Sustainability Benefits of GM Crops and Glyphosate
Improved agricultural sustainability runs counter to environmental organization messages Anyone who has flown over the Canadian prairies in any of the previous summers will notice …
Farmers
Seed Synergy, where does it leave the little guy?
By: Britney Friedel, University of Saskatchewan student For several years, there has been discussion over the amalgamation of five national seed organizations, hoping to converge …
Farmers are Fed up with Rural Crime
By: Michael Babey, University of Saskatchewan student A Common Concern Growing up in a rural setting, I can count a handful of times when a …
Canada-China Canola Trade Dispute
By Evan Bronner, University of Saskatchewan Student New markets may be key to Canadian canola success By now, most have heard in the agriculture industry, …
A Look Back on 2019
2019 a harrowing ride on the ag & food rollercoaster While the screams elicited from those clutching their seats were not of terror or excitement, …
The Plague of Clubroot on Canola Farmers
By Spencer Truscott, UofS Student I have grown up around grain farming all my life and there is nothing more disheartening than seeing your crop …
The Wild and Whacky Summer of 2018, And I Don’t Mean the Weather
Who holds the future of agriculture, farmers or the courts? What a summer! I’m not talking about a whirlwind vacation, a summer full of events …
Innovating Canada’s Wheat Supply Chain
A classrooms look at how to innovate an entire ag commodity industry Canada has been called the ‘breadbasket of the world’, but those claims have …
Our Canadian Agriculture Success Story
By Robert Wager, Vancouver Island University I’ve had the great pleasure of being a faculty member of the Biology Department of Vancouver Island University for …
Communicating the Benefits of Agriculture Innovations
Originally posted October 11, 2017 VIEWFROMTHERANCHPORCH As a professor in the College of Agriculture and Bioresources at the University of Saskatchewan, there are two things …