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From input costs to water usage and crop rotations, technology is transforming how producers plan for the future. At Lethbridge Polytechnic, Research Associate Dr. Selin Karatepe is using advanced dat...

The Saskatchewan harvest is now 53 per cent complete, which is 20 per cent behind the five-year average. Crops Extension Specialist Kim Stonehouse helps to compile the Ministry of Agriculture weekly c...

Codie Nagy isn't quite finished this year's harvest, but the uncertainty in the markets fueled by Chinese tariffs on Canadian canola already has him contemplating next year's crop rotation."If this li...

Safety remains a number one concern in the rail sector. That's why the Saskatchewan Ministry of Highways is allocating $100,000 for a pilot project to enhance safety at a provincially regulated short ...

Producers in Alberta have been getting a boost from a program designed to bolster environmental initiatives on farms and ranches.Alternative Land Use Services (ALUS) provides cost-sharing agreements t...

OTTAWA - Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe, back from China amid a major trade dispute on canola, met Tuesday with Prime Minister Mark Carney to discuss ways to mend fences with both China and the United...

A new website is turning the latest dairy research into accessible information.Dairy Farmers of Canada (DFC), Lactanet, and partners from across the dairy industry have collaborated to build Canadian ...

The Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission (Sask Wheat) welcomes two new and two incumbent directors to its Board of Directors. Malcolm Carnegie and Emiley Saunders will join returning directors Ro...

The Alberta government and the University of Calgary are supporting the increasing demand for veterinarian training by doubling enrolment. Fifty more veterinarians will be coming through the newly ope...

It's been a mixed bag for Prairie farmers during this year's harvest season - even within their own fields. Wheat Growers Association president Gunter Jochum farms wheat, canola, oats and soybeans wes...