By Claire Williams, Animal and Poultry Science Student, University of Saskatchewan Despite the constant confusion, there is a difference between animal rights and animal welfare. Although these two terms are often used interchangeably, it is important to clarify the difference…
You shake my breath and you rattle my health By: Phillip Schaefer, University of Saskatchewan Student Come the fall, the field will be harvested, your grain in the bin, and if you’re lucky, everything will quickly be hauled off. All…
Common Agricultural Policy and the European agriculture crisis By Noémie Nohara, Masters Graduate from Polytech Paris-UPMC The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is a European agricultural policy implemented throughout the European Union and created in 1957 via the Treaty of Rome. The…
By Mitch Lyons, University of Saskatchewan Student The AquAdvantage salmon is a genetically engineered Atlantic salmon that can grow to market size in half the time of a regular Atlantic salmon. This salmon’s genome has been altered by the…
How the Carbon Tax Will Affect Agriculture By MacKenzie Henn, University of Saskatchewan Student There is no doubt that environmental sustainability is a hot topic and there are always innovations and policies being created to improve the environmental sustainability of…
By Brandon Leffler, University of Saskatchewan student Recently, the use of herbicides as a sustainable means of crop protection has come into the public eye. Based on social pressures and non-scientific pressures, governments are now looking at how herbicides are regulated.…
By Brady Blackmore, University of Saskatchewan student With the federal government’s announcement last fall of a implementing a carbon tax across the country, many people are still worried about how it will affect the agriculture sector. The plan is to set…
Will Changing Animal Welfare Regulations Benefit Cattle and Producers? By Laramie Slade, University of Saskatchewan student Across Canada, consumers want to know the story behind the beef they eat. They want to know where it came from, how it was raised, and…
By Nicole Anhorn, University of Saskatchewan student Over a number of years, it has become common to hear of the ongoing controversies floating around the topic of hormone vs. “hormone free” beef. First and foremost, I would like to point out…
What China’s Restrictions Mean to Canadian Producers By Kalene Kammer, University of Saskatchewan student On September 1, 2016, Canadian canola producers prepared themselves for new dockage restrictions placed by China on exported canola. Dockage refers to the readily removable foreign material…
