Tag Archives: Agriculture

MELFORT, Sask. – Canada’s Ag Day is being celebrated today, a national event designed to help people learn where their food comes from. Building public trust is a major component of the 20...

MELFORT, Sask. – A grazing system is a planned schedule of pasture use and defines when and where livestock will graze during the season to accomplish a producer’s goals. Range management ...

MELFORT, Sask. – The Canada Brand is getting a refresh. The program was launched in 2006 by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) to help agri-food businesses and associations promote their pr...

MELFORT, Sask. – Protein Industries Canada will receive $150 million from the federal government to further develop the plant-based food, feed and ingredient sector. Protein Industries Canada CE...

MELFORT, Sask. – A fire at a pig barn owned by Olymel resulted in the loss of roughly 10,000 pigs. The barn located in the Sturgis area was a total loss, according to Olymel’s vice-preside...

Mild weather can make it a lot more fun to be outside during winter.But it can result in some very negative outcomes for farmers.Wednesday, the Water Security Agency (WSA) released the preliminary spr...

MELFORT, Sask. – Farmers in Western Canada can now apply for the 2023 Advance Payments Program (APP) through Canadian Canola Growers Association (CCGA). The program, commonly known as the cash a...

MELFORT, Sask. – A central Alberta farmer is the winner of SeedMaster's 160 Acres of Gold Giveaway. Ken Krywko of Sturgeon County farms with two of his sons, Dan and Brad, on their fourth-genera...

MELFORT, Sask. – This is Food Freedom Day. Each year the Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) calculates the date when a Canadian household of average income will have earned enough to pay f...

MELFORT, Sask. – A survey of Saskatchewan fields found both the prevalence and incidence of blackleg increased. There were higher levels of sclerotinia stem rot and more cases of clubroot. A sep...