The Summer That Fruit Met the Elements
The increasing frequency of climatic events are forcing Canadian fruit farmers to build resiliency faster than other agricultural sectors. Fruit is not a dominating Canadian …
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Continuous Cropping and GM Crops Improve Soil Health
Innovations often completely transform systems of production. The invention of production lines transformed automobile manufacturing. The innovation of cellphones transformed people’s ability to communicate. Similarly, …
The Management of Business Risk Management
Spring 2026 started off slowly for seeding. Between last minute changes to crop plans and inconsistent weather conditions, nothing about 2026 is shaping up to …
We Let our Horse Racing Industry Go
The Role of Economics in Canadian Track Closures It’s horse racing season. Rather, for Canadians, it should be. Despite being one of mankind’s oldest sports and contributing $8.7 billion annually to the economy, Canada is disappearing from the thoroughbred racing industry. The horse racing bioeconomy, regardless …
Canadian Agriculture: Struggling to Grow or Struggling to be Recognized?
Part 1 What if the loudest concerns about Canadian agriculture are only half the story? Agriculture punches above its weight in Canada. It feeds the …
Environmental Impacts of Synthetic vs Organic Herbicides
All chemicals that are applied during food production have impacts on the environment, regardless of whether they have been synthetically developed or derived from natural …
GROW-Grasspea: Turning an Underrecognized Legume into a Global Hero
Dr. Priyanka Gupta (GROW-Grasspea Initiative) Grasspea (Lathyrus sativus) has long flown under the radar. Once limited by misconceptions, this humble legume is now emerging as …
Cover Crops Can Do it All
Agricultural processes tend to be lumped into overarching categories which can then be used as buzz words to discuss agriculture without having to go into …
The Plant-Based Commitment
Can plant-based survive if the market stays the same? Independent of where you source it, protein is becoming an increasingly demanded product. Whether you are …
Federal Government Lacks Commitment to Sustainable Agriculture
Political Funding Mandate On January 22nd, 2026, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) announced that it was closing three research centers and four satellite research farms. …