Reading Time: 3 minutes A genuine personality and respect for ranchers helped Casey Lawes of Provost, Alberta win the Livestock Markets Association of Canada’s auctioneering championship.
Auctioneering runs in Lawes family’s blood
Casey Lawes, the 2025 Canadian livestock auctioneering champion, comes from a long line of auctioneers
Great Twine Round-Up collects 16,500 kilograms of twine in Alberta
Agricultural Plastics Recycling Group wants to boost recycling on farm, and encourages producers to engage with stakeholder management survey
Reading Time: 4 minutes The Agricultural Plastics Recycling Group is looking to make its recycling pilot into a permanent program.
Canada lifts several import tariffs on U.S. goods as talks continue
Carney government hopes to inject life into stalled trade negotiations
Starting September 1, Canada will adjust its tariffs on agricultural products, consumer goods and machinery, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced at a press conference in Ottawa on Friday.
Alberta crop diversification centres receive funding
Upgrades and replacements to greenhouses, labs and administrative buildings supported in Edmonton, Brooks
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Government of Alberta has pumped $5.2 million of provincial funding into crop diversity research centres in Edmonton and Brooks.
Lethbridge Polytechnic receives major donation
The Hranac family’s $3 million gift will fund research in integrated food production systems and irrigation science
Reading Time: 2 minutes Multimillion-dollar donation by Hranac family aids Lethbridge Polytechnic’s research in integrated food production systems, irrigation science and post-harvest technology in Alberta
Universal Ostrich Farm loses CFIA cull appeal
Embattled farm has drawn international attention since cull was ordered due to bird flu cases
Universal Ostrich Farm in Edgewood, B.C. lost its appeal to stop an ordered cull of over 400 birds.
Crop tour finds huge Minnesota, Iowa crops, but diseases lurk
Prospects for corn and soybean crops in Iowa and Minnesota are the strongest in at least 22 years, scouts on Pro Farmer’s annual tour of top grain-producing states said on Thursday, but diseases already lurking in fields could limit yields at harvest.
Moe to go to China to discuss canola tariffs
Federal agriculture minister MacDonald says it's too early to say what help farmers need
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe said on Thursday that he would travel to China soon for talks on persuading Beijing to drop its new tariffs on canola.
2025/26 canola production jumps nearly 13 per cent
AAFC issues August S/D report
There were sharp changes in Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s estimates for the 2025/26 canola crop when it came to production and ending stocks. AAFC has now pegged canola output at 20.10 million tonnes, up 12.9 per cent from its July forecast. Also, the oilseed’s carryout was doubled from last month to now 2.20 million tonnes.
India imports canola oil after 5 years as local prices surge
India bought canola oil for delivery in August for the first time in nearly five years, as local prices hit a three and a half-year high, making overseas purchases lucrative, industry officials told Reuters.