Tag Archives: Agriculture
Agriculture Roundup for Friday February 19, 2021
MELFORT, Sask. – Global wheat prices increased again last week on rising global consumption and lower stocks. The latest Sask. Wheat market report indicated Canada and the United States have bee...
Alice McFarlane Feb 19, 2021
Agriculture Roundup for Thursday Feb. 18, 2021
MELFORT, Sask. – The Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission is encouraging grain farmers to participate in the Canada Grain Act review. The Commission wants farmers to make their voices heard...
Angie Rolheiser Feb 18, 2021
Agriculture Roundup for Wednesday February 17, 2021
MELFORT, Sask. – The FarmCash Advance Payments Program is expanding beyond Alberta and will be available to agricultural producers in British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Manitoba beginning Mar.15...
Alice McFarlane Feb 17, 2021
Olymel plant closure hurts Saskatchewan hog farmers
MELFORT, Sask. – Saskatchewan hog producers will be impacted by a temporary shut down of the Olymel processing plant in Red Deer, Alta. Sask Pork learned last week there had been a COVID-19 outb...
Alice McFarlane Feb 16, 2021
Food Waste Reduction Challenge draws many and diverse applications
OTTAWA, ONT. — The Government of Canada's Food Waste Reduction Challenge has proven a massive success. An impressive turnout of 343 applications have been received from innovators in Canada and ...
Dori Modney with files from Agriculture Canada Feb 16, 2021
Agriculture Roundup for Tuesday February 16, 2021
A COVID-19 outbreak at a central Alberta pork processing plant has prompted the temporarily closure of the facility. Olymel said in a statement management no longer believed its plant in Red Deer can ...
Alice McFarlane Feb 16, 2021
First Nations 'alarmed' at lack of consultation on Lake Diefenbaker Irrigation Project
The Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC) is adding its voice of concern about the proposed $4 billion Lake Diefenbaker Irrigation project. It will encompass a half-million-acre crescent of land running ...
Feb 15, 2021
Research team offers new mapping system available for locating wild pigs in Saskatchewan
University of Saskatchewan researchers have recently updated their mapping system for locating wild pigs in the province.Associate professor of agriculture and bioresources Ryan Brook is leading his t...
Feb 12, 2021
Research team offers new mapping system available for locating wild pigs in Saskatchewan
NORTH BATTLEFORD - University of Saskatchewan researchers have recently updated their mapping system for locating wild pigs in the province. Associate professor of agriculture and bioresources Ryan Br...
Angela Brown Feb 12, 2021
Travel restrictions will not prevent agriculture workers from coming to Canada
The federal government announced this week it would further restrict nonessential travel in and out of the country but will ensure temporary foreign workers will not be impacted by these restrictions....
Alice McFarlane Feb 12, 2021
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