Drone spraying needs quick regulator, industry attention | The Western Producer
Canadian farmers are adopting drone sprayers, but regulations haven't caught up. It's time for regulators and industry to act on this new tech.| The Western Producer
Canadian farmers are adopting drone sprayers, but regulations haven't caught up. It's time for regulators and industry to act on this new tech.| The Western Producer
Prime minister Mark Carney says his government will support canola farmers, yet estimating the loss and paying compensation in an equitable fashion will be no easy task, but it can be done.| The Western ProducerOpinions & Blogs | The Western Producer
Manitoba’s pork industry gives the province a lot to be proud of.| The Western ProducerOpinions & Blogs | The Western Producer
There’s a lot of talent hidden among the canola fields and cattle pastures of Western Canada that isn’t always noticeable from the highway or gravel road.| The Western ProducerOpinions & Blogs | The Western Producer
The canola council’s new focus on markets will surely reap benefits, but growers will just need to be a bit more creative when looking for answers to their agronomy questions.| The Western ProducerOpinions & Blogs | The Western Producer
Letters to the editor from the August 28, 2025, edition of the Western Producer.| The Western Producer
Praying for rain is being replaced with the hope that rain can stop for harvest. Rainfall in July and early August has been much greater than normal.| The Western ProducerOpinions & Blogs | The Western Producer
It is essential to develop and implement a safety plan so that ranchers and farmers can ensure the safety of their worksites and workers.| The Western ProducerOpinions & Blogs | The Western Producer
While covering an alternative proteins even last month the writer looked at a picture of a 3D-printed ribeye and couldn’t help but think, “is this really necessary?”| The Western ProducerOpinions & Blogs | The Western Producer
The barriers for young farmers have never been greater. The path into many other professions is far easier than that into farming.| The Western Producer
Rainfall can vary dramatically over a short distance. Precipitation maps can’t catch all the deviations, but they do provide a broad perspective.| The Western ProducerOpinions & Blogs | The Western Producer
Young people are growing tired of climate alarmism. They need honest, consistent information and practical ways to engage for meaningful change.| The Western Producer
Gross returns for cow-calf producers have outpaced the grain sector in recent years, but which farm is the most work?| The Western Producer
As government makes necessary cuts to spending, what can be reduced or restructured in the budgets for agriculture?| The Western Producer
U.S. agricultural trade deficit rises as Canadian consumers opt for domestic goods, undermining the intended impact of U.S. tariffs.| The Western Producer
With global trade shifts and economic headwinds, explore how the co-operative business model can provide unity, collaboration, and stability for Canada.| The Western Producer
A massive rainfall event significantly improves Prairie grain and forage potential. Discover the benefits, plus the downside risks like flooding & root rot.| The Western Producer
A new reporter gains deep insights into farming life, realizing how much more there is to learn about crops, livestock, and industry challenges.| The Western Producer
With business risk management programs up for renewal, government support for private crop insurance could offer farmers more choice and innovation.| The Western Producer
Canadian co-operatives can help us safeguard and promote Canadian interests amid a shifting global landscape.| The Western Producer
While some may view the decline in omnivorous eating as a sign of a plant-based shift in Canada, the data challenges this, showing a more fragmented and pragmatic shift in consumer behaviour, influenced by multiple factors.| The Western Producer
As Canada prepares for the worst when it comes to trade with the United States, forging stronger trading relationships with alternative markets is a top priority.| The Western Producer
Sales of new farm equipment have been declining quite dramatically in North America over the past couple years.| The Western Producer
The size and complexity of today’s equipment would astound anyone from the 1980s. However, I still have a couple tandem grain trucks in use that are 1970s vintage, so not everything from back then is obsolete.| The Western Producer
In the past few years, many environmental and academic activists have been undermining the work of Norman Borlaug and the successes of the Green Revolution by publishing false information.| The Western Producer
I recently attended the Spark event put on by the Grand River Agricultural Society in Elora, Ont. I’ve got to know many of the company founders who were pitching for another $5,000 cheque at the event.| The Western Producer
Trading with Europe and the United Kingdom in an effort to create a united front against the U.S. makes much more sense than climbing into bed with a threat that is even worse than what’s posed by the Americans.| The Western Producer
For much of the last decade, economists and business experts have been warning about Canada’s productivity crisis.| The Western Producer
Refusing to concede some increased American competition into the dairy market is not a hill that Canada should be prepared to die upon.| The Western Producer
Next week’s federal election is one of several important issues currently on our readers’ radar, and a survey we recently published has clearly struck a chord.| The Western Producer
