At the beginning of the 21st century, scientists, governments and individuals were becoming more aware of the nutrients in foods and how they affected health. Scientific and medical research focusing on how lifestyle and food contributed to certain diseases, such as heart disease, stroke, diabetes and cancer, began to recommend lower fat, higher fibre diets. […] Read more
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Look back at June 6, 2003, issue
For the next year, this column will mark The Western Producer’s 100th anniversary by taking a deep dive every week into a past issue of the paper. The discovery of BSE in an Alberta cow was announced May 20, 2003, and our June 6, 2003, issue was pretty much all BSE, all the time. To […] Read more
New century offered new opportunities for farm families
Research, technology and consumer trends in the 2000s were creating opportunities and different farming options for western Canadian farmers and their families. At the University of Saskatchewan, facilities were being built and expanded that would facilitate research and biotech product development. The Canadian Light Source facility would provide scientists with clear images of the inner […] Read more
Look back at May 31, 2001, issue
For the next year, this column will mark The Western Producer’s 100th anniversary by taking a deep dive every week into a past issue of the paper. Last year’s Alberta drought coverage contained many comparisons to the devastation of 2001. In the May 31, 2001, issue, we get to see the beginnings of that catastrophe. […] Read more
Why did Caterpillar sell off the Challenger line?
Former Cat CEO Glen Barton explained distribution challenges helped prompt the sale in a conversation after his retirement
In early 2002, Caterpillar sold the Challenger belted tractor line it had developed to Agco, just 16 years after it introduced it to the market. However, some Caterpillar dealers in Canada continued to sell the Challenger, and because of the Cat-built drive train, the tractors continued to carry a Cat decal on their sides for […] Read more
Film features life of Chinese immigrants on Ontario farm
When filmmaker Yung Chang followed a Chinese family through one year on an Ontario vegetable farm, he wanted a simple film about the ebbs and flows of rural life. “I knew this was not going to be a migrant worker film. It was not going to be about that kind of strife. I was trying […] Read more
Look back at May 20, 1999, issue
For the next year, this column will mark The Western Producer’s 100th anniversary by taking a deep dive every week into a past issue of the paper. The Canadian Wheat Board became a major story 10 years ago when Stephen Harper’s Conservative government dismantled its marketing monopoly, but the growing tension was already becoming visible […] Read more
Look back at May, 15, 1997 issue
For the next year, this column will mark The Western Producer’s 100th anniversary by taking a deep dive every week into a past issue of the paper. The May 15, 1997, issue had a lot of coverage about Manitoba’s Flood of the Century, which was inflicting massive damage in the province. However, stories about the […] Read more
Look back at May 11, 1995, issue
For the next year, this column will mark The Western Producer’s 100th anniversary by taking a deep dive every week into a past issue of the paper. Accusations of sabotage were levelled in the May 11,1995, issue as Canadian Federation of Agriculture president Jack Wilkinson accused the provinces of trying to undermine a farm safety […] Read more
The 1990s saw end of The Western Producer’s Ducie era
For 60 years the Ducie sisters contributed significantly to the women’s section of The Western Producer. Rose and Emmie were raised, along with their brother, Harold, on a farm northeast of Dundurn, Sask. They were strongly influenced by their feminist mother, Emma Ducie, who participated in volunteer work, took an interest in politics and was […] Read more
