H5N1 avian flu was confirmed in a pig on a backyard farm in Oregon, the first detection of the virus in hogs in the ...

Glacier FarmMedia - Herbicides have long made weed control easier, but that’s changing as more and more weeds develop ...

Glacier FarmMedia - With the cost of hybrid canola seed being the No. 1 expense in producing the oilseed crop, Prairie ...

Glacier FarmMedia - The Canadian Centre for Agricultural Wellbeing wants to strengthen regional crisis liaisons for farmers.
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Researchers at the University of Saskatchewan are seeking new uses for pulse starches in the food and biomaterial sectors.
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Grain companies last week added their voice to the call for extended interswitching.
Wade Sobkowich, executive director of ...

Piper Yule has travelled all over North America demonstrating her skill with horses.
 Now the 14-year-old from Wardlow, Alta.

Cookies are a delicious Christmas tradition, but they weren’t always a Christmas thing. Families were not leaving cookies and ...

Glacier FarmMedia - Passing the torch can add stress to a farm family’s already stressful lives, but it doesn’t have to be ...

Two-thirds of the world’s food comes today from just nine plants: sugar cane, maize (corn), rice, wheat, potatoes, soybeans, ...

The Western Producer places a lot of value on getting things right.
 It starts with our reporters, who have accuracy embedded into their DNA.
 However, no ...

The explosive growth in organic sales appears to have come to an end, at least temporarily. 
 Canada’s sales are estimated at ...