Tag Archives: Agriculture

MELFORT, Sask. – Saskatchewan producers harvested a crop of nearly 35 million tonnes in 2022 and the province has the second largest cattle inventory in the country. There is no question that ag...

MELFORT, Sask. – A bison rancher from the Fairlight, Sask. district is the new board chair for the Livestock Forage Centre of Excellence. Robert Johnson owns and operates a bison ranch with his ...

MELFORT, Sask. – United Farmers of Alberta (UFA) said it will be expanding once again in Saskatchewan. The two new locations are Dunmore and Saskatoon. UFA also announced it has opened its doors...

MELFORT, Sask. – Trips to the grocery store are more and more expensive. Statistics Canada reported the Consumer Price Index for Food was up 10.6 per cent year-over-year in February. That was th...

MELFORT, Sask. – Unifor has reached tentative collective agreements with CN Rail, averting strike action. Unifor National President Lana Payne said there were many challenges in getting to the d...

In many parts of Saskatchewan, deer and elk are more than just pretty wildlife to take pictures of by the side of the road. They're destroying livestock food resources and crops. The issue was brought...

Saskatchewan's agricultural sector is getting additional support from the federal and provincial governments. On Monday, the governments announced $485 million for what is called "strategic agricultur...

Saskatchewan's agricultural sector is getting additional support from the federal and provincial governments.On Monday, the governments announced $485 million for what is called "strategic agricultura...

Saskatchewan's minister of agriculture is seeing opportunity in the recent approval of a move by Canadian Pacific Rail (CP Rail). The company's takeover of Kansas City Southern Railway has now been ap...

As river water gushed through a broken levee, thousands of people in a California farming town were forced to evacuate as their homes were flooded and businesses destroyed. Yet another potential casua...