Tag Archives: Agriculture

MELFORT, Sask. - Canadian poultry and egg producers have lost more than 1.7 million farmed birds to a highly contagious strain of avian influenza. The latest numbers provided by the Canadian Food Insp...

NORTH BATTLEFORD, Sask. – The Battlefords – Camrynn Simon hopes to bring more value-added food products to Saskatchewan tables in the future. That’s why the University of Saskatchewa...

MELFORT, Sask. - Trade Minister Mary Ng and U.S. counterpart Katherine Tai say they are forging closer trade ties between their two countries, in spite of lingering irritants. Tai said while the two c...

MELFORT, Sask. - Avian influenza has been found in British Columbia’s Lower Mainland for the first time since the infection began spreading across the continent this spring. The H5N1 virus has a...

MELFORT, Sask. – The first seeders hit the field in Saskatchewan last week, according to the Ministry of Agriculture’s crop report. Crops Extension Specialist Matt Struthers said cool temp...

MELFORT, Sask. - The federal government will spend roughly $4.4 million over the next two years to support three industry organizations in their efforts to grow Canada’s grain exports. Increasin...

MELFORT, Sask. – The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) said avian influenza has been found in three more communities in Alberta. CFIA said the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain was confirmed Su...

MELFORT, Sask. - The federal agriculture minister wants climate related incentives included in business risk management programs (BRM). Marie-Claude Bibeau, provincial, and territorial ministers of ag...

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. – With spring seeding getting underway in the southwest portion of the province, farmers in the Prince Albert area are counting down the days until they get started. Ken Blo...

With spring seeding getting underway in the southwest portion of the province, farmers in the Prince Albert area are counting down the days until they get started.Ken Blocka farms south of Prince Albe...