Tag Archives: Agriculture
SGI urges caution from drivers as harvest begins
As drivers head to the lake or travel to see family members in the last few weeks of summer, SGI is asking them to keep a special lookout for one particular kind of road hazard: farm machinery. "We kn...
Aug 17, 2022
More grasshoppers throughout Saskatchewan this summer
Walking around Prince Albert, you've likely noticed more grasshoppers around this summer than last. That's not just true in this city, either. Entomologists and farmers in southern Saskatchewan are co...
Aug 16, 2022
Agriculture Roundup for Tuesday August 16, 2022
MELFORT, Sask. - Canadian Pacific Railway and the union that represents roughly 3,000 locomotive engineers, conductors, train, and yard workers have a new deal. Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC)...
Alice McFarlane Aug 16, 2022
Agriculture Roundup for Monday August 15, 2022
MELFORT, Sask. - Insurance companies are urging growers to leave adequate samples of damaged crops as they assess hailstorm damage across Western Canada, according to the Canadian Crop Hail Associatio...
Alice McFarlane Aug 15, 2022
Listen: Canola 4R program offers incentives to increase nitrogen use efficiency
MELFORT, Sask. – Canola Council of Canada (CCC) unveiled a new program offering financial support to help growers initiate or advance 4R Nutrient Stewardship on canola acres. Alice McFarlane wit...
Alice McFarlane Aug 12, 2022
Agriculture Roundup for Friday August 12, 2022
MELFORT, Sask. - Farm tractor sales dropped last month across the country. An Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) report said tractor sales were down 10.7 per cent in July, down in all two-wh...
Alice McFarlane Aug 12, 2022
Six new members added to the Saskatchewan Agricultural Hall of Fame
MELFORT, Sask. - Six outstanding individuals will be the inducted into the Saskatchewan Agricultural Hall of Fame (SAHOF) in November. The 2022 inductees include Jim Bessel, Margaret Crowle (posthumou...
Alice McFarlane Aug 11, 2022
Agriculture Roundup for Thursday August 11, 2022
MELFORT, Sask. - Olds College and Agricultural Financial Services Corporation (AFSC) have created a formal partnership. AFSC will provide support for applied research activities on the Olds College Sm...
Alice McFarlane Aug 11, 2022
Bumper crop expected for chantarelle mushrooms in northern Sask.
Chantarelle mushroom buyers are anticipating a bumper crop this summer and are currently offering $8 or more per pound. Lac La Ronge Indian Band member, Jane Clinton, is one of several buyers operatin...
Aug 09, 2022
Bumper crop expected for chantarelle mushrooms in northern Sask.
LA RONGE, Sask. - Chantarelle mushroom buyers are anticipating a bumper crop this summer and are currently offering $8 or more per pound. Lac La Ronge Indian Band member, Jane Clinton, is one of sever...
Derek Cornet Aug 09, 2022
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