Agriculture

WESTERN PRODUCER — The National Farmers Union is calling on the House of Commons standing committee on agriculture and agri-food to launch a fertilizer price investigation.

Federation of Canadian Municipalities says pandemic showed how governments can work together to tackle a problem.

USDA research found that one serving of black beans per day reduced insulin resistance in obese mice by 87 per cent.

Virtually no grain has moved from the Prairies in the previous eight to nine weeks and demurrage costs are mounting.

Hog farmers are scrambling to find trucks to carry their pigs across the border.

South Korea has lifted import restrictions on Canadian beef.

Hanson Farm auction wrapped up on Jan. 26, establishing a record as the biggest farm auction in Ritchie Bros. history anywhere in the world, and also setting a new watermark for farmland in southeast Saskatchewan

Climate change denial is still out there, despite scientist's call for immediate action.

Researchers found some varieties did well at 10 to 20 percent disease, however some of the genetics performed poorly.

Fifty-one researchers from around the world collaborate to identify varieties that are available to nations that need them.