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With Alberta’s harvest fast approaching, the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association aims to put grain farmers’ and farm workers’ safety on the calendar with BeGrainSafe Week, which runs until Sunday.

“Grain safety is a critical priority in the agricultur...

It was a quiet whisper in the grocery store or a nod and a wink on the street.

“Any raw milk to sell?”

The answer was always the same, said Nikki Brousseau, who operates a dairy farm and Crèmerie St-Édouard with her husband, Richard, near the village of St. Édouard in northeastern Alberta.

“It is no no no, is always the answer. I told Richard, ‘l...

When highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza spread into U.S. dairy cattle, it raised the pressing question for farmers and regulators: what happens when

Three Saskatchewan ranchers have seen an evolution in their passion for grassland conservation.

The trio told their stories and the trials that lie ahead to fellow conservation enthusiasts during the webinar, Working Landscapes: Ranching and Grasslands Stewardship<...

Canola has different nutrient needs at each stage of the crop.

Unfortunately for many growers, typical fertilizer guidance is based on nutrient response data collected decades ago, in a much different canola production landscape.

Some current studies are looking for more modern data to help growers find their crop’s peak performance.