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MELFORT, Sask. - A pair of senior U.S. senators is urging the Biden administration to get tough with Canada for openly disregarding obligations to its North American trade partners.Democrat Sen. Ron W...
Jan 30, 2023
MELFORT, Sask. - Water quality was one of the topics discussed during the Cattle College portion of the Saskatchewan Beef Industry Conference that was held in Saskatoon last week.Livestock and Feed Ex...
Jan 30, 2023
MELFORT, Sask. - A producer from Kyle, Sask. is the new chair of the Saskatchewan Cattlemen's Association.Keith Day, who represents District 3B, said it's an honour to be heading up the board of direc...
Jan 27, 2023
MELFORT, Sask. - University of Saskatchewan (USask) has been awarded $5.2 million for research projects.Early detection of infectious diseases in chickens and developing regional influenza vaccines fo...
Jan 27, 2023
MELFORT, Sask. - Farmers and ranchers who lease roughly six million acres of Crown land under grazing leases will pay the same rate as last year.Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister David Marit said prod...
Jan 27, 2023
MELFORT, Sask. - There are always ways to improve your livestock operation and the upcoming Ranch Management Forum in Kindersley, Sask. will examine some of those strategies.Saskatchewan Ministry of A...
Jan 25, 2023
MELFORT, Sask. - Farm Credit Canada (FCC) reported farm cash receipts reached a record high last year across the country.FCC Chief Agriculture Economist J.P. Gervais says while this encouraging, it's ...
Jan 24, 2023
MELFORT, Sask. - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is looking for a new leader.According to media outlet Real Agriculture, President Siddika Mithani left the position suddenly after she sent ...
Jan 24, 2023
MELFORT, Sask. - Canada no longer holds the key to the global flax market and that is having a ripple effect down to the producer.Chuck Penner with Leftfield Commodity Research told those gathered at ...
Jan 23, 2023
MELFORT, Sask. - TELUS Health will be the exclusive provider of mental health services for the Canadian Centre for Agricultural Wellbeing (CCAW).CCAW is a new not-for-profit organization that launched...
Jan 20, 2023