April 4, 2022

Rising input costs amid supply shortages stressful for Sask. farmers

“We’re seeing fertilizer prices increase by a multitude of 200 per cent or even 300 per cent, depending on when you’ve purchased,” said Kenton Possberg, a farmer north of Humboldt, […]

November 14, 2021

NFU and Wheat Growers want changes to contracts

The National Farmers Union and the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association don’t agree on much. But the two groups do agree on one thing; grain production contracts need to be […]

June 11, 2020

Bibeau accused of underselling how grain farmers have been hurt by the carbon tax

The federal Liberals are significantly downplaying the financial hit of the carbon tax on farmers, the Conservative agriculture critic argued Wednesday. John Barlow, who represents a southern Alberta riding, said […]

March 26, 2020

Canada’s Agriculture Sector Needs Temporary Foreign Workers

The Western Canadian Wheat Growers call for an adjustment in the newly invoked travel restrictions that were put in place this week. The new rules put in place to combat COVID-19 are necessarily far-reaching [...]

March 20, 2020

Farmers say time running out for foreign workers in limbo as confusion reigns over coronavirus travel

Kenton Possberg, a grain farmer in Saskatchewan and director of the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association, said wheat and oilseed growers rely on thousands of workers on visas who arrive [...]

March 18, 2020

Temporary foreign workers exempt from Canada’s travel ban

Farms’ TFW needs include over 1,400 “specifically for oilseed and grain farming,” the Western Canadian Wheat Growers said in a separate statement Wednesday. “All the same self-isolation measures should continue [...]

March 18, 2020

Migrant workers help grow our food. Coronavirus is leaving them in limbo.

Kenton Possberg, a grain farmer in Saskatchewan and director of the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association, said wheat and oilseeds growers in the Prairie provinces are also worried about the [...]

August 8, 2016

Reduced-risk management strategy for foliar insect pests of Prairie field crops

The Pesticide Risk Reduction Program acknowledges the contribution of Kenton Possberg and the Wheat Growers for its assistance.

August 6, 2015

Changes to temporary foreign worker program generate labour shortage

Kenton Possberg fears that changes to the program will mean he loses some long-time farmhands who know his land better than he does, and have years of experience operating the [...]

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