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Farming community needs to talk more about cybersecurity
The technology now brought to bear in farming makes farms more vulnerable to digital threats
Glacier FarmMedia — Talking about cybersecurity not only raises awareness in the farming community — it can help reduce the stigma suffered by those victimized by cyberattacks. That was the message from Janos Botschner, a behavioural scientist and researcher with the Community Safety Knowledge Alliance. Botschner spoke at the CropConnect Conference in Winnipeg on Feb. […] Read more
Editor’s Rant: We’re all Phil now
It’s been a long time since I’ve watched the movie Groundhog Day, where Bill Murray plays a weatherman doomed to live out the same day over and over again, but I’d say that to see pundits talking — on and around Groundhog Day, of all days — about the suddenly urgent need to diversify Canada’s […] Read more
Editor’s Rant: Canadian graffiti
The government's conditions for a Bunge/Viterra marriage left much to be desired
I’ve got to admit, I’ve never fully understood the geometry behind federal regulators’ decisions on which assets a company has to sell in exchange for clearance on a big merger or takeover. There may well have been a solid reason why, after Husky sold off its retail gas stations in 2022, our neighbourhood wound up […] Read more
Launching National Farmer Crisis Line
Crisis line is available at 1-866-FARMS01 (1-866-327-6701)
As farming gleans stress from a variety of sources, the Canadian Centre for Agricultural Wellbeing announced on Feb. 4 that it has set up the National Farmer Wellness Network. The crisis line is available free of charge and was designed specifically for the mental health challenges faced by Canadian farmers, their families as well as […] Read more
Tariffs will be ‘devastating’
Farm groups react as U.S. inches closer to tariffs
Canadian farm groups react to Trump tariffs. The Canadian government has announced plans to impose its own tariffs on U.S. imports as soon as the American tariffs go into effect
PMRA plans to reinstate lambda-cy use in feed grain crops
PMRA to update guidance, cancel some uses in fruit
Canadian grain and oilseed growers who’d had to stop using insecticides such as Matador, Silencer and Voliam in 2023 for feed grain crops can expect to be able to use them again starting this spring. Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) on Monday (Feb. 3) announced a round of public consultations, to run until […] Read more
Federal government defers implementation of modified capital gains tax to 2026
Grain Growers of Canada says it continues to oppose the changes, calls for government to reverse the increase
Canada's government on Friday announced that it would defer the implementation of the controversial changes in the capital gains tax to January 1 next year.
Editor’s Rant: Lights out
Thoughts on green policy-making ahead of Justin Trudeau's departure
Up on the shelf where we keep light bulbs of assorted sizes and wattages, I just happened across an old compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) — remember, those bulbs that looked like an Arby’s curly fry wrapped in thin white glass? Talk about a relic from a bygone time in western civilization when, it seemed, the […] Read more
Stakeholders react to Bunge-Viterra merger approval
Following the federal approval of Bunge’s acquisition of Viterra on Tuesday, Jan. 14, stakeholders made their voices heard in a wave of reactions to the controversial merger.
Cyber-Savvy Farmer
