Tag Archives: Agriculture
Agriculture Roundup for Friday April 29, 2022
MELFORT, Sask. - Linamar Corporation has announced it will expand its agriculture portfolio with the acquisition of Salford Group. Linamar will pay roughly $260 million for the Ontario-based crop nutr...
Alice McFarlane Apr 29, 2022
Local farmers markets hoping for good year for produce
THE BATTLEFORDS, Sask. - Farmers markets in the Battlefords and Meadow Lake area are getting ready to start a new season. Organizers hope the weather is more promising this summer so produce will be p...
Angela Brown Apr 28, 2022
Agriculture Roundup for Thursday April 28, 2022
MELFORT, Sask. - A Statistics Canada report said Canadian farmers are expected to plant more wheat, corn, lentils, soybeans, and oats this season. But the area seeded to canola, barley and dry peas is...
Alice McFarlane Apr 28, 2022
Saskatchewan extends 4R Nutrient Stewardship Agreement with Fertilizer Canada
MELFORT, Sask. - The Saskatchewan Government and Fertilizer Canada have renewed its agreement on 4R Nutrient Stewardship for another three years. The fertilizer management strategy incorporates the Ri...
Alice McFarlane Apr 28, 2022
‘It’s gonna be a tough year’: Local beekeepers face loss of income due to lack of bees
Many local beekeepers are bracing for impact in the wake of a higher-than-normal mortality rate for honeybees.According to the Saskatchewan Beekeepers Development Commission, a viral mite known as Var...
Apr 28, 2022
Declaration of eligibility changes coming for the 2022-2023 crop year
MELFORT, Sask. - There will be changes to grain delivery declarations for Canadian farmers in the 2022-2023 crop year. Starting July 1 in Eastern Canada and Aug. 1 in Western Canada, declarations of e...
Alice McFarlane Apr 27, 2022
Agriculture Roundup for Wednesday April 27, 2022
MELFORT, Sask. – The World Bank said commodity prices that reached historically elevated levels because of the war in Ukraine will remain high through the end of 2024. The agency’s commodi...
Alice McFarlane Apr 27, 2022
Agriculture Roundup for Tuesday April 26, 2022
MELFORT, Sask. - Canada’s livestock sector will receive federal funding to find ways to increase export opportunities. Federal Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau announced $3...
Alice McFarlane Apr 26, 2022
Agriculture Roundup for Monday April 25, 2022
MELFORT, Sask.- The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) said Manitoba has its first case of the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza. Manitoba Agriculture said the case is in a commercial poultry...
Alice McFarlane Apr 25, 2022
Farmers in northwest planning for spring seeding
NORTH BATTLEFORD, Sask. – Charlie Smith who grows canola and wheat on about 2,000 acres on his farm in the Rabbit Lake area is starting to make plans for spring seeding. He said more than half o...
Angela Brown Apr 21, 2022
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