Three McGill University researchers in white lab coats stand in front of some oat plants in a greenhouse.

Gene-edited oats in the cards?

McGill plant scientists using CRISPR to improve oat genetics

Researchers at McGill University announced June 10 that they used a gene editing technology called CRISPR-Cas9 to alter key traits such as plant maturity and beta glucan content in oats.




Trucks are lined up on a highway under as sign that reads, "U.S. Customs" as they wait to cross the border.

Customer diversity seen as benefit to exporters

Sixty-six per cent of Canadian exporters rely solely on United States, but economists say that can be hard on the bottom line

For someone running an agricultural or agri-food business in Saskatoon, Kelowna or Halifax, it’s easier to sell products to customers in Canada than to someone in Vietnam.


Two people cross a street walking toward a building on a corner with a sign on it that reads, "Future Home of Sunterra."

Sunterra’s American assets sold to Tyson

A U.S. court last week ordered the sale of three hog subsidiaries of Sunterra Group after allegations of financial fraud

A U.S. district court judge last week approved the receiver’s motion to sell three hog companies owned by Alberta-based Sunterra Group to the Pork Group Inc.

Looking upward at a tall, blue building with an Farm Credit Canada (FCC) logo on it.

FCC commits $2 billion to ag tech investment

Farm Credit Canada says the funding commitment will allow it to invest directly into promising agriculture technology companies

The country has great agricultural and agri-food scientists, but turning their research and innovations into profitable businesses has historically been a struggle.

Looking up at a steep angle at the Peace Tower with a Canadian flag on top on Parliament Hill in Ottawa.

Federal budget delay frustrates agriculture critic

John Barlow says he will continue to focus on tariffs, interprovincial agriculture trade and lessened regulatory red tape

John Barlow returned to the House of Commons in late May disappointed that the tabling of a federal budget is not imminent.