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MELFORT, Sask. - Livestock producers who have been impacted by severe weather have been forced to make some tough decisions about reducing the size of their herd.The federal government has released an...

MELFORT, Sask. - The first ship carrying 23,000 metric tonnes of grain from Ukraine has docked at the Horn of Africa port of Djibouti and will be shipped overland to northern Ethiopia.Food security ex...

MELFORT, Sask. - The federal government is providing $45.3 million to increase efforts to reduce the risk of African Swine Fever (ASF) from entering Canada as well as prepare for a potential outbreak....

The Jim Pattison Children's Hospital just received a donation so large, they launched a new program to purchase urgently needed equipment.Borden-based farmer Gene Pidwerbesky and his family donated $1...

MEDICINE HAT, AB - A research team from the University of Alberta is hoping to reduce the amount of algae that grows in the water in the St. Mary River Irrigation District.The irrigation system brings...

CYPRESS COUNTY, Alta. - Alberta farmers are starting to find out what they have to show for persevering through a difficult season.The beginning of the year was extremely dry causing uneven germinatio...

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - Around 16 per cent of the province's crops have been harvested.That's according to the weekly provincial crop report released on Thursday. This is up from the five per cent harv...

Two companies collaborated on an extensive crop tour of Western Canada to compile data and provide estimates for the 2022 crop.Jonathan Driedger with LeftField Commodity Research shares the findings.A...

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - According to SaskPower, they reliably see an increase in collisions with power poles and lines at two points during the year: in the early spring when seeding begins and in the ...

MELFORT, Sask. - The fiftieth edition of Canadian Western Agribition (CWA) in Regina will include a jam packed six days of events in Regina, Sask.CWA will kick off on Nov. 28 with all-day free gate ad...