The Launch of Another Academic Year
The start of classes in September signals that the days of summer are quickly coming to a close, the leaves will soon be changing colours …
Another Successful Year of SAIFood Blogs!
It’s hard to believe that we’re in the final days of June and summer holidays await in just a few days. However, the warm, sunny …
Welfare Impacts from Mexican Canola Imports
Canola trade between Mexico and Canada has a significant history and continues to be an important aspect of their bilateral trade relationship. Canola, a crop …
Seeding Costs – A Risky Investment
Most Canadians living on the Prairies are familiar with the busy planting season that comes around for farmers each spring. With tractors taking up space …
Canada Confirms Gene Editing Technologies are Conventional Plant Breeding
After months of anticipation, on May 3rd, 2023, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) publicly confirmed that plant varieties developed by advanced mutagenic gene editing technologies …
Implications of Genetically Modified Organisms
By Dawson Hering, University of Saskatchewan student Introduction Growing up on a grain farm in Saskatchewan, I always assumed that farming was straightforward. People eat …
Neonicotinoids and Honeybees: Are agricultural chemicals harming honeybees?
A meta-analysis of field experiment data Pollinators play a crucial role in the production of food crops. While many crops are open pollinated, meaning they …
The Mental Health Crisis in Agriculture
By Hailey Cleave, University of Saskatchewan student Mental health is becoming a widely discussed issue throughout industries across the world, but it is rarely …
GMO Indecision of the Chinese Superpower
China is a superpower. In 2021, China accounted for 18% of the world’s population and had the second largest GDP with USD 17.73 trillion. Since …