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Race to the finish line for Sask. farmers
In a harvest season that has seen one delay after another, the latest Saskatchewan Agriculture crop report shows 90 per cent of the crop now in the bin.That's up seven per cent from last week, but dow...
Oct 31, 2019 (Chris Carr/650 CKOM)
Listen: Pigs at risk during flu season
Seasonal flu started infecting swine operations earlier than normal this year.Alice McFarlane with Ag Access talks to a veterinary pathologist about seasonal influenza that can infect the upper respir...
Oct 31, 2019 ID 24238763 © Marian Mocanu Dreamstime.com
‘What was the point?’: SaskTel employee frustrated with tentative contract
After 17 days of job action, including frigid days on the picket line, some workers at SaskTel are frustrated with the tentative contract agreed to by the union.During negotiations and picketing, Unif...
Oct 31, 2019 (File photo/CKOM News Staff)
Agriculture Roundup for Thursday October 31, 2019
The 2019 Youth Ag Summit will be held in Brazil next week and Craven's Karly Rumpel will be attending the event as part of the Canadian delegation.Rumpel is an agronomist that graduated from the Unive...
Oct 31, 2019 ID 18946704 © Knapjames Dreamstime.com
Listen: CFIB surveys business on ag sector
Businesses know agriculture is an economic driver.Alice McFarlane with Ag Access talks to Marilyn Braun-Pollen with the Canadian Federation of Independent Business about a survey that highlights the i...
Oct 30, 2019 ID 89369913 © Dusan Kostic Dreamstime.com
Canada/China discuss canola trade dispute
It's taken nine months but Canada finally had its first official meeting with Chinese officials on Monday in Geneva, Switzerland.It was part of the World Trade Organization (WTO) consultation process ...
Oct 30, 2019 (Alice McFarlane/farmnewsNOW Staff)
Plows, ice covered windows and speed: winter driving is back
Following the recent snowfalls in Saskatchewan, drivers are re-adjusting to winter conditions."Road conditions are going to be different in winter months," SGI's Tyler McMurchy said. "A number of peop...
Oct 30, 2019 (File photo/CKOM News Staff)
Fougere talks western representation, oil and gas with PM
Regina's mayor spent a phone call Tuesday morning trying to put a Western Canadian bug in the prime minister's ear.Justin Trudeau has been calling mayors in Saskatchewan and Alberta, trying to gather ...
Oct 30, 2019 Regina Mayor Michael Fougere. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Agriculture Roundup for Wednesday October 30, 2019
Saskatchewan feeder cattle prices dropped during the busy fall calf run.Feeder steer prices were lower in every weight category with the exception of the lowest and highest weight classes while feeder...
Oct 30, 2019 ID 127754032 © Landfillgirl Dreamstime.com
Pumpkin (dry) patch: where have they gone?
It is a horror of a different type for last-minute shoppers: local retailers appear nearly picked clean of pumpkins.Scores of comments on social media over the last few days have families scouring to ...
Oct 30, 2019 A rare commodity. The stock of pumpkins has dried up.(file photo/paNOW Staff)