Tag Archives: Agriculture
Applications open for Saskatchewan agriculture students
MELFORT, Sask. - Applications are being accepted for the 2022 Saskatchewan Agriculture Student Scholarship Program. This year’s theme is transparency. Applicants can explore what transparency is...
Alice McFarlane Oct 28, 2021
Agriculture Roundup for Thursday October 28, 2021
MELFORT, Sask. - Canada’s beef industry has been facing pressure to reduce methane emissions. Methane accounts for 17 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions from human activities, principal...
Alice McFarlane Oct 28, 2021
Grain transportation by rail challenged by uncertain supply
MELFORT, Sask. - CP Rail has outperformed CN Rail during the three months of the 2021-22 crop year. Information on grain movement is compiled for the Ag Transport Coalition which represents a group of...
Alice McFarlane Oct 27, 2021
Agriculture Roundup for Wednesday October 27, 2021
MELFORT, Sask. – Several organizations have created a website designed to bring attention to the global shipping container crisis and its affect on Canada. Container Crunch outlines the impact s...
Alice McFarlane Oct 27, 2021
Strong Canadian agriculture and food exports in 2020
MELFORT, Sask. – 2020 was a relatively good year for Canadian agriculture and food exporters, according to Farm Credit Canada’s (FCC) latest trade report. FCC chief economist J.P. Gervais ...
Alice McFarlane Oct 26, 2021
Listen: Hotline set up to report wild pigs in Saskatchewan
MELFORT, Sask. – The wild boar population continues to grow and is causing concern because of the damage they cause to private property and native plants due to their feeding habits and reproduc...
Alice McFarlane Oct 26, 2021
Agriculture Roundup for Tuesday October 26, 2021
MELFORT, Sask. – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau began his third mandate by making significant changes to his cabinet. Marie-Claude Bibeau will remain the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food. Th...
Alice McFarlane Oct 26, 2021
Agriculture Roundup for Monday October 25, 2021
MELFORT, Sask. – A National farm leadership program is now accepting applications. Over the past three years, Farm Management Canada has been working with LeaderShift to deliver a leadership dev...
Alice McFarlane Oct 25, 2021
COVID-19 increases e-commerce demand in the food market
LETHBRIDGE, AB. — The Alberta Government Consumer Corner has complied information on how COVID-19 affected the demand for e-commerce. It found many more consumers tried online food shopping for ...
Dori Modney Oct 25, 2021
Listen: World wheat market uncertain due to supply shortages in key exporting nations
MELFORT, Sask. – There was drought in the United States and Russia as well as Western Canada this year. Alice McFarlane with Ag Access talks to Bruce Burnett with MarketsFarm about the volatile ...
Alice McFarlane Oct 22, 2021
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