Reading Time: 2 minutes A Calgary man who lived on a farm in Carman, Man., as a child has filed a lawsuit saying chemicals he was exposed to resulted in a cancer diagnosis. The plaintiffs in the case are Kevin Giesbrecht and his common-law spouse, Jennifer McAlpine, who now live in Calgary. According to court documents, Giesbrecht lived on […] Read more
Former Manitoba man sues Bayer for causing his cancer
Family farms at risk from higher capital gains rates: GGC
Reading Time: 3 minutes [UPDATED: June 11, 2024] Glacier FarmMedia – Looming changes to Canada’s capital gains inclusion rates will increase average taxes by 30 per cent on the country’s family-run grain farms, putting their futures at risk, according to research conducted by the Grain Growers of Canada (GGC). “Our research shows that an average grain farm in Canada, […] Read more
Canadian drought conditions improve: AAFC
Reading Time: 2 minutes Shifting weather patterns helped drought conditions significantly improve across much of Canada in May, with the most significant improvements seen through the southern Prairies where an upper-level low provided cooler and unsettled conditions bringing well above-normal precipitation, according to the latest drought monitor report from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada showing conditions as of May 31. […] Read more
VIDEO: Summer Series: Stewart Skinner and Jessica Kelly of Imani Farms
Reading Time: < 1 minute Country Guide interviewed Jessica Kelly & Stewart Skinner, 2023 Ontario Honourees for Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmers, who raise hogs and grow cash crops in Listowel, Ont. Hear about their journey and what inspires and encourages them to work in Canadian agriculture.
Prairie forecast: Drier with a slow warming trend
Reading Time: 4 minutes Now—for those of you who still need rain, the developing pattern doesn't look like an overall dry pattern. It's just not all clouds with the threat of showers every couple of days. For those of you on the eastern Prairies who are tired of rain then a little sunshine and heat is what the doctor ordered.
Summer Series: Best advice from a retired seed grower
[Best Advice] What's your greatest asset?
Reading Time: 2 minutes What’s your greatest farm asset? Lloyd Affleck hesitated when an advisor asked him this question, but the answer was something all farmers should consider.– April Stewart, CG Associate Editor Lloyd Affleck is connected. He’s a retired pedigreed seed grower and chair of Canterra Seed’s board of directors and he has served other industry boards and […] Read more
New website against weeds launched
Reading Time: < 1 minute Glacier FarmMedia – Producers have a new website to bookmark if they’re looking for weed information on the Prairies. The Western Grains Research Foundation has announced the official launch of a weed monitoring hub, prairieweeds.com. The website will be the new digital host for resources, data, weed maps and research under the Prairie Weed Monitoring […] Read more
U.S. committee passes farm bill draft with little support from Democrats
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives Agriculture Committee passed its version of a $1.5 trillion farm spending bill late Thursday night with few Democratic votes, prolonging a standoff between the parties over key nutrition, agriculture, and climate policies.
Senate proposes third-party Commission to address systemic TFW issues
Reading Time: 3 minutes An independent agency is needed to coordinate temporary and migrant labour policy, says a Senate committee report released yesterday.
Prairie forecast: Cool and unsettled weather across the Prairies
Reading Time: 4 minutes For this forecast period, well, it's a bit of a mess. Overall, it looks like we could be stuck in a cool, wet pattern until the end of the month.
A message from April Stewart, Country Guide's Associate Editor
