Tag Archives: Agriculture

MELFORT, Sask. – The evaluation of potential new crop cultivars is the focus of the Prairie Grain Development Committee online annual meetings continuing this week. The organization discusses an...

MELFORT, Sask. – Agriculture is taking centre stage as Canadians celebrate the fifth annual Canada’s Agriculture Day. Every year the event celebrates the contributions of the country’...

MELFORT, Sask. - The executive director of Alberta Pork said farmers are on pins and needles waiting to find out when Olymel’s Red Deer plant will reopen. Olymel indefinitely closed the hog slau...

RED DEER, AB. — The union representing staff at the Olymel pork processing plant in Red Deer says it's exploring legal options to make sure workers are paid during a shutdown brought on by a COV...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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 ...