Tag Archives: Agriculture
Feds want a decision soon on changes to Agristability from the prairie provinces
MELFORT, Sask. - Federal, provincial, and territorial ministers will meet again to try and come to some agreement about proposed changes to AgriStability. Agriculture and Agri-Food minister Marie-Clau...
Alice McFarlane Mar 17, 2021
Olds College partners with Cervus Equipment on Smart Farm operations
RED DEER, Alta. – Olds College and Cervus Equipment have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate in the operation of the college's Smart Farm. The five-year agreement will see ...
rdnewsNOW staff Mar 17, 2021
Government announces plan to better protect foreign workers
MELFORT, Sask. - The federal government has clarified how temporary foreign workers (TWFs) will get to farms this spring with regulations in place to stay in Government Authorized Accommodation (GAA)....
Alice McFarlane Mar 17, 2021
Alberta farmland values remain strong
LETHBRIDGE, AB. — During a year marked by economic upheaval due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Canada`s farmland market remained strong and stable in 2020. That upheaval included temporary food proce...
Dori Modney Mar 16, 2021
Listen: Analyst expects lower wheat production in Canada
MELFORT, Sask. - MarketsFarm recently presented its crops outlook for 2021. Director of weather and markets Bruce Burnett explains with strong prices there is a lot of competition among the crops. JPB...
Alice McFarlane Mar 16, 2021
Agriculture Roundup for Tuesday March 16, 2021
MELFORT, Sask. – The new Pork Promotion-Research Agency (PPRA) held its first meeting and identified the members that will guide its first year of operations. The members will shape the yearly b...
Alice McFarlane Mar 16, 2021
RM asked to address speed concerns on local grid
Tammy Dunn is tired of seeing vehicles fly by her house, disobeying the post speed limit, and fears an accident is waiting to happen.For the safety of her family, she's written a letter to the Rural M...
Mar 16, 2021
UK ‘Meatless Farm’ company opens new Plant Protein Facility in Calgary
CALGARY, AB. — It isn’t the type of ranching the prairies are used to but, it’s elbowing it’s way into the market place. It’s known as “meatless farming” and ...
Dori Modney Mar 15, 2021
Saskatchewan farmland second highest in Canada
MELFORT, Sask. – Each year Farm Credit Canada (FCC) breaks down farmland values on a provincial and regional basis. The price of land in Saskatchewan rose 5.4 per cent last year. Alice McFarlane...
Alice McFarlane Mar 15, 2021
Agriculture Roundup for Monday March 15, 2021
MELFORT, Sask. – Canada is a step closer to being recognized as a negligible-risk country for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau said ...
Alice McFarlane Mar 15, 2021
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