Geralyn Wichers

Canada

Associate Digital Editor at Glacier FarmMedia

Associate digital editor with Glacier Farmmedia + reporter. Novelist sometimes. Calvin and Felina Cats' servant. Views my own and generally quite silly.

Articles

Farm Credit Canada pledges $2 billion in agtech investment by 2030

1 week ago | agcanada.com | Geralyn Wichers

Introducing the NEW! AgCanada app. Stay in the know about the latest in agriculture. Thousands of topics, all carefully curated to match your interests! The app is now available for download on iOS and Android.
Expanding greenhouse sector means more home-grown veggies

1 week ago | agcanada.com | Geralyn Wichers

Canada has become a net exporter of peppers and tomatoes thanks to growth in controlled environment agriculture, but the sector has lots of room to expand says a Farm Credit Canada economist. Exports of greenhouse-grown cucumbers also equal or exceed imports. “Canada continues to rely heavily in imported fruits and vegetables, especially during its long winters,” wrote FCC senior economist Amanda Norris in a May 28 report.
Farmers’ realized net income fell $3.3 billion in 2024: StatCan

1 week ago | agcanada.com | Geralyn Wichers

Glacier FarmMedia—Canadian farmers’ 2024 realized net income saw the largest drop since 2018, and farm cash receipts declined the most since 2003 as crop prices fell, preliminary data from Statistics Canada shows. Farmers’ realized net income fell by $3.3 billion to $9.4 billion in 2024, a nearly 26 per cent decline. Excluding cannabis, the figure improves slightly to $9.7 billion or a 23 per cent decline.
Judge approves $500 million settlement in bread price fixing class action

1 week ago | agcanada.com | Geralyn Wichers

Introducing the NEW! AgCanada app. Stay in the know about the latest in agriculture. Thousands of topics, all carefully curated to match your interests! The app is now available for download on iOS and Android.
Buyer steps up for shuttered Winnipeg plant protein processor

1 week ago | agcanada.com | Geralyn Wichers

Introducing the NEW! AgCanada app. Stay in the know about the latest in agriculture. Thousands of topics, all carefully curated to match your interests! The app is now available for download on iOS and Android.
Human diabetes drug can keep hens laying eggs

2 weeks ago | agcanada.com | Geralyn Wichers

A common human diabetes medication may also allow chickens to lay more eggs by improving their metabolic health say researchers from Pennsylvania State UniversityWhy it matters: If broiler breeder hens stay fertile longer, farmers may be able to replace flocks less often. This could have animal welfare and efficiency benefits. Metformin is usually prescribed in humans for type 2 diabetes.
Bartlett to buy Ceres Global Ag Corp

2 weeks ago | producer.com | Geralyn Wichers

Glacier FarmMedia – Kansas City-based grain buyer Bartlett has agreed to buy Ceres Global Ag Corp. “Bartlett’s acquisition of Ceres is vindication of the strategy we set out to achieve 12 years ago, which is to build the company into one of North America’s leading merchandisers of durum, oats, spring wheat and canola,” said Ceres board chair Jim Vanasek in a news release.
Manitoba and Ontario vow to remove interprovincial trade barriers

3 weeks ago | agcanada.com | Geralyn Wichers

Introducing the NEW! AgCanada app. Stay in the know about the latest in agriculture. Thousands of topics, all carefully curated to match your interests! The app is now available for download on iOS and Android.
Alleged dumping of U.S. renewable diesel didn’t hurt Canadian industry, tribunal says

1 month ago | agcanada.com | Geralyn Wichers

Introducing the NEW! AgCanada app. Stay in the know about the latest in agriculture. Thousands of topics, all carefully curated to match your interests! The app is now available for download on iOS and Android.
Grain, oilseed millers’ sales, volumes projected to decline in 2025

1 month ago | producer.com | Geralyn Wichers

Grain and oilseed millers are projected to see a decline in sales and volume for the second year running in 2025 according to a new Farm Credit Canada report. Margins are expected to shrink but remain strong. The sector saw four strong years, including double-digit growth in sales in 2022 and 2023, says FCC’s 2025 Food and Beverage Report. Last year saw lower prices translate to a 15.5 per cent drop in sales while volume (sales adjusted for inflation) decreased by 2.9 per cent.