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Trade organization calls for fair dispute process
The Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance (CAFTA) wants assurances trade will continue while establishing an appeal arrangement for trade disputes.Several governments released a joint statement affirming ...
Mar 30, 2020 (Alice McFarlane/farmnewsNOW Staff)
Agriculture Roundup for Monday March 30, 2020
An Alberta beef packing plant stopped slaughtering cattle on Friday after one of its workers tested positive for COVID-19.Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) kept some inspectors from work after Al...
Mar 30, 2020 ID 95821129 © Orest Lyzhechka Dreamstime.com
Two more cases related to Christopher Lake rally; Sask. total increases to 156 cases
Two more confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been linked to the Christopher Lake snowmobile rally on March 14. As of Sunday, a total of 20 confirmed cases can be traced back to the rally, two more than S...
Mar 29, 2020 Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Saqib Shahab. (Canadian Press)
Agriculture Director weighs in on COVID-19 and the ag sector
The agriculture sector has had to deal with a number of developments and changes as the COVID-19 situation has evolved over the last month or so.farmnewsNOW Agriculture Director Alice McFarlane is out...
Mar 28, 2020 Award-winning Agriculture Director Alice McFarlane discusses COVID-19's effects on the ag industry (Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff)
No further on-reserve COVID-19 cases in the North
Twenty-four of the 104 COVID-19 cases being reported in Saskatchewan straddle three large geographically regions including Prince Albert and the North. Meanwhile, there is some good news coming out of...
Mar 27, 2020 Southend, Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation. (Cameconorth.com)
Grain movement by rail improving
Grain movement has improved significantly according to CN Rail.Alice McFarlane with Ag Access talks to CN's director of bulk sales Scott Shurvell about the progress being made in March and shipping fe...
Mar 27, 2020 (file photo/farmnewsNOW Staff)
Ag Retailer prepares for seeding amid COVID-19
Farmers are reaching out to their agriculture retailers for the products they need to put in this year's crop.Nutrien Ag Solutions' agronomy services manager for northeast Saskatchewan Lyle Cowell sai...
Mar 27, 2020 ID 150423560 © Gligatron Dreamstime.com
Agriculture Roundup for Friday March 27, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the Canadian cattle industry.The stock market sell-off led to a drastic drop in cattle prices.Dennis Laycraft with the Canadian Cattlemen's Associ...
Mar 27, 2020 ID 89369913 © Dusan Kostic Dreamstime.com
Research shows pulses sensitive to seedrow fertilizer
Lentils, peas and chickpeas can be sensitive to seed-placed starter nitrogen, phosphorus and sulphur fertilizer products.Research conducted at the University of Saskatchewan's (USask) Department of So...
Mar 26, 2020 (Alice McFarlane/farmnewsNOW Staff)
Saskatchewan Registered Nurses Association processing hundreds of inquiries about emergency licenses
One week ago, the Saskatchewan Registered Nurses Association put out an urgent call to its eligible members - including retired nurses, non-practicing nurses, and grad nurses to register for emergency...
Mar 26, 2020 (CKOM News Staff)