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PIGEON LAKE, Alta. - A central Alberta farming organization which donates produce to food banks is hoping to expand their business and help more people in need.The Alberta Farm to Food Bank offers loc...

LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- Alberta Cattle producers will soon be able to apply for feed assistance and should ensure their paperwork is ready. Emmet Hanrahan, Vice-President of Product Innovation with Agricul...

MELFORT, Sask. - Cattle producers are making tough decisions about cow and feed management but there is a more hopeful tone to some conversations with Saskatchewan Cattlemen Association chair Arnold B...

These past few years, the industry has seen a variety of new traits bred into canola seed varieties. We are bombarded with a variety of terms including "Pod Shatter", "Harvest Max", and "Late Swath Po...

MELFORT, Sask. - Sask. Wheat has found its next executive director.Blair Goldade served as the executive director for the Agriculture Council of Saskatchewan (ACS) from June 2012 to October 2014, over...

LOVE, Sask. - Nearly a year-and-a-half after over 100 cattle were seized from a farm in northeast Saskatchewan, charges have been laid against the three respective owners. Donald Black, Connie Black-S...

MELFORT, Sask. - Grain companies are being urged to work with farmers to eliminate administration fees and reduce contract penalties during the 2021-2022 growing season.Alice McFarlane with Ag Access ...

MELFORT, Sask. - Prairie wheat research groups are committing $3.5 million to wheat breeding research.The Canadian Wheat Research Coalition (CWRC), along with the Western Grains Research Foundation (W...

LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- A lot of cattle producers are wrangling over how to handle their cattle herds as fall approaches. Drought conditions have reduced feed availability and drastically increased the cos...

MELFORT, Sask. - All indications are pointing to Canadian farmers harvesting less wheat, canola, soybeans, barley and oats this year.Statistics Canada estimates released today used remote sensing/sate...