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VIDEO: Kamloops cowboy family helps save wild foal stuck in the mud
KAMLOOPS - On Saturday (April 17), Jordan Camille was out checking some fence lines near the Tk'emlups reservoir, when he came across a small herd of wild horses."Usually they run away," Jordan's wife...
Apr 21, 2021

Agriculture Roundup for Wednesday April 21, 2021
MELFORT, Sask. - This Western Canadian Wheat Growers see little benefit for grain farmers in this week's federal budget.Saskatchewan director and past president Cherilyn Jolly-Nagel said grain farmers...
Apr 21, 2021

Agriculture Roundup for Tuesday April 20, 2021
MELFORT, Sask. - Canadians continue to maintain very positive views about the current and future state of agriculture and food in Canada. The third annual national Agri-Food public opinion poll by Gra...
Apr 20, 2021

Agriculture gets mentioned in the federal budget but short on details
MELFORT, Sask. - There wasn't any specific announcement for agriculture in yesterday's federal budget.Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan president Todd Lewis said the carbon tax and ag...
Apr 20, 2021

Menace to health, home and industry – rats not wanted in Alberta
LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- It's a topic that makes many squeamish. Rat infestations are not wanted anywhere and particularly not in Alberta. Rats are responsible for Bubonic plague, they can infest homes and ...
Apr 19, 2021

Nutrien releases environmental, social and governance report
Nutrien Ltd. had set goals to address the challenge of sustainably feeding a growing global population while protecting the planet. The 2021 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report includes ...
Apr 19, 2021

Emissions Reductions Alberta's Food, Farming and Forestry Challenge grants to be given out Tuesday
GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alta. - The Alberta Government is awarding grants to fund 17 project under Emissions Reductions Alberta's Food, Farming and Forestry Challenge.The grants, totaling $33-million, will go...
Apr 19, 2021

Agriculture Roundup for Monday April 19, 2021
MELFORT, Sask. - Agropur Cooperative will be closing its fluid milk plant in Winnipeg, Man.The plant's operations will be transferred to other Agropur fluid milk facilities in Western Canada.Given cur...
Apr 19, 2021

Listen: New study projects the global plant-based food market will reach $250 billion by 2035
MELFORT, Sask. - Alternative meats, beverages and seafood will be the major component of the global plant-based food market.Alice McFarlane with Ag Access talks to Bill Greuel the CEO of Protein Indus...
Apr 16, 2021

Agriculture Roundup for Friday April 16, 2021
MELFORT, Sask. - Provincial forage associations have joined forces to create the Regional Soil Health Network.Western Canada Conference on Soil Health and Grazing (Alberta), Saskatchewan Forage Counci...
Apr 16, 2021