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Agriculture Roundup for Tuesday October 8, 2019

It's been a tough year for barley producers.The difficult harvest has had an impact on quality meaning there won't be as much malt barley available.Brent Johnson is the vice chair of Sask Barley and h...

Oct 08, 2019 (Alice McFarlane/farmnewsNOW Staff)

Nutrition focus of animal health week

Optimal nutrition for optimal health is the focus of this year's Animal Health Week.It's a reminder for animal owners that what and how much they feed their animals plays an important role in their an...

Oct 07, 2019 (Alice McFarlane/farmnewsNOW Staff)

Agriculture Roundup for Monday October 7, 2019

Canada's beef industry has set some lofty goals with its National Beef Strategy.It was developed by the seven national beef organizations which make up the Canadian Beef Advisors and is approved by pr...

Oct 07, 2019 (Alice McFarlane/farmnewsNOW Staff)

A Hall of Fame for horses

Saskatchewan families who have contributed to the province through their love of horses, are being recognized in a special new way.The Saskatchewan Horse Federation has announced the launch of a new h...

Oct 06, 2019 (File photo/ farmnewsNOW Staff)

Singh fields questions in Saskatoon West town hall

Downtown Saskatoon was flooded with enthusiastic New Democratic Party (NDP) supporters on Friday morning.Party leader Jagmeet Singh took questions at the Saskatoon Francophone Federation's Le Relais C...

Oct 05, 2019 Jagmeet Singh with NDP Supporters at Le Relais rental hall on October 4, 2019 (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)

FCL investment brings local food to the table

Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL) is providing financial support for the food manufacturing industry in the province.Kicking off Agriculture Month in Saskatoon this morning, FCL announced $500,000...

Oct 05, 2019 ID 122510642 © Mykola Sosiukin Dreamstime.com

‘I want to be No. 1’: Hughes climbing all-time sacks list

Charleston Hughes finds himself at No. 8 on the all-time CFL sacks list, but he's not satisfied with his current position."It feels good to be top 10, but when it's all said and done, I want to be No....

Oct 04, 2019 Charleston Hughes. (submitted photo/Saskatchewan Roughriders)

Crowns initiate contingency plans for Unifor strike

The heads of Crown corporations hit by strikes Friday morning are confident in their contingency plans to maintain a level of essential services.That said, they admitted that customers can expect issu...

Oct 04, 2019 The CEOs of Saskatchewan Crown Corporations affected by the strike speak to media about their contingency plans (L to R, Doug Matthies with SaskWater, Susan Ross with the Water Security Agency, Mike Marsh with SaskPower, Ken From with SaskEnergy, Doug Burnett with SaskTel, Blair Swystun with Crown Investments Corp). Oct. 4, 2019 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)

Mexico trade mission features canola, wheat and cattle

Saskatchewan Agriculture David Marit will lead a trade mission to Mexico highlighting Saskatchewan's canola, wheat and cattle sectors.Marit said Mexico is Saskatchewan's fourth largest trading partner...

Listen: Grain moves through Churchill

Alice McFarlane with Ag Access talks to Murad Al-Katib, CEO of the Arctic Gateway Group about the shipping season at the Port of Churchill.-alice.mcfarlane@jpbg.caOn Twitter: @AliceMcF

Oct 04, 2019 (Twitter/@Arctic_Gateway)