7th Annual Canadian Agri-Food Policy Conference, January 11-13, 2017, Ottawa, ON

Producers are consistently facing risks and uncertainties when making business decisions. Yet, behavioral economics shows that some producers are often irrational due to [...]

Over the past decade agricultural commodity futures trading has migrated to the electronic platform from the traditional outcry system. Trades in the electronic platform [...]

The impact of widespread farm ownership by large investors is influential and uncertain. There are various reasons for buying farmland as an investment, and one of them d [...]

The importance of yield volatility, specifically low yield realizations, is evidenced by the significant public monies via business risk management programs meant to offs [...]

The British Columbia (BC) wine industry is a puzzle because of the juxtaposition in classification of BC as a New World wine-producing region, with its winemaking and vin [...]

Genomics has emerged as a promising biotechnology for its ability to predict and aid in selection of more productive livestock. More recently, the ability to use genomics [...]

Canada’s international trade landscape under which the Canadian beef industry must operate may change in important ways in the near future. The Trans Pacific partnershi [...]