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Looking upward at the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill in Ottawa between three Canadian flags on poles on the ground.
Opinion

Farm groups are too amiable with the federal government

Farm groups and commodity groups in Canada often strike a conciliatory tone, rather than aggressively criticizing the government.
September 2, 2025

Pierre Poilievere at Sixteen Grains near Saskatoon, Sask. speaking to one of the farm owners. Photo: Janelle Rudolph
News

Poilievre promises EV action and calls for canola compensation

The Conservative leader’s Saskatchewan pit stop named the gas vehicle ban and canola tariffs as rural threats.

Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre promises EV action and calls for canola compensation
August 14, 2025

Pierre Poilievere at Sixteen Grains near Saskatoon, Sask. speaking to one of the farm owners.
Crop Management, Markets, News, Tariffs

Poilievre promises EV action and calls for canola compensation

The Conservative leader’s Saskatchewan pit stop named the gas vehicle ban and canola tariffs as rural threats.

Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre promises EV action and calls for canola compensation
August 14, 2025


A canola field in full yellow bloom under a blue sky.
Crop Management, Markets, News

Canadian canola sector happy with U.S. bill

COPA is thrilled with changes to 45Z, but not so much with EPA proposal.
August 8, 2025

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Livestock Management

Canada must address potential veterinary drug shortages

If critical products are unavailable when needed, it could result in unnecessary human and animal deaths in the worst-case scenario.
July 30, 2025


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Opinion

Agriculture needs to prepare for government spending cuts

As government makes necessary cuts to spending, what can be reduced or restructured in the budgets for agriculture?
July 15, 2025

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Tara Sawyer, former Alberta Grains chair, wins provincial byelection

Sawyer far outpaces nearest NDP competitor for MLA seat

Tara Sawyer, former chair of Alberta Grains, has been elected to the provincial legislature in the riding of Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills.
July 3, 2025

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe address reporters following a joint meeting of provincial officials in Lloydminster on June 18.
News, Transportation

Alberta and Saskatchewan call for stop to federal interference in provincial resources

Bill C-5 proves current energy regulations a hindrance to nation building: Moe

The governments of Alberta and Saskatchewan have a unified message after recent meetings - federal inference in provincial resource development must stop.
June 26, 2025


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News

Bill to protect supply management passes, exporters disappointed

Bill C-202 must receive Royal Assent before it can be put into force

Exporters feel Bill C-202 undermines the country’s commitment to rules-based international trading and sends the wrong message to trading partners.
June 24, 2025

Fusarium-infected wheat heads in a wheat field near Stockholm, Sask., on July 20, 2024.  Photo: Greg Berg
cereals, News, reuters

Two Chinese researchers accused of smuggling ‘potential agroterrorism weapon’ into U.S.

Fusarium poses threat

U.S. federal prosecutors have accused two Chinese nationals of smuggling a dangerous biological pathogen that had the potential to be used as an agricultural terrorism weapon into the United States for research.
June 4, 2025

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