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PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - Filling up at the pumps right now is a struggle for just about everybody but it's hard to compare with what farmers are currently dealing with. Gas prices, as of Thursday, were ...

MELFORT, Sask. - Saskatchewan farmers continue to make good seeding progress.The Ministry of Agriculture reported 76 per cent of the crop is in the ground but are still well behind the five-year avera...

LLOYDMINSTER, Sask./Alta. - It's great to be back in the saddle again for many youth in the North-West Region Light Horse 4-H clubs.Meadow Lake Light Horse 4-H Club came together for a local show on M...

MELFORT, Sask. - Funds will be provided to organizations involved in strengthening diversity in Canadian agriculture.Roughly $735,000 will go to Canadian Federation of Agriculture, Do More Agriculture...

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - A new fully-commercialized pea processing and testing centre is now open in southern Alberta.PIP International, a Canadian-based agrifood company, celebrated the $20-million pilot ...

MELFORT, Sask. - The use of virtual fencing is being investigated as an option for grazing livestock. Saskatchewan Range Management extension specialist Andre Bonneau said the technology is very simil...

MELFORT, Sask. - Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS) wants the crop insurance deadline to be extended.APAS has made the request to the federal and provincial Ministers of Agricul...

MELFORT, Sask. - A new research project will measure the benefits of forage crops and pastureland.The federal and provincial governments will provide $3.2 million in funding that will focus on carbon ...

MELFORT, Sask. - Presumptive cases of the avian flu have been found in 11 mammals in Saskatchewan.Pathologist Trent Bollinger of the Western College of Veterinary Medicine said the bird flu is why som...

MELFORT, Sask. - A new $19-million project will see the commercialization of a new micronutrient fertilizer at a facility in Rosetown, Sask.Alice McFarlane with Ag Access explains how this new product...