VIDEO: Women in Ag Conference: Pt. 1

Grainews field editor interviews Gwen Paddock of RBC

When it comes to investing and financial planning, it’s important for women to be proactive. That was the message from Gwen Paddock, RBC Royal Bank’s national manager of agriculture and agri-business. Reporter Lisa Guenther caught up with Gwen at the Advancing Women West conference in Calgary to learn more.

demonstrating flour varieties

VIDEO: The many definitions of bread

Bread is on one hand one of the world’s most common foods, but on the other hand one of the most varied. In this video, staff at the Canadian International Grains Institute (Cigi) talk about the different types of bread around the world, and how they work with customers to determine the best type of […] Read more



testing gluten strength

VIDEO: The gluten story

If you’ve ever chewed a few kernels of wheat to make ‘gum,’ you’ve done a gluten test. Domestic and overseas wheat millers do a somewhat more sophisticated gluten test to determine how flour milled from different wheats will perform in a bakery. The gluten strength of different varieties has been in the news lately, and […] Read more


Investors restore landmark hotel in Maple Creek, Sask

Maple Creek was hit hard by floods in 2010 and the Commercial Hotel sustained so much damage its future was in jeopardy. But, in 2012, a group of investors stepped in to restore the historic building.



Saskatchewan vineyard produces award-winning wines

Though south-western Saskatchewan seems like an unlikely place for an award-winning vineyard, Marie and Marty Bohnet have shown that it can be done. In this video, Marie explains what it takes to produce a good wine and talks about some of the awards they’ve received over the years.

Conservation Agriculture in the U.S.

Salvador Salinas, state conservationist with the Natural Resources Conservation Service, outlines the services his agency provides and fills us in on a couple of conservation agriculture trends in Texas.


Agritechnica video series, episode 6

This is an ag tire like you’ve never seen before. Grainews talks to the inventor, who describes how it differs from conventional pneumatic tires, and we take a look at how it performs.