Local Agriculture

Extreme weather events like fires, floods, heat waves and droughts pose an increasing risk to Canada’s food supply chain, putting pressure on prices all the way to the grocery store shelf, say experts.

The annual Carnival in the Park event took place on the evening of July 30 at McArthur Park. Calgary-based showman Bob Palmer, a.k.a. Flyin' Bob, who was putting on a circus camp in Lac La Biche during the week, performed for the audience.

With less than a week to go before gala apples will be ready to be picked in British Columbia, the president of the provincial fruit growers' group worries about a devastating season without a way for farmers to refrigerate their crops.

MONTREAL — Saputo Inc. reported a profit of $142 million in its latest quarter as its revenue rose nearly 10 per cent compared with a year ago.

Maple Leaf Foods Inc. reported a loss of $26.2 million in its latest quarter compared with a loss of $53.7 million a year earlier as it prepares to spin off its pork business. The Mississauga, Ont.

OTTAWA — On the western side of Major's Hill Park, tall stalks of corn wave in the breeze from planters overlooking the place where the Rideau Canal empties into the Ottawa River.

OTTAWA — A third of all agriculture jobs in Canada could be automated within the next decade, according to a new report.

Shirley Michaud was more than a bit surprised when she learned she was this year's winner.

OKANAGAN, B.C. — The end of a co-operative that helped farmers process, store and get their fruit to market will be hard on small operations, says one of the farmers in British Columbia’s Okanagan that have been left reeling from the news.

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