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Farmers reject seed royalty proposals
Farmers have been asked for their opinions on two seed royalties proposals and they don't like either.Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) started con...
Oct 23, 2019 (Twitter/@Cereals_Canada)
Agriculture Roundup for Wednesday October 23, 2019
The Canadian Federation of Agriculture is calling on the new Trudeau government to make farm issues a priority. President Mary Robinson said regardless of political ideology all MPs should appreciate ...
Oct 23, 2019
‘She was the rock’: Husband, curling community grieve loss of Sask. curler and mother
A Warman family and Saskatchewan's curling community are in mourning after the sudden death of a beloved mom and provincial curling team member.Aly Jenkins, a lead for Sherry Anderson's curling rink, ...
Oct 23, 2019 Aly Jenkins was a member of the Sherry Anderson rink out of Saskatoon's Nutana Curling Club. (Team Sherry Anderson/Facebook)
Farm group reaction mixed on federal vote
The Liberals have a minority government without winning a single seat in Alberta or Saskatchewan.The chair of the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association (WCWGA) said that's bad news for agricultur...
Oct 22, 2019 ID 154964746 © Deer729 Dreamstime.com
Listen: Farmers protecting the environment
Canadians are always looking for ways to safely dispose of potentially harmful products.Alice McFarlane talks to Ethan Richardson with SARRC about the actions farmers can take to protect the environme...
Oct 22, 2019 Hildeanna_ Dreamstime.com
Agriculture Roundup for Tuesday October 22, 2019
High profile agriculture politicians will be returning to the House of Commons after the Liberals minority victory yesterday.Marie-Claude Bibeau, who was the federal agriculture minister at the dissol...
Oct 22, 2019 (submitted photo/Kristine Hurd)
Farmers ponder future with minority government
Farmers will have a lot to absorb with the election of a Liberal minority government.Glaslyn area farmer Bernie McClean spoke to farmnewsNOW from his grain truck as he still has 10 per cent of his cro...
Oct 21, 2019 ID 101908206 © Andrianocz Dreamstime.com
Conservatives sweep 14 Saskatchewan ridings
As a Liberal minority government was projected across Canada, a blue wave swept across Saskatchewan.The Conservative Party won in all 14 of the province's ridings, including that of longtime Liberal i...
Oct 21, 2019 (File photo/CKOM News Staff)
Early numbers from harvest sample program
The Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) has released preliminary data from its Harvest Sample Program.Program Manager Daryl Beswetherick said CGC continues to receive samples as many farmers haven't harve...
Oct 21, 2019 ID 126044237 © motortion Dreamstime.com
Listen: Shifting trade policy concerns Canadian agriculture
Changing trade dynamics could force Canada to consider action to protect its agri-food sector.Alice McFarlane with Ag Access speaks with researcher Dr. Al Mussell about the move away from liberalized,...
Oct 21, 2019 (Alice McFarlane/farmnewsNOW Staff)