REGINA — Taylor Douglas is well known in the horse world, but these days you might find him on a reality TV show or advocating for mental health. It’s all because of a three-month-old business that started with a horse mineral. Earlier this fall, he and his partner, Jayne Trimble, started Happy Horses, a company […] Read more
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What you need to know about Crop Production Show 2025
This year’s Crop Production Show has events starting Jan. 10, 2025, and the last one finishing up Jan. 16, 2025. It’s a busy week for Saskatchewan’s crop industry. There are annual general meetings from different commodity groups and networking and learning opportunities via speakers and panels. There’s also the Western Canadian Crop Production Show, which […] Read more
Agriculture groups react to Trudeau resignation
Glacier FarmMedia – There were mixed reactions from Canadian farm groups after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he would resign as Prime Minister and leader of the federal Liberals. On Monday morning, Jan. 6, Trudeau announced the move, although he will remain in his role until the Liberal party has chosen a new leader. Calls […] Read more
Work continues on proposed Westside irrigation project
Fall field work last year contributed to the Sask. project’s assessment process ahead of construction planned for 2026
OUTLOOK, Sask. — A barge working in Coteau Bay on Lake Diefenbaker this fall was an essential part of the preliminary work on the Westside Irrigation Rehabilitation Project. The barge was used to drill 40-metre-deep boreholes to collect soil samples near the Westside pump station. The information will help engineers establish the capability of the […] Read more
Private irrigators lead development in Sask.
There is more private irrigation than there is through districts, where landowners benefit from shared infrastructure
OUTLOOK, Sask. — Demand for irrigation services in Saskatchewan has climbed sharply in the last few years, led by private irrigators who see greater opportunities from their land. Kelly Farden, irrigation agronomy services manager with the provincial agriculture ministry, said the number of certified acres has more than quadrupled in the last eight years. He […] Read more
Climate change forged a new global reality last year
LONDON/MEXICO CITY (Thomson Reuters Foundation) — Intolerable heat, unsurvivable storms, inescapable floods — in 2024, billions of people across the world faced climatic conditions that broke record after record, logging ever more highs for heat, floods, storms, fire and drought. As the year drew to a close, the conclusion was both blatant and bleak: 2024 […] Read more
Benchmarking helps pair innovation with profitability
The national Agri-Food Index brings agri-food value chain together, but data gap remains a challenge for upcoming year
With new environmental, social and governance disclosure regulations set to be released in 2025, organizations such as the National Index on Agri-Food Performance are leading the way for benchmarking and standard-setting in the Canadian ag sector. In 2024, the index moved past its initial pilot phase to launch the Centre for Agri-Food Benchmarking. In 2025, […] Read more
How ESG is changing sustainability in agriculture
Legislation governing environmental social and governance disclosure could change the way sustainability is measured
Environmental, social and governance frameworks are becoming the standard for measuring climate costs and successes. As Canadian producers face climate change, agriculture is being incorporated, directly and indirectly, into the world of ESG disclosure. That involves providing data on risks an operation faces across the three fields. As new disclosure standards begin to affect Canadian […] Read more
U.S. finds first severe human case of avian flu
Glacier FarmMedia – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the first severe human case of H5N1 bird flu on Dec. 18, after a patient from Louisiana was hospitalized with severe respiratory illness. The CDC said partial viral genome data from the patient discovered the virus was part of the D1.1 genotype, the […] Read more
Producer receives regenerative agriculture certification
The program hopes to capture value for producers and remove questions about what counts as ‘regenerative’ farming
UPDATED – January 10, 2025 – 1720 CST – A Manitoba farmer has become the first in the province to get certified under a new regenerative agriculture assessment program. Andreas Boersch, president of Abtshof Farms Ltd., received his “Regenified” verification status on Oct. 2. Boersch’s farm near the central Manitoba community of Elie, west of […] Read more
