More than 40,000 young women supported the war effort between the 1940s and early 1950s, helping grow and harvest crops amid labour shortages. They were called Farmerettes.
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Machinery automation runs through 2025 Agritechnica innovation awards
Computer vision and AI processing for farm machinery show up many times in Agritechnica’s 2025 innovation award winners.
Bunge to buy North West Terminal
Bunge plans to buy the assets of North West Terminal in Unity, Sask.
Producers wrestle over organic standards draft
Organic farmers had until late July to comment on proposed new Canadian standards that would open the door to products…
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Green Lightning and Nytro Ag win sustainability innovation award
Nytro Ag Corp and Green Lightning recieved an innovation award at Ag in Motion 2025 for the Green Lightning Nitrogen…
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Daryl Harrison talks trade, tariffs, Ag in Motion
Saskatchewan ag minister Daryl Harrison discusses trade, tariffs and agriculture at Ag in Motion 2025.
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Where to get Grainews during a Canada Post strike
Delivery of our paper editions may be disrupted as of May 23 by the ongoing labour dispute between Canada Post…
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Canterra buys pedigreed seed firm Alliance Seed
The lone remaining shareholder in a pedigreed seed company formed by a group of independent grain handling companies in Western…
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What do you want to know before voting in Canada’s federal election?
Glacier FarmMedia is dedicated to covering the 2025 federal election with your interests as farmers as our lens. Our team…
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New Holland’s twin rotor combine design rings in 50 years
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Canada agriculture minister says canola trade prospects are improving after China visit
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How we’re tracking avian flu’s toll on wildlife across North America
Avian influenza is a virus that is clearly a threat to livestock and human health. Our team, a collaboration of governments and academics across the country, recently assessed the extent of HPAI A(H5Nx) in at-risk species across Canada.
B.C. ostriches culled, CFIA confirms
Ostriches on an embattled Edgewood, B.C. farm have been culled after a prolonged legal battle, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency has confirmed.
Bunge sells assets per merger approval
Bunge has sold five western Canadian elevators as required under the federal approval for its merger with Viterra.
Budget cuts may signal shift away from food aid says Canadian Foodgrains Bank
The 2025 budget included cuts to international aid finding, which could hurt the farmer-supported charity Canadian Foodgrains Bank
China lifts Brazilian poultry imports ban over bird flu
China lifted a ban linked to Brazil’s avian influenza outbreak, the country’s General Administration of Customs said in a notice released on Friday.
B.C. ostriches now to be culled after ruling: CFIA
Farm has been at the centre of protests since CFIA first ordered the cull of over 300 birds
Birds are now to be culled from a British Columbia ostrich operation that sought to bypass standard federal practice in on-farm outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza and has been denied an appeal at Canada’s highest court.
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