Originally shared on November 3, 2025 on Alberta Farmer Express by Jonah Grignon. Regulatory reform, investment and raising the agriculture sector’s profile are among the top priorities for Canadian producer groups ahead of this year’s federal budget, set to be tabled Tuesday. The 2025 budget will be the Carney government’s first. Change in approach expected […]
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Originally shared on October 23, 2025 on RealAgriculture by RealAgriculture News Team. he Canadian Cattle Association (CCA) is calling on the federal government to begin terminating the Canada-UK Continuity Agreement, following the tabling of legislation for the United Kingdom’s accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). In July 2023, when the government announced
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Originally shared on October 23, 2025 on RealAgriculture by Bernard Tobin. Pasture is king at Riverview Ranch in Melancthon, Ont., where sheep farmer Mike Swidersky and his family run a flock of 650 ewes. On this episode of RealAgriculture’s Profitable Practices, Swidersky shares how he and neighbouring grain farmers have used the pasture created by late-season cover crops
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Originally shared on October 23, 2025 on Alberta Farmer Express by Alexis Kienlen. Results Driven Agriculture Research (RDAR) has expanded its On-Farm Climate Action Fund (OFCAF) grazing program to include virtual fencing. Virtual fencing is a GPS-based technology that helps Alberta producers manage pastures while saving labour. Virtual fencing also improves sustainability. Eligible ranchers can receive up
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Selin Karatepe, Lethbridge Polytechnic Photo: Supplied Originally shared on October 17, 2025 on Alberta Farmer Express by Greg Price. Research associate Selin Karatepe from Lethbridge Polytechnic is using advanced data modelling to create virtual tools to help farmers weigh every variable. Evolving technology is transforming how producers plan for the future, whether it be input costs, water use or
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Originally shared on October 28, 2025 on RealAgriculture by Bernard Tobin. Corn harvest across much of Ontario is stuck in neutral as wet weather and high grain moisture levels keep combines from shifting to high gear. On this episode of the RealAgriculture Corn School, BASF Canada agronomist Ken Currah and host Bernard Tobin discuss a difficult growing season
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Originally published on October 15, 2025 on Alberta Farmer Express by Alexis Kienlen. Monika Gorzelak, a research scientist with Agriculture and Agri-food Lethbridge, looks through a microscope. She is studying microbial communities at 60 centimetres below the soil surface. Photo: Supplied Most of the activity in the soil happens in the first 15 to 30 centimetres, but there is
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Originally published on October 28, 2025 on Alberta Farmer Express by Jonah Grignon. U.S. tariff threats have boosted Canadians’ view of the nation’s food system, a new report shows. Fifty-eight per cent of Canadians have a positive view of the food system, up from 45 per cent in 2024 according to the Canadian Centre for Food Integrity’s annual public
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Originally published on October 27, 2025 on RealAgriculture by Kelvin Heppner. The Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) has decided to continue drawing down its surplus to avoid fee increases until 2028. In 2024, the CGC announced it would use surplus funds to cover operating shortfalls until 2027. The decision announced Oct. 27 means any increase to fees for
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Originally published on October 1, 2025 on the Organic Farming Research Foundation site, written by Mary Hathaway, OFRF Research & Education Program Manager. Mary (on right) with OFRF’s Research & Education Program Director, Thelma Velez (left) Organic farmers are curious. Working with nature to grow an abundance of food provides countless opportunities to learn and continue to
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