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- TEAM flashback: Barley makes a versatile flourby Betty Ann Deobald, BSHEc on January 24, 2026 at 6:30 pm
The Western Producer’s long-time TEAM Resources columnists may have retired at the end of last month, but we’re not done with them yet as we reprint some of the writers’ more popular columns.
- Protecting your bottom line should be a consideration in a volatile cattle marketby Melissa Jeffers-Bezan on January 24, 2026 at 1:30 pm
As the cattle market reaches its sixth year of price growth, producers may want to explore strategies like insurance, futures, and forward contracting to manage volatility and protect profits.
- AgCanadaTV: Inflation puts tighter squeeze on farmersby Geralyn Wichers on January 23, 2026 at 10:15 pm
In today’s In case you missed it special feature: Canadians are feeling the effects of inflation across the country – annual inflation up 2.4 per cent in December as announced by Statistics Canada on Monday – but the farm sector is seeing overall inflation twice as high as the average Canadian. At St. Jean Farm Read more
- Bunge sells sixth elevator to complete dealby Karen Briere on January 23, 2026 at 9:51 pm
Bunge has completed the divestitures required as part of its merger with Viterra.
- About 16 per cent of Albertans are hardline separatists: pollby Robert Arnason on January 23, 2026 at 8:16 pm
Recent polling from Ipsos shows that 28 per cent of Albertans would consider voting for separation in a referendum, but some of that support is soft.