Tag Archives: Agriculture
Archer Daniels Midland to purchase Saskatchewan pulse facility
A global leader in agricultural processing has announced the acquisition of Prairie Pulse Inc., owners of a pulse crop cleaning, milling, and packaging facility in Vanscoy, Sask. With this purchase, A...
Alice McFarlane Jul 06, 2023
Agriculture Roundup for Thursday, July 6, 2023
A Saskatchewan farmer texted what appears to be a very costly emoji. Swift Current farmer Chris Achter was ordered by a judge to pay more than $82,000 for not delivering product to a grain buyer after...
Alice McFarlane Jul 06, 2023
Farmer ordered to pay after judge says thumbs-up emoji amounts to contract acceptance
A Saskatchewan judge says an emoji can amount to a contractual agreement and ordered a farmer to pay more than $82,000 for not delivering product to a grain buyer after responding to a text message wi...
The Canadian Press Jul 06, 2023
Strike could cost $250M per week, experts say, with consumers taking a hit too
The B.C. port workers strike could cost companies hundreds of millions of dollars per week, experts and business groups say, with smaller operators and consumers feeling the biggest pinch. Industry or...
The Canadian Press Jul 05, 2023
Sask. Water Security Agency offering funds to protect land from flooding
Saskatchewan’s Water Security Agency (WSA) is allocating up to one million dollars to help rural landowners, communities, and local governments complete channel clearing and drainage project mai...
Jaryn Vecchio Jul 05, 2023
The show will go on: Nipawin Ex still going ahead following storm devastation
"It looked like a war zone", described the president of the Nipawin Exhibition Association following a major storm that saw damage to their barn, pavilion, fencing and the food booths run by local ser...
Jul 05, 2023
Concerns arising in agriculture sector as B.C. port workers’ strike continues
There continues to be a lot of concern in the agriculture sector about the ongoing strike involving British Columbia port workers. Around 7,000 people hit the picket line on Saturday after labour talk...
Jaryn Vecchio Jul 04, 2023
Dry patches in lawn may be chinch bugs, not drought
A pesky insect appears to be marking more and more territory on residential lawns. Chinch bugs feed off the grass and then kill it by injecting a toxin, leaving behind dead patches of grass in what wa...
Teena Monteleone Jul 03, 2023
Dry patches in lawn may be chinch bugs, not drought
A pesky insect appears to be marking more and more territory on residential lawns. Chinch bugs feed off the grass and then kill it by injecting a toxin, leaving behind dead patches of grass in what wa...
Jul 03, 2023
Canada’s Agri-Minister in Italy for United Nations Conference
An important conference is set to happen in Italy and Canada's Minister of Agriculture is believed to be the one tasked with leading it. Marie-Claude Bibeau is in Italy for the biennial conference of ...
Jaryn Vecchio Jun 30, 2023
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