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NORTH BATTLEFORD, SASK. - Community gardens in the Battlefords area this year are putting more than 11,000 pounds of fresh produce on the tables of families in need.The Battlefords District Food and R...

More than 20 years ago Percy Schmeiser of Bruno, Sask. and Monsanto were involved in a lengthy legal battle that ended up in the Supreme Court. That fight is the focus of a new film being released tod...

An official with Manitoba Pork said the lower number of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea (PED) cases is a good sign going into the winter and into next spring.Swine Health Programs manager Jenelle Hamblin sa...

CALGARY, AB. -- It's a growth equity investment for the Blood Tribe.On September 30, Kainai Forage closed a $15 million Construction Credit with Farm Credit Canada and an operating Line of Credit with...

MELFORT, Sask. - Most farmers have completed or are very close to having the 2020 crop in the bin.The latest crop report from the Ministry of Agriculture said 96 per cent of the crop is combined up fr...

Thanksgiving celebrations are going to be different this year. Alice McFarlane with Ag Access talks to Carol Miller with the Butterball Turkey Talk-Line about the upcoming feast.alice.mcfarlane@jpbg.c...

SPRUCE GROVE, Alta. - The grain elevator in Spruce Grove, Alberta is the latest property to be designated a Provincial Historic Resource.The wooden Alberta Wheat Pool grain elevator, an important part...

MELFORT, Sask. - Western Canadian Wheat Growers (WCWG) have decided to cancel its fall convention.WCWG President Gunter Jochum said the event scheduled for Nov. 24 and 25 in Regina was to be the organ...

MEDICINE HAT, AB - A new program at Medicine Hat College will put students on the path to a career in sustainable agriculture.The college says the Agroecology Technician diploma program provides stude...

MELFORT, Sask. - Four seed sector organizations will go ahead with plans to become one new, national organization. Canadian Plant Technology Agency, Commercial Seed Analysts Association of Canada, Can...