Tag Archives: Agriculture
‘More salt in the wound’; heavy rain and hail an issue after a difficult growing season
MELFORT, Sask. - Despite the recent rain delays, the Saskatchewan harvest progressed quickly last week especially in the northern regions. The latest crop report has 36 per cent of the crop in the bin...
Alice McFarlane Sep 02, 2021
Agriculture Roundup for Thursday September 2, 2021
MELFORT, Sask. - Saputo Inc. has acquired two food manufacturing facilities in North Carolina. The Montreal-based company said Carolina Aseptic and Carolina Dairy will join Saputo’s U.S. dairy d...
Alice McFarlane Sep 02, 2021
Cruel summer weather for farmers
MELFORT, Sask. - The word ‘hot’ will come to mind when we think about the summer of 2021. Environment Canada released temperature and precipitation statistics for June, July, and August. M...
Alice McFarlane Sep 02, 2021
Alberta Livestock Feed Assistance initiative about to open
LETHBRIDGE, AB. — Alberta Cattle producers will soon be able to apply for feed assistance and should ensure their paperwork is ready. Emmet Hanrahan, Vice-President of Product Innovation with Ag...
Dori Modney Sep 01, 2021
Listen: Cattle producers more optimistic with news of support program and rain
MELFORT, Sask. - Cattle producers are making tough decisions about cow and feed management but there is a more hopeful tone to some conversations with Saskatchewan Cattlemen Association chair Arnold B...
Alice McFarlane Sep 01, 2021
Agriculture Roundup for Wednesday Sept. 1, 2021
MELFORT, Sask. – Sask. Wheat has found its next executive director. Blair Goldade served as the executive director for the Agriculture Council of Saskatchewan (ACS) from June 2012 to October 201...
Alice McFarlane Sep 01, 2021
Sask. cattle owners charged in relation to animal cruelty case
Editor's note: This story was amended on Sept 7, to reflect that the charges against Donald Black and Connie Black-Sturby, were stayed by the Crown on June 16, 2020.Nearly a year-and-a-half after over...
Sep 01, 2021
Sask. cattle owners charged in relation to animal cruelty case
LOVE, Sask. - Nearly a year-and-a-half after over 100 cattle were seized from a farm in northeast Saskatchewan, charges have been laid against the three respective owners. Donald Black, Connie Black-S...
Nigel Maxwell Sep 01, 2021
Listen: Farm groups appeal to grain companies for producers who do not have enough grain to cover contracts
MELFORT, Sask. – Grain companies are being urged to work with farmers to eliminate administration fees and reduce contract penalties during the 2021-2022 growing season. Alice McFarlane with Ag ...
Alice McFarlane Aug 31, 2021
Agriculture Roundup for Tuesday August 31, 2021
MELFORT, Sask. - Prairie wheat research groups are committing $3.5 million to wheat breeding research. The Canadian Wheat Research Coalition (CWRC), along with the Western Grains Research Foundation (...
Alice McFarlane Aug 31, 2021
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