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Delisle farmer recognized for promoting public trust in agriculture
Farm & Food Care Saskatchewan have named the recipient of the 2023 Champion Award.Shawn Colborn farms with his cousins on their fifth-generation farm near Delisle that includes 12,000 acres of gra...
Feb 09, 2024

Food Freedom Day and the challenges faced by lower-income Canadian households
Today is Food Freedom Day.Each year, the Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) examines the proportion of income that Canadians spend on food to explore year-over-year changes and raise consumers' ...
Feb 09, 2024

Sask. sets fourth consecutive record for agri-food exports
Saskatchewan's agri-food exports continue to break records.According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Saskatchewan's agri-food exports added up to $20.2 billion in 2023, marking the fourth year of reco...
Feb 08, 2024

Workshops to help farmers prepare for drought conditions
The B.C. government is offering support to farmers preparing for another hot, dry summer.The province will host a series of in-person workshops across B.C. to help farmers prepare for potential drough...
Feb 07, 2024
Construction of new pea protein production plant in Yorkton to begin this year
A new pulse plant is coming to Yorkton.On Wednesday, the Louis Dreyfus Company announced a new pea protein isolate production plant at the same site as its existing complex in the southeastern city. C...
Feb 07, 2024

4-H youth leadership conference presents $12,000 in scholarships
Over 30 aspiring young leaders in agriculture competed for scholarships at the annual Prairieland Youth Leadership Conference (PYLC), held in Saskatoon, Sask. last weekend.The participants had the cha...
Feb 06, 2024

Federal funds support supply managed sectors
The Supply Management Processing Investment Fund is providing $89 million for 49 projects across Canada to address the impacts of recent international trade agreements.Through this funding, dairy, pou...
Feb 05, 2024

Sask. farmers not panicking over warm temperatures in February
Saskatchewan farmers don't think the above-average temperatures this winter are putting them out to pasture."I don't think they'll affect us yet," said Ian Boxall, the president of the Agricultural Pr...
Feb 03, 2024

Agriculture Roundup for Friday February 2, 2024
The flood risk has eased across B-C's South Coast, but the recent wild temperature swings have raised concerns about the health of local bee populations.Temperatures in Abbotsford have swung from a lo...
Feb 02, 2024

CFIA approves first feed ingredient to reduce methane emissions from cattle
Canada has its first methane-reducing feed additive for cattle.The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has approved 3-Nitrooxypropanol (3NOP) as a new livestock feed ingredient aimed at reducing me...
Feb 02, 2024