Tag Archives: Agriculture
Listen: Cattle producers encouraged to test feed
MELFORT, Sask. - Beef cattle producers will be feeding more greenfeed than usual this year in response to the hay shortage. Independent feed specialist Barry Yaremcio about strategies for producers be...
Aug 25, 2021
Agriculture Roundup for Wednesday August 25, 2021
MELFORT, Sask. - Saskatchewan feeder cattle prices were mixed compared to prices reported the previous week. Feeder steer prices were $266.13 per hundredweight (cwt) for the 300-400-pound weight categ...
Aug 25, 2021
Midway, Light Horse Show a success; Battlefords Agricultural Society planning more events
The Midway at the Battlefords Agricultural Society fairgrounds wrapped up a success this year. The agricultural society’s general manager, Jocelyn Ritchie, says about 4,000 Ride Bracelets were s...
Aug 24, 2021
Listen: CP rules the rails on grain movement
MELFORT, Sask. - Canadian Pacific out performed CN Rail in car fulfillments in the 2020-21 crop year. The Ag Transport Coalition tracks grain movement for a number producer groups and companies. Alice...
Aug 24, 2021
New gardener grows giant cucumber on his back porch
When Ben Smith started planting vegetable seeds in pots on his back deck, he never imagined they would become so fruitful. Now, the Prince Albert senior is tending to a 12-foot tall cucumber vine prod...
Aug 24, 2021
Saskatchewan farm group wants rural connectivity on election agenda
MELFORT, Sask. – Canadian voters will head to the polls in less than a month. The Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) has a list of priorities they would like addressed by pa...
Aug 24, 2021
Agriculture Roundup for Tuesday August 24, 2021
MELFORT, Sask. - G3 Canada has opened two new high efficiency grain elevators on the prairies. G3 Vermilion, Alta. and G3 Swift Current, Sask. are now fully operational. CEO Don Chapman said both faci...
Aug 24, 2021
Canadian pork council outlines federal election campaign priorities
MELFORT, Sask. - Canada's 7,000 pork producers want candidates in the federal election to commit to policies that will support agriculture. Canadian Pork Council (CPC) chair Rick Bergmann said the cou...
Aug 23, 2021
Battlefords Agricultural Society Light Horse Show participants glad to be competing again
NORTH BATTLEFORD, Sask.,- Saturday was a great day for equestrian enthusiasts as the Battlefords Agricultural Society was able to hold its popular Light Horse Show once again. The event was cancelled ...
Aug 22, 2021
More Saskatchewan cattle heading to the auction market
MELFORT, Sask. - There are more cattle going to market earlier in the year in Saskatchewan as producers run short of feed and pastures and water sources dry up. Provincial cattle specialist Natasha Wi...
Aug 20, 2021
