Tag Archives: Agriculture

MELFORT, Sask. - Western Grains Research Foundation (WGRF) is looking for a new executive director. Garth Patterson is retiring after 11 years with the organization. Board chair Dr. Keith Degenhardt s...

MELFORT, Sask. – Producers continue working in their fields seeding, harrowing, and spraying when the weather allows. Just 14 per cent of crops are now seeded, up from one per cent last week and...

MELFORT, Sask. – Canada’s high commissioner to the United Kingdom has accused Vladimir Putin of depravity for denying hungry people in African countries and other developing nations access...

NORTH BATTLEFORD, Sask. – Honey producers are dealing with added challenges this year from a variety of reasons. Cameron Brown, of Farmer Brown’s Honey, is a beekeeper in the Meota area. B...

MELFORT, Sask. – Statistics Canada released the results of the 2021 Census of Agriculture. The information shows emerging trends and issues faced by farm operators in Canada. Some of the informa...

More money is flowing into irrigation in Saskatchewan.The provincial Ministry of Agriculture is putting another $2.5 million into the Irrigation Development Program, which helps farmers finance irriga...

MELFORT, Sask. – The Canadian Meat Council (CMC) is implementing a market strategy with a goal to maintain existing markets and identify new trade opportunities. In collaboration with the Canadi...

MELFORT, Sask. - Emily Sebastian of Montmartre is the grand prize winner of the 2022 Saskatchewan Agriculture Student Scholarship. Sebastian will receive $4,000 to put towards her post-secondary studi...

MELFORT, Sask. – AGCO, a manufacturer and distributor of agricultural equipment, said it was subject to a ransomware attack that impacted some of its production facilities. The company said in a...

MELFORT, Sask. - Following consultations the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) is implementing a series of grading changes that will better meet the needs of the agriculture sector in Canada and its glo...