Tag Archives: Agriculture

MELFORT, Sask. - Herbicide resistance in weeds is a serious and costly problem for farmers and their crops. A group of researchers at the University of Nebraska have been studying a unique control con...

MELFORT, Sask. – Soon, producers won’t have to fill out Statistics Canada crop production surveys. The federal agency said it plans to stop asking those questions. Instead, it will use sat...

MELFORT, Sask. – Canadian farmers are projected to produce more wheat, canola, barley, oats, soybeans, and corn for grain. PI Financial senior commodity futures advisor Ken Ball shares some of t...

MELFORT, Sask. – Livestock producers who have been impacted by severe weather have been forced to make some tough decisions about reducing the size of their herd. The federal government has rele...

MELFORT, Sask. - The first ship carrying 23,000 metric tonnes of grain from Ukraine has docked at the Horn of Africa port of Djibouti and will be shipped overland to northern Ethiopia. Food security e...

MELFORT, Sask. - The federal government is providing $45.3 million to increase efforts to reduce the risk of African Swine Fever (ASF) from entering Canada as well as prepare for a potential outbreak....

If you've driven north across the Diefenbaker Bridge in Prince Albert, chances are you've seen it.A solitary sunflower growing in the middle of the road, standing defiantly, inches away from the non-s...

Around 16 per cent of the province's crops have been harvested.That's according to the weekly provincial crop report released on Thursday. This is up from the five per cent harvested one week earlier....

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - Around 16 per cent of the province’s crops have been harvested. That’s according to the weekly provincial crop report released on Thursday. This is up from the five ...

Two companies collaborated on an extensive crop tour of Western Canada to compile data and provide estimates for the 2022 crop. Jonathan Driedger with LeftField Commodity Research shares the findings....