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Guatemalan man's estate entitled to redress after court says death was linked to work
MONTREAL - Quebec's Court of Appeal has ruled that the family of a Guatemalan farm worker crushed to death in 2021 trying to repair a flat tire on his employer's car is entitled to compensation. The h...
Aug 07, 2025
B.C. mink farmers lose appeal for damages against province for pandemic-era ban
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Court of Appeal says lawsuits launched by mink farmers over a pandemic-era ban on their farms have "no reasonable prospect of success," dismissing their bid for damages against th...
Aug 05, 2025
LISTEN: Saskatchewan couple frustrated after ATV driver crushes crops
A Saskatchewan couple is asking ATV drivers to use a bit of common sense and find a path that doesn't cut through their crops. Erin Gurney farms with her husband in and around the Qu'Appelle Valley. D...
Jul 29, 2025 Erin Gurney farms with her husband in and around the Qu’Appelle Valley, and they recently noticed some of their pea plants were trampled down by an ATV driver who had cut through their field. (Erin Gurney/Submitted)
Changes to cash advance criteria 'a very big step backwards' for young grain farmers
This story was first published on RealAgriculture.com on July 24, 2025. A small change to the criteria for cash advance applications is "a very big step backwards" for young grain producers trying to ...
Jul 26, 2025 Left: Dave Gallant of Canadian Canola Growers Association chatting with RealAgriculture's Kelvin Heppner at the CFA Policy Summit in Winnipeg on July 16, 2025. (RealAgriculture)
Supreme Court won't hear thumbs-up emoji case involving Saskatchewan farmer
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has given a thumbs-down to hearing a legal case involving an emoji. The country's highest court dismissed an application by farmer Chris Achter to appeal a decisio...
Jul 24, 2025 The Supreme Court of Canada on the banks of the Ottawa River is pictured in Ottawa on Monday, June 3, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Canadian growers get A+ in growing low-carbon-intensity oats and barley
This story was first published on RealAgriculture.com on July 15 date, 2025 Findings of a new study suggests that Canadian prairie oat growers have got a good story to tell when it comes to the sustai...
Jul 15, 2025 Rresearch from the Global Institute for Food Security at the University of Saskatchewan, which confirms that Western Canada is leading the world in low-emission, sustainable oat production. (RealAgriculture.com)
WATCH: New generation of hybrid rye brings breeding innovation to the field
By Bernard Tobin This story was first published on RealAgriculture.com on July 7, 2025. Back in the days of summer fallow, rye covered more than three million acres of cropland annually in Canada. One...
Jul 13, 2025 Kenny Piecharka said it's important to bring new innovations to the market. He said the fall rye hybrid has a higher yield advantage. (Bernard Tobin/RealAg)
Recent rainfall a drop in the bucket for southwest Saskatchewan farmers
Despite some recent rainfall, conditions remain bleak in southwestern Saskatchewan. Larry Grant, Reeve of Val Marie, said while rain is a good sign, the area will need much more to have any serious ef...
Jul 12, 2025 According to last week's crop report, the provincial government states that the southwestern corner of the province is experiencing the poorest pasture conditions in Saskatchewan this year due to the extremely dry conditions. (650 CKOM file photo)
Farmers pleased but anxious after Alberta pauses new on-farm slaughter sale limits
EDMONTON - Alberta animal farmers are pleased but anxious for updates after the provincial government paused new limits on annual on-farm slaughter sales. Under Alberta's on-farm slaughter program, li...
Jul 10, 2025
'Can't buy your way out of drought': Southwest farmers continue to deal with dry conditions
Despite some recent moisture, many farmers are staring down drought conditions in southwestern Saskatchewan. Randy Stocky has a cattle farm around the village of Consul. He said that recent rainfall d...
Jul 04, 2025 The RMs of Maple Creek, Fox Valley and Enterprise are the latest to sound the alarm, joining Big Stick in urging provincial and federal governments to respond to prolonged drought conditions. (980 CJME file photo)
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