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Year in Review: Disease decimates pig population overseas
African swine fever (ASF) continued to spread across Europe and Asia while North America set out a strategy to stop its spread.ASF is a viral disease that is highly contagious for pigs and can spread ...
Dec 26, 2019 African Swine Fever (ASF) is a viral disease that is highly contagious for pigs and can spread rapidly. (ID 67476041 © Melodyanne Dreamstime.com)
Year in Review: 4-H success story
It's time for some good news.A local 4-Her had an exceptional year with achievements at the local and national level.Justin Harcourt with the Tisdale 4-H Beef club took home two major prizes at the Me...
Dec 25, 2019 Justin Harcourt had an exceptional year as a member of 4-H. (Alice McFarlane/farmnewsNOW Staff)
Year in review: Take our canola, please
Agriculture groups continue to wait impatiently for any news regarding the canola trade dispute with China.In March, China halted imports of Canadian canola seed, claiming they'd found contaminated sh...
Dec 24, 2019 ID 56061399 © Heike Rau Dreamstime.com
Listen: Dealing with pain caused by stress
There has been a great deal of stress on the farm in 2019.That stress can affect your health and well-being and lead to pain.Alice McFarlane with Ag Access talks to a Winnipeg therapist about how we o...
Dec 24, 2019 ID 125992940 © Aleksej Sarifulin Dreamstime.com
Monitoring grain in storage
Monitoring stored grain for insects can alleviate a lot of problems at the time of delivery to the elevator.The Canada Grain Act has a zero tolerance policy for any insects that feed on grain delivere...
Dec 23, 2019 File photo of a rusty grain beetle. (Twitter/@Grain_Canada)
Year in Review: Harvest from Hell
"It was the fall we didn't have."Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister David Marit said the entire growing season was a challenge with most areas starting out very dry. The livestock sector was concerned ...
Dec 23, 2019 (Alice McFarlane/farmnewsNOW Staff)
Listen: Alberta's battle with clubroot
The number of clubroot pathotypes in Alberta is growing. As a result, a new identification system has been established.University of Alberta plant pathologist Stephen Strelkov tells Alice McFarlane wi...
Dec 23, 2019 Clubroot galls. (Twitter/@AlbertaAg)
Union representing laid off Vanscoy potash workers sees bleak outlook in 2020
The union representing laid off potash workers at Nutrien's Vanscoy potash mine isn't holding out much hope for improvement in the new year.Darrin Kruger, representative for the United Steel Workers, ...
Dec 21, 2019 (Nutrien)
41-year-old man dies after getting trapped in grain mixer
A 41-year-old man has died in a workplace incident in the RM of Corman Park.On Friday night at about 11:40 p.m., Warman RCMP responded to the report of a man trapped in a grain mixer.Emergency crews a...
Dec 21, 2019 (File photo/CJME News)
Decision reserved in Metis Nation resignation dispute
A court case involving the Mtis Nation of Saskatchewan (MNS), and a woman who claims she did not resign as treasurer, won't be resolved until after Christmas. At the conclusion of Friday's hearing at ...
Dec 20, 2019 Mary Ann Morin seen leaving Prince Albert Court of Queen's Bench on Dec. 20. (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)