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Roughly eight days of rain may have helped replenish soil moisture reserves but seeding was delayed. The Manitoba Agriculture Crop Report was released this week and Oilseed Specialist Sonia Wilson sai...

Drake Meat Processors (Drake) will build a new 53,000 square foot state-of-the-art meat processing facility in Saskatoon, Sask. Production capacity will increase to over 8.0 million kilograms of produ...

The Government of Saskatchewan says it doesn't anticipate any more deaths related to the small anthrax outbreak in the Rural Municipality of Paynton.The outbreak claimed the lives of two cows accordin...

Summer is a demanding time for agricultural producers. Crop Extension Specialist Ashley Kaminski said to support farmers efforts and help streamline the workload, there are a few resources to stay up ...

Alberta Grains board chair Tara Sawyer will be stepping away from her duties to take a run a provincial politics. Tara Sawyer was appointed the United Conservative Party (UCP) candidate for the Olds-D...

The Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association was shocked when Heath McDonald was named the new Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister. When Prime Minister Mark Carney announced his new cabinet this week...

Limited precipitation allowed producers to make substantial seeding progress. Roughly 49 per cent of the crop is in the ground across the province, up 31 per cent from last week. This is significantly...

The province is urging producers to remain vigilant after anthrax was confirmed in cattle in the Rural Municipality (R.M.) of Paynton No. 470, located about 64 kilometres northwest of North Battleford...

As spring arrives, Ontario's fruit and vegetable farms are once again welcoming seasonal and temporary farm workers from other countries. After the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, many improvemen...

Seeding is underway across Saskatchewan. Riley Rude, Crop Extension Specialist with the Ministry of Agriculture, says whether you're already putting in fertilizer, or still fine-tuning your plan, it's...