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As if Saskatchewan farmers didn't have enough to worry about this summer, what is being grown despite the heat is being eaten by grasshoppers. Dr. James Tansey, insect/ pest management specialist with...

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS) welcomes the drought aid announcement the federal government made recently. Ottawa announced the livestock tax defe...

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - Michael Grassick farms east of Prince Albert and is the first to admit the situation is not great in his area. Pastures are really thin, hay bales are half what they were last y...

NORTH BATTLEFORD, Sask. - Thursday night's severe storm with winds gusting up to 102 km/h in the Battlefords area caused significant property damage to a number of farms in the region.Like much of Sas...

MELFORT, Sask. - The early designated areas for the Livestock Tax Deferral provision have been announced.About 160 Saskatchewan rural municipalities are on the list. More RM's will be added in the com...

LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- While Alberta's agricultural growing season began on a positive note this year, Mother Nature quickly relinquished her 'motherly' role.Crop conditions are continually being updated ...

The Perdue Cattle Show today and tomorrow will be the largest in many years thanks to it becoming a qualifying event for Canadian Western Agribition.The top purebred bull and female will get an automa...

IRVINE, AB - It doesn't look like much right now but in a few weeks, it will be an innovative outdoor classroom. The new Agriculture Discovery Centre at Irvine School will be a student-led farm.Studen...

LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- There's little need to explain the situation - intense heat is wreaking havoc on crops across the west and ranchers to locate feed for their cattle. Alberta Beef Producers (ABP) Cha...

MELFORT , Sask - Crops in Saskatchewan are maturing rapidly and showing ongoing signs of heat stress this week. Provincial crops extension specialist Matt Struthers said it is too late for rain to imp...