Lisa Guenther

Lisa Guenther

Senior Editor

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Lisa Guenther is the senior editor of magazines at Glacier FarmMedia, and the editor of Canadian Cattlemen. She previously worked as a field editor for Grainews and Country Guide. Lisa grew up on a cow-calf operation in northwestern Saskatchewan and still lives in the same community. She holds a graduate degree in professional communications from Royal Roads University and an undergraduate degree in education from the University of Alberta. She also writes fiction in her spare time and has had two novels published by NeWest Press in Edmonton.

Stories by Lisa Guenther

Livestock, Markets

Ritz sees up to $1B per year in COOL retaliation

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Having wrapped up discussions on mandatory country-of-origin labeling (COOL) in Washington, D.C., Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz said Canada will consider retaliatory measures of up to $1 billion per year if the U.S. doesn’t comply with World Trade Organization requirements. Speaking Tuesday on a conference call with reporters, Ritz said he and U.S. Department of Agriculture […] Read more
Crops

Flax processor to check out byproduct’s marketability

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Researchers hope to turn a bitter byproduct of flaxseed oil into the sweet taste of profit. The omega-3 fatty acids in flaxseed oil make it a popular health food product. A few years ago a company selling flax oil approached Martin Reaney, CEO of Prairie Tide Chemicals in Saskatoon, to eliminate the bitter flavour in […] Read more
Crops

Three more Alta. counties join clubroot club

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Clubroot’s reach is growing in east-central and northern Alberta. The disease infected fields in three new counties this year, according to the Canola Council of Canada. Beaver County, east of Edmonton, is one of the municipalities reporting clubroot for the first time this year. "We’re still continuing our surveying but so far it has been […] Read more

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