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Nipawin home to new John Deere dealership
An agriculture equipment dealer is expanding in the northeast.Cervus Equipment will be opening a parts and service centre south of Nipawin on Highway 35.Cervus Equipment Director of Product Support Ky...
Mar 12, 2020 Cervus Equipment will open a parts and service south of Nipawin in April. (submitted photo/farmnewsNOW Staff)
U of S to “operate as usual,” considers remote classes
The University of Saskatchewan (U of S) issued a statement Wednesday afternoon on the "quickly evolving COVID-19" situation.In a release by University Communications, the U of S says they're focused o...
Mar 12, 2020 (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
Agriculture Roundup for Thursday March 12, 2020
Funding for irrigation expansion will be announced in next week's provincial budget.Premier Scott Moe made the promise at the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities annual meeting in Regina ...
Mar 12, 2020 ID 87457505 © Kathy (null) Dreamstime.com
Saskatchewan has first presumptive case of coronavirus
Saskatchewan is confirming the first presumptive case of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Saskatoon.The person was tested on Monday in Saskatchewan and has been well enough to self-isolate in their home. A...
Mar 12, 2020 The coronavirus. (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota/Twitter)
Juno Awards set for Saskatoon have been cancelled
The Juno Awards, which were to be held in Saskatoon on Sunday, have been cancelled due to concerns surrounding coronavirus.The news was delivered Thursday via Twitter."We are devastated to cancel this...
Mar 12, 2020 (Juno Awards)
Two Canadian grain groups discuss amalgamation
Cereals Canada and the Canadian International Grains Institute (Cigi) want to join forces. Alice McFarlane with Ag Access talks to Cereals Canada President Cam Dahl about the process.-alice.mcfarlane@...
Mar 11, 2020 dreamstime_m_154964746
Connecting students to agriculture
A special event yesterday in Saskatoon gave 20 high school students an up close look at various aspects of food production.The students from around Saskatchewan participated in the Farm to Fork progra...
Mar 11, 2020 Twenty high school students from across Saskatchewan tour the Rayner Dairy barn at the University of Saskatchewan as part of the Farm to Fork event. (submitted photo/USask)
DU increases marginal land incentive payment
Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) wants to help farmers with some of their unproductive land.DUC announced it's increasing the Marginal Areas Program (MAP) payment for farmers to seed hard to access and po...
Mar 11, 2020 (submitted photo/Ducks Unlimited)
Province extends another offer to Sask. teachers
The provincial government is making a new offer to Saskatchewan's teachers.In a media release, the government said Wednesday that it's offering a four-year contract that includes a $1,500 one-time pay...
Mar 11, 2020 Education Minister Gordon Wyant. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
Sask. gov’t still doesn’t have finished plan to deal with possible coronavirus outbreak
The Government of Saskatchewan still doesn't have a finished plan on how it, and its many arms, would deal with a coronavirus outbreak if it were to happen here.Health Minister Jim Reiter said the pla...
Mar 11, 2020 (CJME News Staff)