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BeGrainSafe with a “zero entry” policy

Canola grower organizations contribute to the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association’s BeGrainSafe program, which promotes grain safety to farmers and trains first responders on life-saving extraction techniques.

Business Management

Make more time for marketing

Gavin Harrison, a fifth-generation Manitoba farmer, and Bruce Warkentin, a financial advisor from Alberta, explore how a cash advance can benefit farmers’ marketing and financial strategies.

National Canola Marketing Program

Say hello to “Canadian Canola”

Provincial canola grower organizations fulfill their mandate to promote canola within Canada with a new National Canola Marketing Program centred around the loveable, everyday character, “Canadian Canola.”

The Editor's Desk

Saving forests

“Innovation is the reason one quarter of all forests exist.” Jack Bobo made this statement during a presentation at the Grow Canada conference at the end of November. “There are 3.6 billion hectares of forest left on the planet,” he says. “If we farmed today the way we did in the 1960s, we would need...

“The board is grateful for their contributions and diverse perspectives.” —Roger Chevraux Alberta Canola is pleased to welcome four new directors to the board, Christi Friesen from Brownvale, Paula Law from Lacombe, Jeannette Andrashewski from Two Hills and Cheryl Westman from Vermilion. Friesen will represent Region 1, Law Region 7, Andrashewski Region 4 and Westman...