Backswath Management, a Winnipeg-based agriculture-only management consulting firm, has announced new leadership, a new service area, and big plans for the future. Josée Lemoine, co-owner and chief operating officer of Backswath Management, will now serve as the firm’s chief executive officer. In her new CEO role, Lemoine succeeds Backswath founder Terry Betker, who will continue... Read More
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Saskatchewan's government is planning to move ahead with its own voluntary carbon offset credit market, which would potentially see farmers receive payments for practices that sequester or reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The plan to move ahead with the provincial offset program was included in the throne speech delivered by Lt. Gov. Russ Mirasty on October... Read More
On October 26th, the Bank of Canada announced a 50 basis point interest rate hike — marking the sixth raise of the calendar year. Brennan Turner, grain market analyst and founder of Combyne Ag, says because we're in an environment of high inflation, we're going to see a few more of these increases over the... Read More
The cost of food, fuelled by inflation levels not seen in decades, is the top "life" issue concerning Canadians. That's the headline emerging from the Canadian Centre for Food Integrity (CCFI) 2022 public trust research report, released during the organization's annual summit in Toronto this week. The 2022 findings illustrate that the cost of food... Read More
Who wins and who loses in the weather lottery all depends on where you live and what business you are in. For those in the farming business, too cold and too dry are usually not good for a winter outlook, but it appears areas of the Prairies that could really use more precipitation may lose... Read More
Wheat and barley growers in Alberta only have a few days left to vote on whether they want to see Alberta Barley and the Alberta Wheat Commission amalgamate into a single organization. Farmers who paid a levy on wheat or barley sales between January 2020 and April 2022 should have received a voting PIN in... Read More
Amidst rising food prices and increased political scrutiny of grocery store profits, the Competition Bureau says it's launching a study of grocery store competition in Canada. The bureau says it will conduct the market study with the goal of recommending measures that governments can take to improve competition in the grocery sector. In a notice... Read More
The technology that allows for varying seed and fertilizer has evolved well past on/off sectional control, despite less-than-widespread adoption of the tool. Any new agronomic tech has to solve a problem, save time, or make more yield in order to earn its way onto farms. That said, if regulations require a certain outcome, such as... Read More
Nate Horner will remain Alberta's agriculture minister following the unveiling of new Premier Danielle Smith's cabinet. Horner, the UCP MLA for Drumheller-Stettler, was first appointed minister of agriculture and forestry by former Premier Jason Kenney in November 2021. Under Smith, Horner's title no longer includes forestry and rural economic development, but irrigation has been tacked... Read More
Supply chains of consumer goods may be global, but they all start as local, and the pre-pandemic, just-in-time model of logistics has faced serious challenges in the last two and a half years. Challenges to Canada's supply chains, however, pre-date current global backlogs, but the pandemic did prompt the federal government to create a National... Read More