Reading Time: < 1 minute Reports from Cereals Canada highlight the relatively small environmental footprint of Canadian non-durum wheat, durum wheat, barley, and oats, when compared to top producing countries.
Reports showcase Canada’s environmental edge in cereal production
New tool for carbon footprint tracking unveiled at Manitoba AgDays
FCC says the tool is a ‘non-judgemental’ way of getting a snap shot of soil carbon including sequestration
Reading Time: 2 minutes Soil carbon is an imporant thing to track, both emissions and sequestration. Bryan Prystupa, of Farm Credit Canada, spoke about a new tool that aims to give farmers insight into carbon on their farms.
Researchers scramble to understand verticillium in Canada
Disease is a relative newcomer to Canada and has been the subject of little research globally
Reading Time: 2 minutes Justine Cornelson of BrettYoung Seeds says verticillium is one reason Manitoba saw disappointing canola yields last year. The disease needs to be the subject of more research, since little has been done to date.
Panel explores key issues in canola variety selection at Manitoba Ag Days
It’s all about finding the right fit for the challenges on your farm, rather than taking what you can get
Reading Time: 2 minutes A panel discussion at Manitoba Ag Days 2025 delved into what makes a canola variety the right fit for your farm.
Aster yellows rare but potentially costly Manitoba Ag Days speaker says
The last big outbreak is said to have cost Prairie canola growers $400 million in yield losses
Reading Time: 2 minutes Aster yellows might be rare, but it can be expensive. The last big outbreak cost Prairie canola growers $400 million in yield losses, Trevor Wist of AAFC told Manitoba Ag Days 2025.
Federal funds announced for Cereals Canada
Reading Time: 2 minutes The recent $7.3 million in federal money to Cereals Canada is slated for international market improvements and research into the impact of environmental conditions on cereals
Federal government intervenes to end rail lockout with binding arbitration
Reading Time: < 1 minute Federal Labour Minister Steve MacKinnon has intervened in the labour dispute between the railways and the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC).
Canada’s railways grind to a halt
Reading Time: 2 minutes 12:01 AM EDT on August 22, after negotiations that began last year failed to bring about a resolution to the dispute, CN and CPKC announced at that they would lockout their employees who are members of the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC). The move affects roughly 9,000 employees at the two companies.
Time runs out for a negotiated settlement for Canada’s railway labour dispute
Reading Time: 3 minutes Deadline for lockout set by Canada's major railways expires just after midnight tonight, and the reality of what that means to the agriculture sector is settling in.
The rail lockout: How did we get here?
Reading Time: 4 minutes In the days since August 9, panic has begun setting in within the agricultural industry. The country has never seen a labour dispute that resulted in a strike or lockout from both of Canada’s rail companies. With harvest ramping up, a suspension of rail services would be disastrous for the industry.
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