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A hemp plant in Alberta. (Jennifer Blair photo)
Crops

‘Bigger pie’ seen for hemp as industry evolves

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CNS Canada — Canada’s hemp industry will have an eventful year in 2019 as the industry expands with more processing facilities and legislative changes. One such legislative change was the legalization of hemp in the 2018 U.S. Farm Bill. The bill passed this week in both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives and awaits […] Read more
Greenhouse facilities under construction in Ontario for Peace Naturals, a Cronos Group subsidiary. (PeaceNaturals.com)
Crops, Reuters

Altria to marry Canadian pot with big tobacco

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Reuters — Marlboro cigarette maker Altria Group announced a $2.4 billion investment in Cronos Group on Friday, which could give it up to 55 per cent ownership of the Canadian cannabis producer. The deal represents by far the biggest investment by a major tobacco conglomerate in a cannabis company. It comes after Canada legalized the […] Read more
Managing longer crop rotations
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Managing longer crop rotations

In Part 3 of a three-part series, these farmers with long rotations catch a few breaks in a tough year

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This article is the last in a series looking at how three farmers manage longer crop rotations through the growing season. The original plan was to interview all three once they’d finished harvest. But, unsurprisingly, western Canadian weather has no respect for deadlines. All three farmers saw a wet September and two were still harvesting […] Read more
(CanopyGrowth.com)
Crops, Reuters

Pot firm Canopy’s loss widens as spending surges

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Reuters — Canadian cannabis producer Canopy Growth posted a bigger-than-expected quarterly net loss on Wednesday as it ramped up spending in the run up to the legalization of recreational use of pot in mid-October, sending its shares down nine per cent. Marijuana companies in Canada have been pouring cash into their businesses to both fend […] Read more
Janine and Craig Wagar with their daughter Blayke, 
finishing the harvest on a beautiful fall day.
Crops, Features

Meet your farming neighbours: The Wagar family

This is the story of Craig and Janine Wagar and their farm near Rosetown

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Every farm has its own story. No two farms (or farmers) are exactly alike. Everyone got started in a different way, and every farm has a different combination of family and hired staff who make the decisions and keep things running. But, in general, even after you consider all of the details, farmers are more […] Read more
Jay and Jennifer Bruggencate and Mike and Kelly Sulzle and their families farm together at Vector Grain near Lacombe, Alta., as a joint venture.
Crops, Features

Meet your farming neighbours: The Bruggencates and Sulzles

This is the story of a joint venture between 
the Bruggencates and the Sulzles

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Every farm has its own story. No two farms (or farmers) are exactly alike. Everyone got started in a different way, and every farm has a different combination of family and hired staff who make the decisions and keep things running. But, in general, even after you consider all of the details, farmers are more […] Read more
A hemp plant in Alberta. (Jennifer Blair photo)
Crops

Cannabis’ cousin hemp entering new age too

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CNS Canada — As cannabis basks in the glow of the first day of its legalized recreational sale, its close cousin hemp is coming through its own year of change. Ted Haney, executive director of the Canadian Hemp Trade Alliance, said hemp growers are going through a year in which they are learning how to […] Read more

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