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Canadian agriculture building resilience
MELFORT, Sask. - The Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) brought together farm and food leaders from across Canada to its annual conference.This year's theme, Building a Resilient Future for Cana...
Mar 08, 2023
Agriculture Roundup for Wednesday, March 8, 2023
MELFORT, Sask. - The federal government will provide financial support to the Canadian Centre for Agricultural Wellbeing (CCAW).The roughly $168,440 will help CCAW spread awareness of and increase the...
Mar 08, 2023
Feds support mental health programs for farmers
The federal government is investing in a group that supports the mental health of Canadian farmers.The Canadian Centre for Agricultural Wellbeing (CCAW) is receiving a federal investment of $168,440.T...
Mar 08, 2023
ADAMA Canada will provide products containing lambda-cy
MELFORT, Sask. - There will be some pest control products containing lambda-cyhalorthrin (or lambda-cy) available this spring.ADAMA Canada said it will have products with the ingredient available to r...
Mar 08, 2023
Preserving wildlife one pancake at a time
MELFORT, Sask. - A Western Canadian food brand is partnering with the Habitat-Friendly Winter Wheat Ecolabel. Coyote Pancake Mix was introduced in 1923 by Rockport Flour Mills in Magrath, Alta. Nearly...
Mar 06, 2023
Agriculture Roundup for Monday March 6, 2023
MELFORT, Sask. - The company behind a pea protein processing plant in Winnipeg has gone into receivership less than three years after receiving millions of dollars from the federal and Manitoba govern...
Mar 06, 2023
Researcher believes plant growth regulators are worth a try
MELFORT, Sask. - Research being conducted on plant growth regulators (PGR) show the product can help a cereal crop but there are no guarantees. There has been increased use of these products on the pr...
Mar 03, 2023
Agriculture Roundup for Friday March 3, 2023
MELFORT, Sask. - Saskatchewan municipalities can apply for project funding under the newest intake for the Targeted Sector Support (TSS) Initiative.The TSS provides cost-shared grants of up to 75 per ...
Mar 03, 2023
Listen: Keeping calves healthy
MELFORT, Sask.- The three leading causes of preweaning death loss in beef calves are diarrhea, navel ill and bovine respiratory disease (BRD).Dr. Reynold Bergen with the Beef Cattle Research Council t...
Mar 03, 2023
Agriculture Roundup for Wednesday, March 1, 2023
MELFORT, Sask. - The documentary Guardians of the Grasslands has now evolved into an online game for students in Grade 7 to 10.Students in Alberta will be the first to experience the online grazing si...
Mar 01, 2023