Tag Archives: Agriculture

MELFORT, Sask. – Beginning in January, Statistics Canada will be conducting its Farm Management Survey. The data collected will be used by government to create policies and programs to support f...

MELFORT, Sask. - New trespass laws take effect in Saskatchewan on Jan.1. Justice Minister and Attorney General Gordon Wyant said amendments were made to the Trespass to Property Act. “This gover...

VERMILION, Alta. - Bird enthusiasts in the Lloydminster area can look forward to the upcoming Vermilion River Naturalist Society’s Christmas Bird Count (CBC) coming up. The event is planned for ...

MELFORT, Sask. – The organization that oversees the St. Lawrence Seaway said general cargo shipments have surged 71 per cent so far, this operating season, helping to offset a weakened grain cro...

MELFORT, Sask. - Farmers are helping their fellow producers by sending much needed feed for livestock. The drought across Western Canada and in northern Ontario, as well as the flooding and landslides...

MELFORT, Sask. – Seeds Canada will move forward with plans to hold a stakeholder summit. The organization said there is a need for additional input concerning the future of the seed system and w...

MELFORT, Sask. - High school students interested in agriculture equipment technology participated in a boot camp at Saskatoon’s Saskatchewan Polytechnic. Alice McFarlane with Ag Access says the ...

MELFORT, Sask. - The Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) is proposing a change to the grain grading dispute resolution process. The commission wants to extend the time frame producers can exercise their r...

LETHBRIDGE, AB. — The 2021 Canada-Alberta Livestock Feed Assistance AgriRecovery phase-two initiative opens the first week of January and producers should prepare now. The second phase of the pr...

OTTAWA - Canada’s auditor general said federal inspectors are failing to ensure agricultural producers are properly protecting migrant workers from COVID-19. Auditor general Karen Hogan said tha...