Tag Archives: Agriculture
Advance Payments Program cash advance opens earlier for 2022
MELFORT, Sask. - Farmers will have more time to apply for a cash advance under the Advance Payments Program (APP). The Canadian Canola Growers Association (CCGA) released its 2022 APP cash advance app...
Alice McFarlane Feb 09, 2022
Agriculture Roundup for Wednesday February 9, 2022
MELFORT, Sask. – A group of investment firms and plant protein industry representatives are looking to raise $200 million in equity capital to create a fund that will help finance plant-based fo...
Alice McFarlane Feb 09, 2022
This is Food Freedom Day in Canada
MELFORT, Sask. - The Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) has calculated that by Feb. 8, a Canadian household of average income will have earned enough to pay for their entire year’s grocery...
Alice McFarlane Feb 08, 2022
Agriculture Roundup for Tuesday February 8, 2022
MELFORT, Sask. - Farmers, ranchers, and horticulture producers in British Columbia will be able to access up $228 million in federal and provincial funding. The money will go towards flooding losses f...
Alice McFarlane Feb 08, 2022
Agriculture Roundup for Monday February 7, 2022
MELFORT, Sask. - A recovery package is expected to be announced today for British Columbia’s agriculture industry after devastating floods last November. The B.C. and federal agriculture ministe...
Alice McFarlane Feb 07, 2022
Listen: 40 plains bison moved to Key First Nation lands
MELFORT, Sask. - A new bison herd has been established at the Key First Nation near Norquay, Sask. Alice McFarlane with Ag Access talks to Michael Burak with Nature Conservancy Canada about the histor...
Alice McFarlane Feb 04, 2022
Agriculture Roundup for Friday February 4, 2022
MELFORT, Sask. – The federal and Manitoba governments are expanding the list of expenses under the Livestock Feed and Transportation Drought Assistance program. Many producers have obtained feed...
Alice McFarlane Feb 04, 2022
Saskatchewan farm recipient of federal money to reduce GHG emissions
MELFORT, Sask. - The first projects have been approved under the Agricultural Clean Technology Program (ACT). The federal government is providing $17.9 million for farmers and agri-businesses to adopt...
Alice McFarlane Feb 03, 2022
Agriculture Roundup for Thursday February 3, 2022
MELFORT, Sask. – Another case of H5N1 avian influenza has government officials urging poultry producers to follow strong biosecurity measures. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has conf...
Alice McFarlane Feb 03, 2022
Cattle groups call for the end of the blockade at Alberta/U.S. border
MELFORT, Sask. - Canada's beef industry is expressing concern with the prolonged disruptions at the Canada-U.S. border crossing. In a joint statement, Alberta Beef Producers (ABP), Alberta Cattle Feed...
Alice McFarlane Feb 03, 2022
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