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Young, skilled and ready to innovate, Black farmers are taking on Canada’s agricultural challenges
Cheyenne Sundance on land where she farms near Bolton ON, Feb. 27, 2023. Sundance is part of a growing class of black farmers who are hoping to help teach Canadians about agriculture and change what people assume a farmer looks like. (Ian Willms / The Globe and Mail
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B.C. orchards and vineyards to get $70-million to replant after disastrous weather
B.C. Premier David Eby speaks during a news conference in Vancouver on Jan. 9, 2024. The British Columbia government says hard-hit fruit farmers and grape growers will get an extra $70 million in supports to replant and strengthen orchards and vineyards after two years of weather-related disasters. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
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Politicians want more competition in Canada but supply management still a ‘sacred cow’
When it comes to the supply management system for egg, poultry and dairy products, all federal parties appear to see eye-to-eye, despite Canada's relentless affordability crisis. A cow looks on as it feeds in a dairy farm in Saguenay, Que., Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
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Value of Canadian farmland rose 11.5% in 2023, report finds
Farm Credit Canada says the value of Canadian farmland rose 11.5 per cent in 2023. Cattle graze at sunset near Cochrane, Alta., Thursday, June 8, 2023.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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B.C. farm that can grow softball-sized peaches to rely on vegetables this year after cold snap
Jennifer Deol, the co-owner of There and Back Again Farms, stands near the farm’s peach orchard in Kelowna, B.C., on Tuesday, March 5, 2024. B.C. farmers are predicting at least a 90 per cent loss of this summer's harvest of fruit including peaches, apricots and nectarines. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Aaron Hemens
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India’s wheat stocks hit seven-year low after record state sale
A worker sifts wheat before filling in sacks at the market yard of the Agriculture Product Marketing Committee (APMC) on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India, May 16, 2022. REUTERS/Amit Dave/File Photo
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B.C. wine industry has chance to reshape itself after climate-related catastrophes, sommelier says
A fire truck is driven through a vineyard while battling a wildfire in Peachland, B.C., on Monday Sept. 10, 2012. Consumers can expect a smaller selection of local vintages hit retail shelves as British Columbia's wine industry grapples with the fallout of two years' worth of significant crop losses from cold snaps that followed severe wildfires. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Cattle numbers fall to lowest point in more than three decades
Wade and Jaimie Nelson check up on their cattle on their ranch near High River, Alberta March 8, 2024. Todd Korol/The Globe and Mail�
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UN agency’s world food price index fell in February for seventh straight month
FILE PHOTO: A worker loads a truck with grain at a terminal during barley harvesting in Odesa region, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, Ukraine June 23, 2022. REUTERS/Igor Tkachenko/File Photo
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Robots and drones to work in Kelowna, B.C., orchards in ‘precision farming’ project
A drone flies over Kelowna, B.C., in this undated handout image provide by the City of Kelowna. Drones and robots are being put to work in the orchards of Kelowna as part of a pilot project designed to promote what the equipment maker calls "precision farming." THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-City of Kelowna **MANDATORY CREDIT**
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Indian farmers plan march on New Delhi in call for higher crop prices
Amrinder Singh Raja Warring (5R), president at Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) of India's Congress party alongwith protesting farmers, rides a tractor during a rally against central government to demand minimum crop prices on the outskirts of Amritsar on February 28, 2024. Thousands of Indian farmers on February 13, launched what they have dubbed "Delhi Chalo", or "March to Delhi", to demand a law to fix a minimum price for their crops, in addition to other concessions including the waiving of loans. (Photo by Narinder NANU / AFP) (Photo by NARINDER NANU/AFP via Getty Images)
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For Tri-Mach Group, adjusting to postpandemic normal meant striking delicate balance between innovation and compliance
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Brussels faces long battle with its farmers as agricultural powerhouse Ukraine seeks EU membership
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Angry French farmers with tractors are back on the streets of Paris for another protest
French farmers of the Coordination Rural (CR) use their tractors during a go-slow operation on the Pont Mirabeau bridge with the Eiffel Tower in the background as they protest ahead of the opening of the Paris farm show, in Paris, France, February 23, 2024. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
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Farmers from 10 EU countries join forces – and tractors – to protest agricultural policies
Tractors queue as farmers protest against the European Union's agricultural policies, grievances shared by farmers across Europe, at the Czech-Slovak border near Holic, Slovakia, February 22, 2024. REUTERS/Radovan Stoklasa
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Man dies as clashes erupt between police and protesting farmers in India
Indian farmers who have been protesting for a week to demand guaranteed crop prices wait to march to the capital near Shambhu border that divides northern Punjab and Haryana states, some 200 kilometers (120 miles) from New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Feb.21, 2024. The protesting farmers began their march last week, but their efforts to reach the city have been blocked by authorities. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
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Tractors roll into downtown Prague as Czech farmers join protests
Farmers drive tractors during a protest against European Union agricultural policies, grievances shared by farmers across Europe, in Prague, Czech Republic, February 19, 2024. REUTERS/Eva Korinkova
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Farm income hits record high despite extreme weather, report shows
Cattle stand in a pasture on the Perepelkin family farm near Leslieville, Alta., Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Beyond the shelf: How grocers decide what gets donated and what gets dumped
For grocers, selling perishable items means making continual choices about every item on display — especially the ones nearing the end of their shelf life. Packaged meat with discount stickers are seen at Metro grocery store In Toronto on Friday, Feb. 2, 2024. For those that don’t sell in time, many stores donate them to food banks rather than throw them away. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
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