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Canola research supported through scholarships
SaskCanola scholarship recipients will study the prevention and mitigation of the effects of clubroot over the long term.SaskCanola Executive Director Lisa Horn said two scholarships are awarded to st...
Sep 05, 2019 Back Row: L to R: Kimberley MacKay, YanRan Tang and Zayda Morales Front Row: Musharaf Hossain and Blend Frangu. (submitted photo/SaskCanola)
Weather dampens harvest progress
Farmers are looking for a long stretch of warm, dry weather.Harvest progress has been slow with frequent rain and cool temperatures.Province wide only 11 per cent of the crop is in the bin. The five y...
Sep 05, 2019 ID 10607998 © Arlene Van Der Heyden Dreamstime.com
Court allows six Trans Mountain appeals focusing on Indigenous consultation
VANCOUVER - The Federal Court of Appeal says it will hear six challenges of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion focusing on Indigenous consultation, while dismissing several claims centred on enviro...
Sep 05, 2019 (File Photo/The Canadian Press)
Agriculture Roundup Thursday September 5, 2019
Groups that represent oilseed and grain growers say Canada's new ambassador to China should get right to work reopening that countries markets to Canadian products.Dominic Barton was appointed to the ...
Sep 05, 2019 (Alice McFarlane/farmnewsNOW Staff)
Provincial, federal governments put disputes aside for $72 million in infrastructure projects
The provincial and federal governments combined to announce more than $72 million in funding for 12 different infrastructure projects in Saskatchewan.Prior to Wednesday's announcement, weeks filled wi...
Sep 05, 2019 Premier Scott Moe speaks to a crowd gathered at Gordie Howe Sports Complex during a funding announcement on Sept. 4, 2019. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)
Sask. Chamber of Commerce wants to review entire tax system, HST
The Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce is looking for ways to simplify taxes for businesses in the province.In its blueprint to build a competitive business strategy for Saskatchewan, the chamber calls ...
Sep 04, 2019 Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce CEO Steve McLellan speaks to reporters about the Beyond 2020 report on Sept. 4, 2019. (Andrew Shepherd/980 CJME)
Listen: Crops maturing slowly, harvest delayed
Farmers are waiting for warm, dry weather to get crop to maturity.Lanigan area farmer Clint Monchuk and Rosthern producer Jim Wickett talk about harvest progress so far.-alice.mcfarlane@jpbg.caOn Twit...
Sep 04, 2019 ID 153949785 © Natasnow Dreamstime.com
P&H buys 10 Louis Dreyfus locations
Parrish & Heimbecker Limited (P&H) is acquiring 10 Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) locations in Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Alberta and British ColumbiaFour of those LDC facilties are in Tisdale, Aber...
Sep 04, 2019 Louis Dreyfus facility located south of Tisdale. (file photo/farmnewsNOW Staff)
Agriculture Roundup Wednesday September 4, 2019
If you think it felt cooler this summer you would be correct.Environment Canada says the province was one degree colder than normal from June through August.The northern part of the province was two d...
Sep 04, 2019 ID 112777961 © Rlesyk Dreamstime.com
Farm group applauds rail companies
A prairie group that represents wheat farmers is praising rail companies on shipping numbers.The Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association (WCWGA) said Canadian Pacific Rail and Canadian National Rai...
Sep 03, 2019 (Alice McFarlane/farmnewsNOW Staff)