Heath MacDonald

AgriStability changes coming for 2025, 2026

Agriculture ministers met virtually July 17 to discuss AgriStability and internal and international trade

Agriculture ministers met virtually July 17 to discuss AgriStability and internal and international trade


Chris Perry FritoLays potato chip commercial

Alta. potato farm family relish their time on TV

Perry family recently participated in a potato chip televison commercial that emphasized the product’s Canadian content

Chris Perry’s farm at Coaldale, Alta., is featured in a new television commercial emphasizing the Canadian content in FritoLaypotato chips.



Photo courtesy of Brenda McCullough
Ron McCullough graduated from the University of Alberta with a degree in agriculture in 1954. It was a springboard for an early agriculture radio journalism career for the Alberta Federation of Agriculture, and CFAC Radio in Calgary, covering southern Alberta with his daily farm broadcasts.

Agriculture journalism’s forefather remembered

Ron McCullough’s influence dates back to the birth of the Canadian Farm Writers Federation 70 years ago in Edmonton

Ron McCullough’s influence dates back to the birth of the Canadian Farm Writers Federation 70 years ago in Edmonton


Ripe wheat in a field west of Marcelin, Sask. on August 27, 2022. Photo: Michael Robin

Producers wrestle over organic standards draft

Canada’s organic farmers have until July 29 to comment on new organic standards that would open the door to products like municipally derived struvite fertilizer, but would also crack down on lapses in organic management

Canada’s organic farmers have until July 29 to comment on new organic standards that would open the door to products likemunicipally derived struvite fertilizer