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Dr. Henry Chau shows off a FieldScout TDR 350 to onlookers which measures volumetric water content, electrical conductivity and turf surface temperature. Chau's presentation, 'Tools for Measuring Soil Physical Health,' was part of Farming Smarter's field school in late June.

Balance sought between soil health, bottom line

Agronomists and economists look for common ground during the ongoing debate about soil health and its effect on profitability

Agronomists and economists look for common ground during the ongoing debate about soil health and its effect on profitability

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Saskatchewan cattle producers work on grassland policy

Members of the Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association say they are looking for a policy that isn’t prescriptive

The Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association’s draft grasslands policy says private land conservation should be done in a way that minimizes negative impacts to those signing the agreements

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Dairy cows gets lots of nutrition at the Lakeland College Dairy Learning Centre in Vermilion. (Jeremy Simes Photo)

Dairy could sour U.S. trade talks

Canada concedes on digital service tax, but supply management is another sore point

Restricted access to Canada’s dairy market has been a bone of contention for the Americans. Will it derail Canada-U.S. tradetalks?


Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association president Jeff Yorga, left, Karin Elford, Mark Alford, Mindy Hockley-Anderson from Saskatchewan Stock Growers Foundation were present when the Alfords were named Saskatchewan’s TESA winners for 2025. Photo: Karen Briere

South Sask. ranchers win environmental award

Mark and Karin Elford ranch at Killdeer, just north of the Montana border, in a vast expanse of grasslands at a high elevation

Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association president Jeff Yorga, left, Karin Elford, Mark Alford, Mindy Hockley-Anderson fromSaskatchewan Stock Growers Foundation were present when the Alfords were named Saskatchewan’s TESA winners for 2025.

Crucifer flea beetles on the leaves of a canola plant.

Flea beetle research flowers at AIM farm show

An Agriculture Canada entomologist is experimenting with trap crops and marigolds at an Ag in Motion demonstration cropplot

An Agriculture Canada entomologist is experimenting with trap crops and marigolds at an Ag in Motion demonstration cropplot


Qu Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), attends a meeting with Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides at the Presidential Palace in Nicosia, Cyprus June 6, 2025. REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou

FAO’s support of ag biotech begins to return

The author writes that it was refreshing to see agriculture biotechnology receive a positive reception at a recent conferenceorganized by the Food and Agriculture Organization, including during a speech by FAO director general Qu Dongyu.

Photo courtesy of Erin Payne of EG Auctions

Agriculture history on display

Antique tractor collector’s sale to showcase machinery spanning first half of the twentieth century

Don Ellingson of Springbank, Alta., is selling off his legacy, putting 91 antique tractors up for sale, some dating back as far as1927.

Laura Mock and Mehmet Tulbek announce Cultivator-Food Centre partnership on July 8, 2025. Photo: Janelle Rudolph

Saskatchewan initiative hopes to expand agri-food sector

Cultivator by Conexus and Food Centre work together to increase opportunities for ag-tech and agri-food entrepreneurs

Laura Mock and Mehmet Tulbek hope that the partnership will help to grow Saskatchewan’s agri-food manufacturing.


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McCain Foods has entered into a partnership with Farming Smarter Association, using one of its commercial plots to do a trial growing four different varieties, using six treatments. Hopes are best management practices can be adopted that have better efficiencies, water fertility, pest and disease tolerances than the commonly-grown Russet Burbank for processing.

McCain Foods looks for new processing potatoes

Company works with Farming Smarter Association as it searches for options other than the century-old Russet Burbankvariety

McCain Foods has entered into a partnership with the Farming Smarter Association

Craig Lehr is a beef producer northeast of Medicine Hat and the chair of the producer council with the Beef Cattle Research Council. He said the new Beef Cattle Research Council Chair in Beef Cattle Economic Sustainability will help determine the bottom line for producers. 

Photo Credit: Beef Cattle Research Council

Research chair focuses on profitability

New Beef Cattle Research Council chair at the U of M to focus on best environmental practices and economic viability

A new research chair role, working out of the University of Manitoba, will look at the economics of Canada’s beef business.