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Researchers crack canola genome
An international consortium of academic and global seed company leaders from Canada, the United States, Europe and Israel have successfully sequenced the genome for canola.The canola consortium is led...
Jan 10, 2020 (Alice McFarlane/farmnewsNOW Staff)
Sask. firefighters return from 38-day stint in Australia
Two Saskatchewan firefighters returned to Saskatoon on Thursday night after spending 38 days helping battle the wildfires in Australia."The hardest thing that we saw there was the amount of people tha...
Jan 10, 2020 Firefighters Phane Ray (left) and Kevin Buettner returned home to Saskatchewan after 38 days helping battle the Australia wildfires. (Harrison Brooks/ 650 CKOM)
Agriculture Roundup for Friday January 10, 2020
The president of SARM will discuss the federal carbon tax on grain drying and business risk management programs when he addresses the Regina district rural municipalities meeting today.President Ray O...
Jan 10, 2020 (Twitter/@SARM_Voice)
Major changes in North American fertilizer shipments
The latest CN Rail grain podcast highlights the evolving movement of crop fertilizer.CN Rail senior manager of bulk movement Derek Wong explained one of those challenges came from harvest delays.alice...
Jan 09, 2020 (Alice McFarlane/farmnewsNOW Staff)
Intelligence says Iranian missile downed airliner, perhaps by mistake: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says intelligence from multiple sources indicates that an Iranian missile downed the Ukraine International Airlines flight that crashed near Tehran on Wednesday....
Jan 09, 2020 Rescue workers inspect the scene where a Ukrainian plane crashed in Shahedshahr, southwest of the capital Tehran, Iran, on Jan. 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
Agriculture Roundup for Thursday January 9, 2020
Canadian Pacific Railway (CP Rail) said it moved a record quantity of grain in the final three months of 2019.CP Rail moved 7.9 million tonnes of grain and grain products breaking a record set in the ...
Jan 09, 2020 Saksit Choeiklin_ Dreamstime.com
US officials: ‘Highly likely’ Iran downed Ukrainian jetliner
WASHINGTON (AP) - Two U.S. officials said Thursday it was "highly likely" that an Iranian anti-aircraft missile downed a Ukrainian jetliner late Tuesday, killing all 176 people on board.The crash came...
Jan 09, 2020 Wax from melted candles sits next to flowers placed at the Canadian Embassy during a national day of mourning in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Jan. 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Saskatchewan banning name changes by sex offenders
Saskatchewan is banning sex offenders from changing their names.Justice Minister Don Morgan told Gormley on Wednesday his ministry was preparing the ban, which could take effect as soon as February."T...
Jan 08, 2020 Saskatchewan Justice Minister Don Morgan. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)
Workshop offers mental health education
Many farmers lack resources related to mental health.When Pineland Coop human resources manager Tammy Nilson saw the opportunity to apply to sponsor a mental health in agriculture workshop, she didn't...
Jan 08, 2020 ID 137767180 © Chernetskaya Dreamstime.com
Snaring expert defends cougar trapper
A man posing with a trapped cougar has stirred up some social media backlash, but a trapping expert thinks the criticism is unfair.Wrangler Hamm, the president of the Saskatchewan Trappers Association...
Jan 08, 2020 (Saskatchewan Trappers Association/Facebook)