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Listen: Livestock price insurance deadline approaches
Cow-calf producers only have three days left to sign up for the Western Livestock Price Insurance Program (WLPIP).Alice McFarlane with Ag Access says producers have several resources available to them...
Jun 16, 2020
Agriculture Roundup for Tuesday June 16, 2020
The federal government has launched the $50 million Surplus Food Rescue Program. The goal is to move surplus food commodities like potatoes and meat through the food system as efficiently as possible ...
Jun 16, 2020
STF president disappointed no extra money in Sask. budget for COVID-19 related school safety measures
As the provincial government announced its full 2020-21 budget, Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation President Patrick Maze said he was not only surprised, but disappointed it didn't specifically contain...
Jun 16, 2020
NDP says Sask. budget lacks a recovery plan
The Saskatchewan NDP says the budget is nothing more than a 'pre-election placeholder' that does nothing to show how the government intends to get the province back on track from the COVID-19 pandemic...
Jun 15, 2020
Healing Haven Wildlife Rescue Release and Upcoming Fundraiser.
Another happy story!This Great Horned Owl was hit by a car.One of our amazing Conservation Officers picked him up and got him to us! He was suffering from a concussion and one injured eye. We were abl...
Jun 15, 2020
Weekend storm tears path through small hamlet and surrounding farms
Marlene Coulter-Hovdebo says the storm that devastated their property sounded like a train was coming through, and there was zero visibilty.Coulter-Hovdebo and her husband live just north of Brancepet...
Jun 15, 2020
Agriculture Roundup for Monday June 15, 2020
The Saskatchewan Cattlemen's Association (SCA) will contribute up to $1 million to offset COVID-19 impacts on the Western Livestock Price Insurance Program (WLPIP) premiums.On May 14, the Saskatchewan...
Jun 15, 2020
We Deserve a Better CFL
Over the last five years I've been meeting CFL fans of different teams, even Bomber fans, and while the tendency to trash talk is always there, so is the realization that we cannot take this league an...
Jun 15, 2020
Urgent changes needed for business risk management programs: Agricultural Producers' Association says
The Agricultural Producers' Association of Saskatchewan (APAS) shared its concerns about current business risk management programs (BRM) during today's House of Commons Standing Committee on Agricultu...
Jun 12, 2020
Listen: Policy paper says food security and farming should be protected
A new report from the University of Calgary's School of Public Policy says food security and the agri-food industry will play a crucial role in the post-COVID economic recovery. Alice McFarlane with A...
Jun 12, 2020