agriculture Archives

Cattle Upcycle French Fries and More into Nutritious Beef

An Alberta feedlot takes the peelings and any french fries or other potato products the processor couldn’t use and feeds them to their cattle.

Crop Rotations Ensure A Sustainable Future For Agriculture

It’s all about planning. There are multiple decisions that farmers make when choosing the right crops to use in their rotations.

What is Soil? More than just dirt!

If you’ve ever grown a garden, you’ll understand that plants need healthy soil to grow. But just what is soil?

How Can Cattle Protect Grasslands?

In Canada, cattle are part of the prairie grasslands ecosystem, helping keep our native grasslands intact.

What is Genetic Engineering?

Genetic engineering refers to specific methods of plant breeding that use laboratory methods to change an organism’s DNA.

Ask an Expert: What are the Environmental Benefits of Beef Farming?

We asked Dr. Christian Artuso of the Migratory Bird Conservation Unit of the Canadian Wildlife Service - can beef cattle be good for the environment?

How Do Chickpeas Grow?

We are talking with Shaun, a farmer from Kyle, Saskatchewan. He grows several crops but we are going to focus on how he grows chickpeas.

Making Gin and Whisky from Local Ingredients

Black Fox Farm and Distillery is known for their award-winning gin and whisky, but also for their sustainability efforts and advocacy for Saskatchewan-based agri-food products.

What are Seed Treatments?

What is a seed treatment? It is a valuable tool that enables farmers to grow more food while protecting the land and natural resources.

How Does Regenerative Agriculture Work?

Agriculture is continually evolving and will continue to meet the needs of a changing world. Regenerative agriculture is just one strategy that farmers are using.

New Crops Help Us Solve Problems

Plant science – and specifically the science of plant breeding – is one of those tools which can help us overcome challenges as a global community.

From PEI Fields to Consumers’ Plates

There’s a lot of work that goes into the potatoes, turnips and carrots on your dinner plate.

Canadian Foodgrains Bank: Helping People in Need

Stories about people going without food resonate especially with farmers, who look for ways to use their own production to help.

Chicken Farm Takes it Full Circle

Six or seven times a year, about 90,000 freshly-hatched chicks are dropped off at the Martinka broiler chicken operation. The Martinka family has been in the chicken business for 15 years.

Generations Working Together on the Farm

The Keddys started their now 800-acre farm in Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley over 40 years ago. Today, their son and his wife Katie manage the farm.

Precision Farming: What is it?

Tech continues changing how farmers raise animals and grow crops.

Meet a Canadian Chicken Farmer

Evesque loves working with these birds and appreciates the opportunity to produce a product consumers want. Evesque produces 50,000 kilograms of chicken every few months.