Tag Archives: Agriculture
Feds and Prairie provinces to help Indigenous communities in agriculture
A new partnership with the federal government and the Prairie provinces could lead to the way for Indigenous participation in agriculture. On Tuesday, federal Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, Ma...
Jun 27, 2023
Getting mental health support by typing it out
A new mental health peer support program will give people in the entire Canadian agriculture industry another avenue to get help. The Do More Agriculture Foundation (Do More Ag) launched AgTalk, power...
Jun 27, 2023
Agriculture Roundup for Tuesday, June 27, 2023
The Brandt Group of Companies, headquartered in Regina, Sask., have reached an agreement to acquire the assets of Wairarapa Machinery Services in New Zealand. Wairarapa Machinery has carried new and u...
Jun 27, 2023
Grasshoppers taking a bite out of Prairie crops after extreme heat
A research scientist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada says 2023 is the worst year for grasshoppers she has seen in more than two decades. Meghan Vankosky, who is also co-chair of the Prairie Pest...
Jun 26, 2023
Leguee Farms named receives prestigious award
A family farm from the Weyburn area has been named the 2023 Saskatchewan Outstanding Young Farmers at Canada’s Farm Show in Regina, Sask. The third-generation operation is a team effort which in...
Jun 23, 2023
Agriculture Roundup for Friday June 23, 2023
An Alberta County has declared an agricultural disaster due to drought. The lack of spring moisture has left the land stressed right at the start of prime growing season. The County of Stettler is the...
Jun 23, 2023
Seeding wraps up across Saskatchewan
The 2023 crop is in the ground. Seeding is 98 per cent complete across Saskatchewan, according to the latest crop report from the Ministry of Agriculture, and rain showers that moved through the provi...
Jun 22, 2023
Farm group call for changes to grain contracts
The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS) said farmers continue to be hurt by grain contracts. APAS wants Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Marie-Claude Bibeau to weigh in on contra...
Jun 21, 2023
Future of farming the focus of annual ag show in Saskatchewan
Canada's Farm Show (CFS) in Regina, Sask. had its official kick-off yesterday at the Saskatchewan Legislature next to a John Deere X9 combine. The show, which started this morning, brings together man...
Jun 20, 2023
Agriculture Roundup for Monday, June 19, 2023
Global pork processing company HyLife is laying off 87 people in Manitoba. Twenty-nine of those positions are at Hylife Food’s pork processing plant in Neepawa, while the remaining positions are...
Jun 19, 2023
