Mother’s Day Q&A: Patricia Lung Monday, May 5, 2025 Mother’s Day is this Sunday (don’t forget!) and all this week Farms.com is speaking with moms in ag about motherhood. Patricia Lung (PL), an ag and bioresource engineer who grew up on an Alberta cattle operation, now farms about 4,000 acres with her mechanical engineer husband and his... Read this article online
Former federal ag minister Charlie Mayer passes away Monday, May 5, 2025 A former federal minister of agriculture has passed away. Charles (Charlie) Mayer, who held the ag portfolio from Jan. 4 to Nov. 4, 1993, died in Manitoba on April 29 at the age of 89. Born in Saskatchewan, in 1965, he purchased a farm near Cranberry, Man., where he grew grain,... Read this article online
CANTERRA SEEDS acquires trusted seed brand Friday, May 2, 2025 CANTERRA SEEDS has announced the acquisition of Alliance Seed, a respected pedigreed seed company previously owned by Paterson Grain, which has over 115 years of history in Canadian agriculture. This strategic step strengthens CANTERRA SEEDS’s presence in the seed market and helps bring more... Read this article online
P&H Acquires Key Quebec Grain Terminal Friday, May 2, 2025 Parrish & Heimbecker, Limited (P&H) is working to strengthen Canada's grain transportation system by acquiring a deep-water marine export terminal in Quebec City. The facility was previously operated by Société en Commandite Terminal Grains and managed by Sollio Agriculture since... Read this article online
Alberta MP-elect steps aside for Poilievre to run in by-election Friday, May 2, 2025 A recently re-elected Conservative Member of Parliament for Alberta is resigning his seat in a show of support for party leader Pierre Poilievre. Damien Kurek, who has represented the riding of Battle River-Crowfoot since 2019 and won with almost 82 per cent of the vote on April 28,... Read this article online