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GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alta. - The province's first crop report of 2022 says 0.3 per cent of Peace Region crops had been seeded as of May 3. It was at 0.8 per cent this time last year with the five-year aver...

MELFORT, Sask. - Canada's high commissioner to the United Kingdom has accused Vladimir Putin of depravity for denying hungry people in African countries and other developing nations access to grain fr...

NORTH BATTLEFORD, Sask. - Honey producers are dealing with added challenges this year from a variety of reasons.Cameron Brown, of Farmer Brown's Honey, is a beekeeper in the Meota area.Brown said he p...

MELFORT, Sask. - Statistics Canada released the results of the 2021 Census of Agriculture.The information shows emerging trends and issues faced by farm operators in Canada. Some of the information in...

MELFORT, Sask. - The Canadian Meat Council (CMC) is implementing a market strategy with a goal to maintain existing markets and identify new trade opportunities.In collaboration with the Canadian Pork...

IRVINE, AB - Students at Irvine School are getting the unique opportunity for a real world look at life on the farm, and they don't even have to leave the school grounds. The Agriculture Discovery Cen...

MELFORT, Sask. - Emily Sebastian of Montmartre is the grand prize winner of the 2022 Saskatchewan Agriculture Student Scholarship.Sebastian will receive $4,000 to put towards her post-secondary studie...

MELFORT, Sask. - AGCO, a manufacturer and distributor of agricultural equipment, said it was subject to a ransomware attack that impacted some of its production facilities.The company said in a news r...

MELFORT, Sask. - Following consultations the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) is implementing a series of grading changes that will better meet the needs of the agriculture sector in Canada and its glo...

MELFORT, Sask. - Canadian poultry and egg producers have lost more than 1.7 million farmed birds to a highly contagious strain of avian influenza.The latest numbers provided by the Canadian Food Inspe...