Tag Archives: Agriculture

A $405,000 PetSmart Charities of Canada will allow the University of Saskatchewan (USask) veterinary outreach program to run a three-year pilot project in northern Saskatchewan. That's according to Dr...

Manitoba farmers are getting back into the field after wet weather interrupted combining. Manitoba Agriculture cereal crop specialist Anne Kirk said harvest progress sits at 3 per cent complete across...

A farm group wants to support the younger generation of farmers and encourage them to take an active role in the development of agriculture policy. The Wheat Growers Association (WG) launched the ment...

Some advocates say expanding the amount of irrigation used in Canada could help farmers weather droughts associated with climate change. Irrigation has been used for more than 100 years in semi-arid p...

Sean Stanford's wheat farm just south of Lethbridge, Alta. falls within the far left corner of Palliser's Triangle - an expanse of prairie grassland encompassingmuch of southeast Alberta, a swath of s...

Canada's agriculture sector is expected to benefit from the federal government's plan to make it easier to hire temporary foreign workers. They announced earlier this week the launch of the Recognized...

Saskatchewan’s Water Security Agency (WSA) is providing $700,000 to help agricultural producers and local governments complete water management projects. This funding is part of a $1.5 million t...

The City of Melfort and the Rural Municipality of Flett's Springs had a lot to celebrate on Thursday, as the local agriculture industry received a big boost. G3 held the official grand opening of its ...

Federal Labour Minister Seamus O’Regan is launching an examination of the recently resolved British Columbia port dispute to see if “structural issues” in negotiations led to a 13-da...

The federal and Ontario governments are partnering to support bees in the province. The two governments are providing $1.3 million through the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (Sustainabl...