Agriculture

Canada is changing its risk assessment policy for genetically modified plants and food products sold at home and overseas. Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) that contain foreign DNA will still be subject to government regulatory oversight.

Anyone who wants to help root out wild pigs in Ontario before they become established can now access some instructions on how to do it.

Regina – Saskatchewan passed a new trespassing law several years ago, of particular interest to rural residents, but has not yet proclaimed it.

Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association (SSGA) has announced it has secured $840,000 in additional funding from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) to continue working with landowners to protect Greater Sage-Grouse critical habitat in Saskatc

A new combine and a new drone are among the items on the shopping list for a small-plot agriculture research site hoping to grow a bit bigger thanks to an influx of research money.

Parkland College has announced the launch of Introduction to Farm Hand, a new program developed to meet the labour needs of growing farm operations.

Researchers atGlobal Institute for Food Security taking part

SASKATOON – The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) will invest $3.

Kent Fawcett didn’t plan to spend hours each day in the kitchen when he started making hummus. Then his dehydrated hummus business, Local Pulse, took off. “My bottleneck is how much I can fit into a dehydrator,” said the Kamloops-based entrepreneur.

Most Canadian agriculture producers have either tapped into or identified strategies to manage the key risks to their operations, according to the most recent Farm Credit Canada (FCC) risk management survey.