Ed White

Producers advised against fighting with trolls online

It hasn't officially started, but the Canadian Pulse and Special Crops Trade Association annual conference has already survived more drama than most

LETELLIER, Man. — When it comes to estimating corn crops, Louise Carduner knows there’s an app for that.
 But she isn’t about to use it.
 “These are the

Canada’s farmers will suffer if the country’s productivity crisis continues or even worsens.
 That was the sobering message from Farm Credit Canada’s J.P.

Buyers from around the world were in Winnipeg last week for the Canadian Pulse and Special Crops Trade Convention.
However, the sobering news for Canadian

Numbers matter in the special crops world — a lot.
That was clear at the Canadian Pulse and Special Crops Conference, in which longstanding

Despite India’s hopes of becoming self-sufficient in food and crop production, a leader of a powerful farm group in that country recently told the

Like Cinderella, canola could be beautiful and impressive, but if the weather clock struck midnight, it would end up in rags, trapped in a pumpkin

Nutrien expects increased fertilizer use by North American farmers this fall and a good global potash market in 2026 despite some crop prices at multi-year lows.

Western Canadian farmers are using minimum and zero-till farming, tile drainage, slow-release fertilizer, and better crop breeding to produce record crops despite drought conditions.