Wheat

• Canada on track to be world’s 3rd-largest exporter of wheat in ’24-25 crop year

  International data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows Canada overtaking Australia for the third-place spot.

  Economy

  Oct 28
  
• Scientists on quest for drought-resistant wheat, agriculture’s ‘Holy Grail’

  Scientists are trying to produce varieties of plants able to withstand temperature fluctuations, floods and frosts, to help feed a growing world population.

  Features

  Jun 2
  
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• Climate change is already affecting food security. How can Canadians prepare?

  Experts say that while Canada is not invulnerable to extreme climate events, it can work on reducing its reliance on imported food to guard against external shocks.

  Canada

  Jul 30, 2023
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• Canadian farmers set to plant record amount of wheat this year

  Russia's invasion of Ukraine more than a year ago drove up global wheat prices, as Ukraine has been one of the world's largest wheat exporters.

  Canada

  Apr 26, 2023
• Jump in agri-food exports to Mexico results in Sask. exceeding $1 billion

  The province said canola oil accounted for $3.5 billion across all Saskatchewan's exports in 2022.

  Economy

  Feb 23, 2023
• Coyote Pancake Mix helping restore duck habitats

  Duck populations across prairie upland areas are declining due to habitat loss.

  Environment

  Feb 6, 2023
• Southern Alberta farmers seeing average yields, high costs this harvest

  According to the province's latest crop report, producers in the southern region have seven per cent more crop in the bin compared to the five-year averages.

  Economy

  Sep 14, 2022
• ‘We need inches of rain to recover’: Alberta ranchers and farmers desperate for a downpour

  Alberta's heat wave and lack of rain is killing crops and farmland across parts of the province. The stress on ranchers and farmers desperate for rain is taking its toll.

  Environment

  Aug 15, 2022
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• Saskatchewan farmers begin harvesting as August begins: crop report

  Farmers in the western regions of the province have begun harvesting where crops are further along according to this week’s crop report.

  Canada

  Aug 4, 2022
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• ‘It’s shocking’: Sask. farmers react to federal government’s proposed cutdown on fertilizer emissions

  Local farmers have voiced their concerns with the federal government's plan to reduce overall emissions from fertilizer by 30 per cent by the year 2030.

  Consumer

  Aug 2, 2022