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The beef industry faces many challenges, including volatile input costs, climate-related risks, and limited access to equitable risk management tools. These pressures have made it difficult for produc...

Isolated rainfall and thunderstorms have resulted in varying amounts of precipitation over the past week in Manitoba. Manitoba Agriculture Cereal Crop Specialist Anne Kirk said that's why we are seein...

The merger of Bunge and Viterra is officially complete.The U-S-based Bunge, an oilseed processing company, announced the closing on Wednesday of the deal worth 8.2-billion-dollars U-S.Viterra, formerl...

A fire at a farm in the Township of Langley, B.C., has destroyed two large barns, killing thousands of chickens.Deputy Fire Chief Cory Parker with the Township of Langley Fire Department says crews we...

Major crops are rated at 72 per cent good to excellent throughout Central Alberta, which is close to the 5- and 10-year averages of 77 and 71 per cent, respectively.That according to the latest Crop R...

Farmers and landowners struggling with an overpopulation of gophers can contact the Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation for help.According to the federation, rising gopher populations are a concern for m...

Farmers and producers in Saskatchewan are being hit with another obstacle to overcome this summer.Gophers have started taking over farmland, making it their own personal playground and have begun to d...

Four rural municipalities in southwest Saskatchewan have now declared states of emergency as an unrelenting drought threatens farms, ranches and entire communities.The RMs of Maple Creek, Fox Valley a...

The provincial and federal governments are joining forces to provide relief for drought-stricken producers in Saskatchewan.In a joint statement issued on Friday, the two levels of government said the ...

Rain in recent days was a welcome sight, especially for some of the drier areas of the province, but severe weather caused crop damage.The latest crop report from the Ministry of Agriculture noted som...