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Listen: The human cost of grain drying

More and more farmers are forced to dry grain. It's happening over a larger geographical area.Joy Agnew is the Director of Applied Research at Olds College. She spent almost 10 years at the Prairie Ag...

Dec 10, 2019 Grain drying equipment (Twitter/@SKAgriculture)

Mule deer buck shot and left near St. Louis

Saskatchewan Conservation Officers are investigating another deer being shot illegally and then left to waste. This time it was a mule deer buck found south of Prince Albert near the community of St. ...

Dec 10, 2019 A mule deer buck left to waste east of St. Louis. (Facebook/SaskTip)

Farm show gets a new name and look

Canada's Farm Progress Show in Regina is going through a major transformation.The show will have a new look, a new name, rebranding and added entertainment.New name Regina Exhibition Association Limit...

Dec 10, 2019 The 2019 edition of Canada's Farm Progress show will be the last year for outdoor displays. Everything moves indoors in 2020. (Alice McFarlane/farmnewsNOW Staff)

Agriculture Roundup for Tuesday December 10, 2019

The Conservative Party's shadow minister of agriculture said what wasn't in last week's Throne Speech is more telling than what was included.John Barlow said the word 'agriculture' did not appear once...

Dec 10, 2019 (file photo/farmnewsNOW.com)

Wexit Saskatchewan searches for signatures in Melfort

Wexit Saskatchewan has set up in northern Saskatchewan, as members handed out pamphlets and encouraged signatures from a table at the Melfort Mall last week. The leadership of the western separatist m...

Dec 09, 2019 A Wexit Saskatchewan table set up inside Melfort Mall with volunteers searching for signatures. (Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff).

Train derailment near Guernsey causes oil car fire, closes Highway 16

The RCMP is telling drivers to avoid Highway 16 east of Saskatoon after a train hauling crude oil went off the tracks and caught fire early Monday.CP Rail said the derailment happened west of Guernsey...

Dec 09, 2019 (Brent Bosker/650 CKOM)

Analyst expects spring wheat prices to improve in 2020

Farmers and industry representatives learned more about the future of commodity markets this winter at the recent Farm Forum event in Saskatoon.Mike Jubinville with MarketsFarm explained wheat buyers ...

Dec 09, 2019 (Alice McFarlane/farmnewsNOW Staff)

Agriculture Roundup for Monday December 9, 2019

Todd Lewis has been re-elected to a fourth term as president of the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan. Lewis farms at Gray, southeast of Regina, and was first elected president in lat...

U of S leads study on service animals for veterans with PTSD

The University of Saskatchewan is leading a program that focuses on helping veterans living with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).It will examine the link between service animals and problematic ...

Dec 08, 2019 Dr. Colleen Dell is on the University of Saskatchewan team leading a study on service dogs and veterans with PTSD. (University of Saskatchewan)

Diet plays factor in mental health, says nutritional therapist

Watching what you eat could be a big step towards better mental health, according to a nutritional therapist.Kristina Virro, a registered dietitian and therapist with Fresh Insight, told Brent Loucks ...

Dec 08, 2019 (File photo/CKOM News Staff)