Tag Archives: Agriculture

KAMLOOPS - If you travel along Clapperton Road in Kamloops, there's one property that stands out. Located just behind the Butler Auto and RV lots, it's owned by the same family; instead of trailers, i...

SASKATCHEWAN - Agriculture Minister David Marit said crops in Saskatchewan are in pretty good shape. Harvesting will begin in several weeks and Marit is hoping for good combining weather: “The h...

Grain shipments are moving at a fast pace as the crop year ended on Friday, July 31. The executive director of the Western Grain Elevator Association, Wade Sobkowich, said the first half of the crop y...

Grain shipments are moving at a fast pace as the crop year ended on Friday, July 31. The executive director of the Western Grain Elevator Association, Wade Sobkowich, said the first half of the crop y...

The Battlefords area 4-H club for youth is getting underway again beginning next month. Erin Cooper, the assistant general leader of the Eagle Hills Multiple 4-H Club, said the club continues to follo...

KAMLOOPS - At the Wednesday version of the Kamloops Regional Farmers Market, the bounty of local farms is on full display. Consumers were buying up onions, beans, carrots, and beets, keeping local far...

LETHBRIDGE, AB. — We all have to eat and there is no shortage of quality foods on the prairie provinces…particularly at this time of year. With the abundance of Farmers’ Markets, peo...

It won’t be long before farmers start harvesting winter cereals. According to the latest crop report, warm weather has got them ripening, while earlier seeded crops are starting to mature. Most ...

OTTAWA, ON. — Sometimes, seed packages come in your mail as a ‘thank you’ for a charity donation. Sometimes, they simply show up for an unknown reason from someone, or some company y...

EDMONTON, AB. — Alberta’s Meat Inspection Regulation and Meat Inspection Act have provided oversight for animal slaughter and meat processing in the province since 1973. The regulations ha...