Tag Archives: Agriculture

Sask Barley has joined Western Crop Innovations (WCI) as a voting member, committing $50,000 in core funding as a transitional grant for the current fiscal year. WCI Interim Director Mark Olson said i...

Saskatchewan canola farmers aren't happy with the latest announcement by China to launch an anti-dumping investigation on Canadian canola.China's government announced the proposed sanctions on canola ...

A soil health up-skilling program for crop advisors is taking root in Manitoba and Saskatchewan with support from leading food and beverage companies, collaborators, and scientific partners. The Canad...

4-H Canada is hoping to raise $1 million in a fundraising campaign aimed at supporting the future of the organization. Tomorrow Needs 4-H, Today, 4-H Needs You was launched by the Canadian 4-H Foundat...

The president of the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan thinks it's time for the Canadian Grain Commission to take a look at its policies to deal grain. "(Farmers) deliver millions and...

It has been a mixed year for Canadian agriculture with much higher expected yields for some types of crops and lower for others. Statistics Canada says a range of weather-related challenges resulted i...

Animal disease is a major issue for the livestock and poultry sector in Canada and globally. In swine, porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) costs $200 million per year in Canada. In po...

There was varying amounts of precipitation over the past week ranging from just a trace to upwards of 78 millimeters in Manitoba’s northwest region. Manitoba Agriculture cereal crop specialist A...

Saskatchewan farmers say skyrocketing land prices have made it difficult for young producers to expand. Will Robbins, a 43-year-old farmer who operates southwest of Saskatoon near the hamlet of Laura,...

The Canadian Grain Commission has revoked the grain dealer licence and primary elevator licences of Purely Canada Foods. Purely has locations in Avonlea, Kindersley and Lajord, Sask. Grain farmers in ...