A large blue tractor with eight tires pulls a large air seeder during spring seeding.

SaskOilseeds delegates reject emissions data resolution

A resolution introduced at AGM noted gaps in empirical evidence that could help Canadian products access more markets

Growers at the SaskOilseeds annual meeting rejected a resolution calling for more research into best practices to supply accurate information throughout the food chain and meet market demand.

A green John Deere combine is driving down a road during harvest.

Agriculture makes slight progress on climate action: report

The most recent RBC Climate Action Institute report gave agriculture higher marks in 2024, but more substantial gains are stubborn, analyst says and may not be in line with economics

Canadian agriculture got better marks on the RBC climate report than last year.

A low angle shot of a mountain river with rocks and trees along its shores.

Coal mining helps bridge the two solitudes

At the end of the Second World War, Canadian author Hugh MacLennan wrote a novel called Two Solitudes, which described the lack of communication and understanding between French and English Canadians. Currently, divides have opened up on many new fronts. Silos have formed based on political, economic, racial, national and gender issues, while social media […] Read more


Looking up at the JBS sign on the side of their Greely, CO, beef plant.

JBS backs off net-zero pledge

SAO PAULO, Brazil (Reuters) — JBS, the world’s largest meat packer, became in 2021 the first of its peers to commit to cutting or offsetting all its emissions by 2040, and to ending illegal deforestation across its long supply chain that starts in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon. It used terms such as “commitment” […] Read more

Cattle graze in a lush green pasture.

New docuseries highlights cattle’s climate role

A new documentary from the U.S. compares adaptive multi-paddock grazing to what producers have done in the past

Glacier FarmMedia – A new docuseries out of the United States examines adaptive multi-paddock grazing versus conventional grazing. Peter Byck, a documentarian and professor at Arizona State University, talked about the docuseries Roots So Deep (you can see the devil down there) at the last year’s Western Canada Conference on Soil Health and Grazing. The […] Read more