The average global temperature was the hottest on record in 2024 for the second year in a row. It’s up in the air if this concerning trend will continue for a third year. Also uncertain is what the winds of change will bring as a new Donald Trump administration moves into the White House. Talk […] Read more
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Agriculture prepares for transformation
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Anastasia Volkova is the type of person who gets right to the point. During a coffee break at a sustainable agriculture conference, held in early October in Minneapolis, she provided a six-minute, rapid fire explanation on how farming can be transformed in North America and around the globe. That transformation needs to […] Read more
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OYF program presents Motherwell award The Outstanding Young Farmer program has presented this year’s W.R. Motherwell Award to Komie Hossini of Calgary, who was a previous sponsor representative for Bayer Crop Science from 2012-23. While holding that position, Hossini: He continues to sit on the program’s social media committee. Hossini is also involved with 4-H […] Read more
Thieves steal “Jaws of Life” from Saskatchewan volunteer fire department
Thieves helped themselves to some “gifts” from the Pike Lake Fire Hall in Pike Lake, Sask., over the Christmas break. Among the stolen items is the hall’s set of “jaws” used to extricate people involved in car accidents from their vehicle. “This puts the community this hall serves at risk as the equipment from this […] Read more
CPKC overshoots grain revenue entitlement, CN comes up short
Total Western Canadian grain volume moved over crop year down 3.5 per cent
Glacier FarmMedia – Canadian National Railway Company (CN)’s grain revenue fell below its annual entitlement, and Canadian Pacific Kansas City Railway Company (CPKC) overshot its entitlement in the 2023-2024 crop year. That’s as per the Canadian Transportation Agency’s (CTA) ruling, announced on Christmas Eve in a news release. CPKC has 30 days to pay the […] Read more
Top 10 Western Producer stories of 2024
It’s been an interesting year in the world of agriculture, but aren’t they all? We’ve published just shy of 3,000 stories – an average of about eight per day – on the Western Producer website in 2024, covering a wide variety of subjects from bird flu to wild pigs. Here are our Top 10 stories […] Read more
Canadian milk tests negative for bird flu
Glacier FarmMedia – Canadian milk continues to test negative for avian influenza, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said. The agency said as of Dec. 19 it has tested 1,432 samples of raw milk from across Canada for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). All samples have tested negative. “This is another proactive surveillance measure to monitor […] Read more
U.S. wins Mexico GM corn dispute
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Reuters) — A trade-dispute panel ruled on Friday that Mexico’s restrictions on U.S. genetically modified corn exports violate the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, handing president Joe Biden’s administration a major trade victory in its final weeks. The U.S. Trade Representative’s office said the USMCA dispute settlement panel ruled in favour of all seven U.S. legal […] Read more
CN workers ratify new deal
REUTERS — Unifor said yesterday that its members at Canadian National Railway have ratified a new four-year collective agreement, averting a potential strike action. Unifor, which represents more than 3,000 members at the railroad’s Council 4000 and Local 100 committees, said the agreement includes improvements to wages and benefits as well as job protections for […] Read more
Agribition 2024: Here are the highlights from this year’s events
Canadian Western Agribition 2024 brought livestock enthusiasts from across the Prairies and the country to Regina Nov. 25 to 30 to witness some of the top cattle in the world compete for prizes. The event usually has an impact of more than $115 million on the Saskatchewan economy. The event culminates with the beef Supreme […] Read more
