Ed White

Holding a knife to the throat of Canada has become a predictable national dysfunction.
 The railroad companies and their unions just did that to farmers,

China's shot across Canada's bows is splashing alarmingly close to U.S. farmers. "We're in the same boat," said Barry Coleman, executive director of the

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

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.