The Editor's Desk

Full Circle

When Garry Thiel’s father grew rapeseed for the first time in the late 1940s, he straight combined the crop. Granted, this was Polish canola, which had better shatter tolerance than Argentine of the day, but I find it significant that the first inclination for early adopters like the Thiels was to cut and combine in...

Farmer Panel

50 Years of Growing Brassicas

These four farmers and their families have been involved in canola and rapeseed production for many years. They also have a deeper-than-average connection to the crop’s history in Canada. For more on the 50th anniversary of the Canola Council of Canada and it predecessor, the Rapeseed Association of Canada, visit canolahistory.ca.

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What attendees learned at canolaPALOOZA 2017

Find out what farmers and agronomists who attended canolaPALOOZA 2017 in Saskatoon, Portage la Prairie and Lacombe say were the highlights from this hands-on, expert-laden, wide-open and fun agronomyfest.

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Toronto food influencers Bake With Canola

The three Prairie-based canola grower organizations invest in personal, high-quality and hands-on canola oil promotion events in Ontario – with the goal to improve canola oil’s share of Canada’s biggest market.

The Editor's Desk

On Caring

It dawned on me recently that I had a warped view of “connection to the land”. I thought most people would feel a strong family connection to their farm. But really, most land a farmer owns or rents these days does not have a strong connection to family history. And lots of farm families are...