Provincial agriculture minister Daryl Harrison told the Saskatchewan Beef Industry conference that funding from industry partners will push that to $7.2 million. The money flows through the Agriculture Development Fund. “Innovation is the key to staying competitive and […] Read more
