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Manitoba and Saskatchewan farmers deal with unsettled weather
With spring seeding now considered complete, growers are watching the skies as they attempt to get some other jobs done. Manitoba is reporting optimal moisture and crops are looking good, according to...
Jun 19, 2025

Alberta Milk launches Farm to Table initiative
Celebrating Alberta's local food culture and its hardworking dairy farmers. Farm to Table was created in response to the growing movement towards locally produced food, and the people behind it. At th...
Jun 18, 2025

Funding for short line rail infrastructure to increase
Short lines are a safe and efficient way to move bulk commodities, which reduces wear and tear on Saskatchewan highways. The provincial government is allocating $1 million from the Ministry of Highway...
Jun 18, 2025

Six inductees selected to join Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame for 2025
The Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame (CAHFA) announced the names of the agricultural ambassadors who will join the ranks as the organization's 2025 inductees. John Anderson, Dori Gingera-Beauchemin,...
Jun 18, 2025

Advancing genomics research in the beef sector
A new initiative will advance beef genetics by matching genomic markers with desirable traits and evaluating reproductive efficiencies. IntegrOmes (Integrated Genomics for Sustainable Animal Agricultu...
Jun 17, 2025

WATCH: Rimbey’s Dean Edge becomes third Canadian to win World Livestock Auctioneering Championship
Rimbey's Dean Edge is the World Livestock Auctioneering champion.Competing in Dunlap, Iowa earlier this month, Edge is just the third Canadian to win the title, which debuted in 1963.The last was also...
Jun 17, 2025

G7 farmers’ organizations commitment to building a prosperous agriculture sector
G7 farmers are ready to work with policymakers, industry leaders, and international partners to build a better future for agriculture and society. Farmers across the G7 are confronting unprecedented p...
Jun 16, 2025

Canada's new agriculture minister talks to farmers in Saskatchewan
Building relationships and getting a lay of the land were the main purposes of a two-day visit to Saskatchewan by the new federal agriculture minister. Heath MacDonald from Prince Edward Island was jo...
Jun 16, 2025

Elementary students learn the meaning of 'Farm to Table'
In a garden plot on the grounds of Simplot Grower Solutions in Hamlin, a piece of white cotton fabric that had earlier been tossed into a hole quickly disappeared under a mound of dirt. A smattering o...
Jun 13, 2025

WATCH: Rimbey's Dean Edge becomes third Canadian to win World Livestock Auctioneering Championship
Rimbey's Dean Edge is the World Livestock Auctioneering champion.Competing in Dunlap, Iowa earlier this month, Edge is just the third Canadian to win the title, which debuted in 1963.The last was also...
Jun 13, 2025