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The federal election saw little change across the country.The Liberals are back with a minority government and the incumbent agriculture minister Marie-Claude Bibeau was re-elected in her Quebec ridin...

LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- This year's drought conditions on most of the prairies, brought concerns about major erosion. For that reason, four municipalities in Southern Alberta, Newell County, the MD of Tabe...

MELFORT, Sask. - The Health Foundation of East Central Saskatchewan's Farming for Health project harvested their canola crop on Friday. Farming for Health co-chair Larry Hilworth said they were able t...

LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- The Alberta Beef Producers (ABP) Semi-Annual General Meeting and Producer Town Hall will both be held virtually on Thursday, September 30. ABP Lead, Stakeholder for Communications, ...

NORTH BATTLEFORDS, Sask. - Battlefords area farmers markets are reporting a good response from the community attending this year's markets, as more people continue to stay close to home and shop local...

MELFORT, Sask. - Farmers looking for hay can now access a website for the Hay West 2021 initiative.A large portion of the prairies have been suffering through a drought that sharply reduced feed suppl...

MELFORT, Sask. - Improved internet and cell phone service continues to be a priority for rural Saskatchewan.The subject gets even more attention during an election campaign.SaskTel announced a new ini...

Saskatchewan farmers remain well ahead of the average pace for harvest.According to the Ministry of Agriculture's weekly crop report, 74 per cent of the crop has been combined - far above the five-yea...

MELFORT, Sask. - The Western Canadian Wheat Growers (WCWG) have reviewed the polices of four federal parties and compiled the information for farmers.Each of the registered parties were asked six ques...

The province's crop report dated September 7 says 23.4 per cent of the crop in the Peace Country had been combined as of that date.The five-year average for this time of year is 5.9 per cent.The perce...