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Harvest operations have already begun in some parts of the province, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture's weekly Crop Report for the period July 30 to Aug.5.As crops continue to mature in the next ...

Large world grain supplies are weighing on wheat and canola prices. Neil Townsend with FarmLink Marketing Solutions said wheat this fall is expected to be around six to seven dollars a bushel.Townsend...

Incidents ranging from the misappropriation of gas to the presumed theft of two-way radios cost the Government of Saskatchewan more than $66,000 in public money in the first quarter of 2019.The provin...

A number of farm-related groups will take part in the Saskatchewan Pasture tour on Thursday in the Hanley area.The 50 producers registered will visit different ranch operations in the area where pastu...

The Manitoba RCMP announced Wednesday that it has found two bodies in the bush near Gillam, Man., that it believes to be those of two B.C. murder suspects.The RCMP has been searching for Kam McLeod an...

Discussions are underway between the Hudson Bay Route Association (HBRA) and Canadian National Railway on the transfer of the Tisdale subdivision.It was announced Wednesday in Flin Flon, Manitoba, eff...

Calls to the Saskatchewan farm stress line saw an increase in the spring.Those calls are believed to have been due to the drought. According to Mobile Crisis Services Executive Director John McFadyen,...

Three-hundred-and-ninety-five workers at Mosaic's Colonsay mine are getting a temporary pink slip.The company is shutting down the potash mine until markets improve.A spokesperson said one of the wett...

A Queen's Bench judge has found the Onion Lake Cree Nation to be in civil contempt of court and ordered it to release financial documents to a local activist and online.Saskatoon Justice Meghan McCrea...

Provincial pest surveys have begun across Saskatchewan.Paige Straf is an agriculture extension summer student with the Ministry of Agriculture. She said conducting the surveys are important."The data ...