What’s your Beef with Beef?
The Future of Lab-Cultured Meats in Canada By: Noelle Caouette University of Saskatchewan student What is Lab-Cultured Meat? Lab-cultured meat is an up-and-coming alternative to …
Agriculture
What is Canada’s Bioeconomy Strategy?
What is a Bioeconomy? The term bioeconomy refers to economic activities based on the production of biological-based products. The definition is broad and somewhat ambiguous, …
Superweeds: The Canadian Prairie Experience with Herbicide Resistant Weeds
Unwanted weeds within farmers’ fields is not a new problem, but it is still one of the greatest challenges farmers face on a yearly basis. …
Full Steam Ahead (or not)
Canadian Crop Producers Need More Railway Movement By: Jakin Lawrence University of Saskatchewan student Canadian agriculture producers heavily rely on railway to export their products …
Organic Yields to Fall Further Behind Conventional Crops
A lack of sufficient nutrient application and the limited ability to control weeds, insects, and plant diseases, results in organic crop yields lagging behind conventional …
Hay! Have ya heard cattle can help mitigate climate change?
The contributions from cow-calf forage production to emissions reductions in Saskatchewan Many nations are facing policy issues and challenges which include environmental sustainability, the mitigation …
EEFs vs Traditional Fertilizers
Are We Subsidizing the Right Solution? By: Danielle Dyok University of Saskatchewan student EEF Subsidies In a world where environmental sustainability is at the forefront …
Canadian Food Focus
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Land Prices: Is the Sky the Limit?
Recently, my husband and I were crunching the numbers to decide whether or not we should purchase more land to expand our grain farm in …
50 Years of Biotechnology Benefits
Experiments involving recombinant DNA (rDNA) began in laboratories just over 50 years ago. At this time in the early 1970s, scientists were beginning to understand …