Local Agriculture

WAWOTA, Sask. — Lane Mountney spreads a map over his kitchen table at his farmhouse in southeast Saskatchewan, pointing to yellow and orange arrows slithering across the document.

TORONTO — The head of Ontario's cannabis distributor says the "race to the bottom" happening with pot prices risks hurting the market's future.

TORONTO — Ontario has backed off a housing proposal that farmers say would have had a "catastrophic" impact on farmland and livestock operations.

SMITHS FALLS, Ont. — Cannabis company Canopy Growth Corp. has signed a deal with Indiva Ltd. for the exclusive rights and interests to manufacture, distribute and sell Wana branded edible products in Canada.

Dallon Leger thought he was part of the solution. The entrepreneur from Yorkton, Sask., about 190 kilometres northeast of Regina, says he collected more than 1.

SAINT-LIN-LAURENTIDES, Que. — Quebec provincial police say a two-year-old girl has died after falling into a grain mixer on a farm north of Montreal.

EDMONTON — Lawns, backyards and roofs could be used to produce both solar power and fresh vegetables, University of Alberta researchers say.

Canada's competition watchdog is putting its weight behind some longtime cannabis industry asks including easing restrictions on cannabis packaging and adjusting limits on how much of pot’s psychoactive component can be in edible products.

MONTREAL — Olymel says it is cutting about 80 jobs as it reduces its hog production in Western Canada.

Canada’s farmers are getting older, and most don't have a clear succession plan, leaving a big question over who will take over the agriculture sector as a wave of retirements loom.