Tag Archives: Agriculture

MELFORT, Sask. – Canadian Western Agribition will host a sale this week despite cancellation of the 2020 annual show due to the pandemic. CEO Chris Lane said the Commercial Cattle Exhibitors sal...

MELFORT, Sask. – The Canadian Malt Barley Technical Centre (CMBTC) has released a list of recommended malting barley varieties for spring seeding. Managing director Peter Watts said each of the ...

At least for the time being. the future of the old CN rail station in Shellbrook remains in limbo and there is no immediate plans to demolish it.A resolution, which if passed, would repeal the buildin...

WESTERN CANADA - Prairie Cereals Summit (PCS) in Banff, Alta. has been cancelled and the Alberta Barley annual meeting will be held online. The Alberta Wheat and Barley Commissions made the decision b...

MELFORT, Sask. - A new report is raising concerns about farmland ownership. Alice McFarlane with Ag Access talks to Darren Qualman, one of the authors of the report. alice.mcfarlane@jpbg.ca On Twitter...

OTTAWA, Ontario - Canada’s federal, provincial, and territorial (FPT) agriculture ministers held the first of two virtual meetings as part of their annual conference. The ministers reviewed and ...

MELFORT, Sask. – Canola futures reached contract highs last week. P.I. Financial senior commodity futures advisor Ken Ball said canola continues to follow the lead of the soybean market. Canola ...

VERNON, B.C. - A new funding agreement has been reached for the Okanagan Kootenay Sterile Insect Release program (OKSIR) by the four participating regional districts. The review was initiated by the R...

MELFORT, Sask. - Tomorrow will be the first of two virtual meetings for the country’s Federal-Provincial-Territorial (FPT) agriculture ministers. Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFI...

MELFORT, Sask. – Protein Industries Canada (PIC) is providing money towards a project at the Saskatchewan Food Industry Development Centre in Saskatoon. Oats, chickpeas, faba beans, lentils and ...