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New product revolutionizing self-driving, GPS-based technology
Self-driving machinery isn't new, but Outback Guidance's new product is looking to revolutionize the way it's done. Most self-driving technology is tied in to one specific manufacturer, or specificall...
Apr 06, 2019 Outback Guidance's Rebel series is looking to revolutionize self-driving technology (Brady Lang/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Improvements coming to rail lines
CN Rail says grain movement is picking up after severe cold weather this winter.Vice President Sean Finn said CN hopper car deliveries are back on schedule."Compared to last year even though we did ha...
Apr 05, 2019 (Alice McFarlane/farmnewsNOW Staff)
CFIA president to head delegation to China
The federal agriculture minister says if and when a Canadian delegation travels to China to discuss the canola trade feud the president of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) will take the lead...
Apr 05, 2019 (Alice McFarlane/farmnewsNOW Staff)
Enhanced bin safety expected from new products
Farm safety is always top of mind, and a company owner hopes a new product will change how producers navigate grain bins. Northern Strands has developed its Bin Safe System, which is OH&S complain...
Apr 05, 2019 Martin Toews demonstrates the product at the Agrimex show in North Battleford (Brady Lang/battlefordsNOW staff)
Canola trader puts positive spin on China dispute
A canola trader is optimistic the disruption of Canada's canola trade with China will be settled favourably.Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) Trading Manager Tracy Lussier told roughly 250 farmers and indus...
Apr 04, 2019 (Alice McFarlane/farmnewsNOW Staff)
Wheat growers elect a new president
A Manitoba farmer has been elected the next president of the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association.Gunter Jochum of St. Francis Xavier was named to the position at the group's March board meeting...
Apr 04, 2019 (submitted photo/Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association)
The farmgate cost of the carbon tax
The federal carbon tax will cost farmers at least $2 per acre this year according to estimates provided by the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS).Farmers do not pay the carbon t...
Apr 03, 2019 (Twitter/@APASGenMgr)
Saskatoon working on contingency plan following P.A. oil spill
The 2016 oil spill that blanketed the North Saskatchewan River near Prince Albert and shut down the local water intake system is being used as a springboard by the City of Saskatoon as local officials...
Apr 03, 2019 The aftermath of the oil spill. (File photo/paNOW Staff)
U of S climate scientist reacts to Environment Canada report
A leading Canadian water security expert says a recent Environment and Climate Change Canada report highlights the need to change how Saskatchewan designs and builds communities and infrastructure."We...
Apr 03, 2019 (file photo/CKOM News Staff)
Warmer weather brings higher risk of hantavirus
The risk of contracting hantavirus infection is currently low in Saskatchewan. However, deer mice are present throughout the province and the risk will increase as the weather improves and people spen...
Apr 03, 2019 Deer mouse. (submitted photo/Ministry of Health)