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Feds' Clean Fuel Regulations could have positive impact for canola farmers
The agriculture sector may see a big spike economically by this time next year.That's the hope for the Canadian Canola Growers Association as Canada's new clean fuel regulations officially come into e...
Jul 07, 2022
Wheat overtakes canola as most farmed crop in Saskatchewan for 2022
Russia's invasion of Ukraine may have played a big part in what crop Saskatchewan farmers decided to plant this year.According to Statistics Canada's latest crop report, 13.2 million acres of wheat ha...
Jul 06, 2022
SSGA worried about imbalance between meat prices for producers and consumers
The Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association (SSGA) wants an investigation done by the federal and provincial governments on meat pricing.Their main concern focuses on the difference between the prices ...
Jul 06, 2022
When to spray cabbage seedpod weevils
Cabbage seedpod weevils.These tiny insects are once again starting to become a problem for canola fields in the prairies.Hctor Crcamo, a research scientist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, told ...
Jul 05, 2022
June weather cold, wet in north; dry, warm in south
The weather last month was much different in the northern part of Saskatchewan compared to the south.Southern areas were more dry and warm, while the north was more wet and cool.According to Environme...
Jul 05, 2022
$30 million gas line expansion planned between Choiceland and Smeaton
Construction on an expanded gas transmission line between Choiceland and Smeaton is planned to start next summer at a cost of $30 million. The new pipe will run for 23 kilometres and increase the amou...
Jul 05, 2022
Canadian wineries able to get new grants from federal government
OTTAWA, Ont. - Canada's wine sector is getting a helping hand from the federal government.The Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, Marie-Claude Bibeau, shared details last week about a new support p...
Jul 04, 2022
Federal government investing $1.6M towards new high-efficient fertilizer
CALGARY, Alta. - A Calgary company is receiving over $1.6 million to produce high-efficiency fertilizers made with organic carbon.The federal government is giving the funds to Sulvaris whose carbon co...
Jul 04, 2022
Ag. Society excited to bring back annual exhibition, planning to keep prices low despite economy
The Battlefords Agricultural Society is gearing up to hold its annual Northwest Territorial Days exhibition this summer.The event will run Wednesday, Aug. 17 to Friday, Aug. 19 at the exhibition groun...
Jun 30, 2022
Agriculture Roundup for Thursday June 30, 2022
MELFORT, Sask. - The group that comprised the first Canadian Agricultural Youth Council had its final, virtual meeting.Twenty-one young Canadians aged 30-and-under represented a diverse mix of individ...
Jun 30, 2022