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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...

Virtual breed shows will headline Canadian Western Agribition's (CWA) reworked program for 2020.CWA will hold a comprehensive multi-breed virtual cattle show online.Agribition Evolution Series is a pu...

COUNTY OF GRANDE PRAIRIE, AB. -- The County of Grande Prairie will be making sure that those hauling hay and straw along County roadways know exactly what is required in terms of load securement, as C...

MELFORT, Sask. -- It's important for people who grow food to reach out to those who eat it.October is Agriculture Month in Saskatchewan.Farm and Food Care Saskatchewan executive director Clinton Monch...

After a decline in beer purchases early this spring due to the COVID-19 pandemic, sales have bounced back and are close to last year's numbers.Beer sales dropped by 2.4 per cent in March, 4.8 per cent...

GROVEDALE, AB -- A big crew came out to a farm west of Grovedale on September 30 for an old-fashioned harvest.Stooks from 10 acres of oats grown on the Jim and Diane Lofstrom farm were gathered and ha...

GRASSY LAKE, AB - A new state-of-the-art fertilizer terminal has opened in Southern Alberta.Federated Co-operative Limited (FCL) invested $42.8-million into the facility, which warehouses, blends, and...

MELFORT, Sask. - There are many benefits to applying fertilizer in the fall.Retired Yorkton, Sask. agronomist Thom Weir tells Alice McFarlane with Ag Access about the advantages of the common after ha...

MELFORT, Sask. - Great weather this fall across much of the prairies is putting crops in the bin early this year.Across Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, agriculture departments said harvests are we...

MELFORT, Sask. - A federal government program has been introduced to help producers improve on-farm conditions for employees whether they are temporary foreign workers or Canadian citizens. The $35 mi...