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The Nature Conservancy of Canada hopes to raise $500 million to conserve more than 5,000 square kilometres in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba by 2030.Jeremy Hogan, the non-profit organization's di...

The wildfires plaguing residents in Alberta and Nova Scotia are part of a larger trend that's driving up the cost of home insurance as extreme weather becomes more common, insurance experts say."Premi...

Economic Development Regina (EDR) is calling spring seeding Saskatchewan's largest megaproject.EDR's Data and Analytics team studied the importance of agriculture in the city's and provincial economie...

Cereals Canada has set up a growing season progress reporting system to provide timely updates on the Prairie wheat crop. Director of market intelligence and trade policy, Leif Carlson, said internati...

Scattered showers around the province this week delayed some seeding operations.According to the latest Ministry of Agriculture crop report for the week of May 23 to 29 there were varying amounts of p...

Most Manitoba farmers will wrap up seeding this week.Manitoba Agriculture pulse and soybean specialist Dennis Lange is also the editor of the provincial crop report.While seeding across the province i...

Farm Credit Canada (FCC) is offering support to hog sector customers in Ontario, Quebec and the Atlantic provinces facing financial hardship because of the current crisis in the hog industry.Hog indus...

The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS) said extending provisions included in Federal Bill C-47 would increase rail competition and lower costs for hauling farm commodities. APAS...

The Beef Cattle Research Council has announced 12 recipients of $2 million in beef check-off funds following its 2022-2023 call for research proposals.The work will take place at the University of Sas...

With the sunny, warm, and windy weather comes dry field and forest conditions. Wildfires are a very real risk.Saskatchewan Cattlemen's Association CEO Grant McLellan said everyday activities could sta...