In favour of science-based trade rules

Science-based rules for trade offer predictability for growers who depend on access to consumer markets around the globe.

Agronomist Abroad

Over and over and over again

Rothamsted Research in the United Kingdom has grown continuous wheat for 173 years, providing insight into disease suppression, soil pH and much more. It also studies oilseed rape, looking at rotation and pest management and an insect we don’t want – melegethes pollen beetle.

Dow AgroSciences’ genetically-improved canola meal has higher protein, improved digestibility and lower levels of fibre than standard canola meal.

The Editor's Desk

Lake Effect

I swam in Chain Lakes this past summer for the first time since I was nine. The Chain Lakes I know is a string of three tiny lakes in Southwest Manitoba, just off Highway 21 between Hartney and Deloraine. My family’s farm – the place I grew up and where my brother and his family...

December 14 & 15 | Edmonton, AB A two-day marketing course featuring presentations and hands-on trading exercises to help understand the futures market, hedging and options strategies. February 15 & 16 | Red Deer, AB This two-day conference covers business structures, succession planning, and liability and risk management with Alberta’s best farm financial advisors. February...