Tag Archives: Agriculture

Thanksgiving celebrations are going to be different this year. Alice McFarlane with Ag Access talks to Carol Miller with the Butterball Turkey Talk-Line about the upcoming feast. alice.mcfarlane@jpbg....

For the second time in nine months, Rural Municipality (R.M.) of Prince Albert Councillor Wayne Acorn has been removed from an R.M. council meeting and is now pledging to raise his issues during his c...

SPRUCE GROVE, Alta. – The grain elevator in Spruce Grove, Alberta is the latest property to be designated a Provincial Historic Resource. The wooden Alberta Wheat Pool grain elevator, an importa...

MELFORT, Sask. – Western Canadian Wheat Growers (WCWG) have decided to cancel its fall convention. WCWG President Gunter Jochum said the event scheduled for Nov. 24 and 25 in Regina was to be th...

In addition to the municipal and school board elections, the elections for Rural Municipality (R.M.) councils will also take place Nov. 9 and the unofficial lists of candidates have now been released....

MELFORT, Sask. – Four seed sector organizations will go ahead with plans to become one new, national organization. Canadian Plant Technology Agency, Commercial Seed Analysts Association of Canad...

Virtual breed shows will headline Canadian Western Agribition’s (CWA) reworked program for 2020. CWA will hold a comprehensive multi-breed virtual cattle show online. Agribition Evolution Series...

MELFORT, Sask. — It’s important for people who grow food to reach out to those who eat it. October is Agriculture Month in Saskatchewan. Farm and Food Care Saskatchewan executive director ...

After a decline in beer purchases early this spring due to the COVID-19 pandemic, sales have bounced back and are close to last year’s numbers. Beer sales dropped by 2.4 per cent in March, 4.8 p...

MELFORT, Sask. – Great weather this fall across much of the prairies is putting crops in the bin early this year. Across Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, agriculture departments said harvests...