Tag Archives: Agriculture

MELFORT, Sask. – Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) has elected its first female president. Jill Verwey of Portage, Manitoba farms with her family in a mixed dairy, beef, and grain operation....

MELFORT, Sask. – A pair of senior U.S. senators is urging the Biden administration to get tough with Canada for openly disregarding obligations to its North American trade partners. Democrat Sen...

MELFORT, Sask. – Water quality was one of the topics discussed during the Cattle College portion of the Saskatchewan Beef Industry Conference that was held in Saskatoon last week. Livestock and ...

MELFORT, Sask. – A producer from Kyle, Sask. is the new chair of the Saskatchewan Cattlemen’s Association. Keith Day, who represents District 3B, said it’s an honour to be heading up...

MELFORT, Sask. – University of Saskatchewan (USask) has been awarded $5.2 million for research projects. Early detection of infectious diseases in chickens and developing regional influenza vacc...

MELFORT, Sask. – Farmers and ranchers who lease roughly six million acres of Crown land under grazing leases will pay the same rate as last year. Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister David Marit sa...

MELFORT, Sask. – There are always ways to improve your livestock operation and the upcoming Ranch Management Forum in Kindersley, Sask. will examine some of those strategies. Saskatchewan Minist...

MELFORT, Sask. – Farm Credit Canada (FCC) reported farm cash receipts reached a record high last year across the country. FCC Chief Agriculture Economist J.P. Gervais says while this encouraging...

MELFORT, Sask. – The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is looking for a new leader. According to media outlet Real Agriculture, President Siddika Mithani left the position suddenly after sh...

MELFORT, Sask. – Canada no longer holds the key to the global flax market and that is having a ripple effect down to the producer. Chuck Penner with Leftfield Commodity Research told those gathe...