Tag Archives: Agriculture
Agriculture Roundup for Monday May 9, 2022
MELFORT, Sask. - Canadian poultry and egg producers have lost more than 1.7 million farmed birds to a highly contagious strain of avian influenza. The latest numbers provided by the Canadian Food Insp...
Alice McFarlane May 09, 2022
U of S student from Battleford involved in Faba bean research
NORTH BATTLEFORD, Sask. – The Battlefords – Camrynn Simon hopes to bring more value-added food products to Saskatchewan tables in the future. That’s why the University of Saskatchewa...
Angela Brown May 06, 2022
Agriculture Roundup for Friday May 6, 2022
MELFORT, Sask. - Trade Minister Mary Ng and U.S. counterpart Katherine Tai say they are forging closer trade ties between their two countries, in spite of lingering irritants. Tai said while the two c...
Alice McFarlane May 06, 2022
Agriculture Roundup for Thursday May 5, 2022
MELFORT, Sask. - Avian influenza has been found in British Columbia’s Lower Mainland for the first time since the infection began spreading across the continent this spring. The H5N1 virus has a...
Alice McFarlane May 05, 2022
Slow start to seeding in Saskatchewan
MELFORT, Sask. – The first seeders hit the field in Saskatchewan last week, according to the Ministry of Agriculture’s crop report. Crops Extension Specialist Matt Struthers said cool temp...
Alice McFarlane May 05, 2022
Canadian grains industry committed to finding new markets
MELFORT, Sask. - The federal government will spend roughly $4.4 million over the next two years to support three industry organizations in their efforts to grow Canada’s grain exports. Increasin...
Alice McFarlane May 04, 2022
Agriculture Roundup for Wednesday May 4, 2022
MELFORT, Sask. – The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) said avian influenza has been found in three more communities in Alberta. CFIA said the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain was confirmed Su...
Alice McFarlane May 04, 2022
Agriculture Roundup for Tuesday May 3, 2022
MELFORT, Sask. - The federal agriculture minister wants climate related incentives included in business risk management programs (BRM). Marie-Claude Bibeau, provincial, and territorial ministers of ag...
Alice McFarlane May 03, 2022
Seeding slightly delayed in Prince Albert area, but optimism high over grain prices
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. – With spring seeding getting underway in the southwest portion of the province, farmers in the Prince Albert area are counting down the days until they get started. Ken Blo...
Nigel Maxwell May 03, 2022
Seeding slightly delayed in Prince Albert area, but optimism high over grain prices
With spring seeding getting underway in the southwest portion of the province, farmers in the Prince Albert area are counting down the days until they get started.Ken Blocka farms south of Prince Albe...
May 03, 2022
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