Reading Time: < 1 minute Producers are concerned about the need for, and cost of, a new building for Cereals Canada's technology and research centre.
Crop production show 2025: Producers at SaskWheat question proposed building
Those attending annual meeting asked why Cereals Canada needs the Global Agriculture Technology Exchange
Farm groups back away from Sustainable Agriculture Strategy
Organizations say they will no longer participate in strategy discussions, saying it does not align with producers' needs
Reading Time: 2 minutes Agriculture Canada says consultations on its Sustainable Agriculture Strategy will continue even after six major organizations withdrew from the advisory committee last week.
Senate amendment to Bill C-282 could render it useless
Reading Time: 2 minutes A Senate committee amendment to supply management protection bill Bill C-282 means it will be vulnerable to an opposition filibuster if it makes it back to the House of Commons.
Report finds 6.8 billion litres of milk discarded since 2012
Study says milk dumping should be illegal and calls for more transparency on how much surplus is produced and wasted
Reading Time: 3 minutes A study published in Ecological Economics said 6.8 billion litres of Canadian milk has been discarded since 2012.
Land values continue to rise: FCC
Reading Time: < 1 minute Farm Credit Canada’s mid-year review shows cultivated farmland values rose an average of 5.5 per cent in the first half of this year.
Senators told biosecurity bill C-275 is really about trespassing
Reading Time: 3 minutes Witnesses at last week's Senate agriculture committee meetings said a bill purporting to be about biosecurity is not about biosecurity at all.
Saskatchewan pilot hunting program to help with wildlife damage
Landowners in five rural Sask. areas will have access to more licences
Reading Time: 1 minute A new pilot program in five Saskatchewan rural municipalities is launching to help landowners deal with excessive wildlife damage. The Big Game Management Extended Hunt will occur Nov. 1-10 in the RMs of Livingstone, Hazel Dell, Kelvington, Bjorkdale and Leask.
NWT closes Unity elevator for foreseeable future
Reading Time: < 1 minute North West Terminal Ltd. in Unity, Saskatchewan, has idled its grain elevator after several years of losses.
Provincial associations commit funds to new facility
Reading Time: < 1 minute Four organizations announced funding for the planned Global Agriculture Technology Exchange in Winnipeg Sept. 17.
Researchers call for rapid adaptation to global trade environment
Reading Time: < 1 minute Canada must prepare for a future featuring a less friendly trade environment, says a new policy note authored by two leading policy analysts. Al Mussell and Ted Bilyea, researchers at Agri-Food Economic Systems Research, said the recent action by China on Canadian canola illustrates their point.
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