Tag Archives: Agriculture

MELFORT, Sask. – Grain companies are being urged to work with farmers to eliminate administration fees and reduce contract penalties during the 2021-2022 growing season. Alice McFarlane with Ag ...

MELFORT, Sask. - Prairie wheat research groups are committing $3.5 million to wheat breeding research. The Canadian Wheat Research Coalition (CWRC), along with the Western Grains Research Foundation (...

LETHBRIDGE, AB. — A lot of cattle producers are wrangling over how to handle their cattle herds as fall approaches. Drought conditions have reduced feed availability and drastically increased th...

MELFORT, Sask. - All indications are pointing to Canadian farmers harvesting less wheat, canola, soybeans, barley and oats this year. Statistics Canada estimates released today used remote sensing/sat...

LETHBRIDGE, AB. — As harvest is well underway, the latest data from Statistics Canada indicates what many in the farming community were already expecting – reduced crop production. While f...

MELFORT, Sask. – Livestock producers are learning more about a program to help deal with the lack of feed. The 2021 Canada-Saskatchewan Drought Response Initiative will consist of two payments t...

MELFORT, Sask. - Farmers and traders will be watching next week’s Statistics Canada's survey-based production estimates. Alice McFarlane with Ag Access talks to commodity analyst Adam Pukalo abo...

CYPRESS COUNTY, AB - The harvest is underway in our region, but it remains to be seem how much damage was done by heat, another year of drought and the encroachment of grasshoppers to the west. Area f...

MELFORT, Sask. – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada is forecasting a significant drop in crop supplies due to drought. As harvest continues the report said there is still uncertainty regarding yie...

MELFORT, Sask. – Much of the combining stopped with rain reported in many parts of Saskatchewan this past week. Even with the delay, combining is still well ahead of the five-year average. Melfo...