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Inaugural chair of Farm and Food Care Saskatchewan receives award
Each year, the Farm and Food Care Saskatchewan Champion Award recognizes an individual who has engaged consumers in agriculture and worked to build public trust in farming and food. This year's recipi...
Nov 06, 2024

Farmer, researcher new lead of Do More Ag
Canada's leading voice and champion for mental health in agriculture has named its newest Executive Director. Merle Massie will lead the Do More Agriculture Foundation (DMAF). Massie brings a dual per...
Nov 05, 2024

Potash fertilizer among the hardest-hit commodities at B.C. ports lockout
The BC Maritime Employers Association said its lockout of more than 700 unionized workers that has shut down ports across the province would not affect grain or cruise operations. However, the potash ...
Nov 05, 2024

Happening now: Jim Pattison Children's Hospital Radiothon
Sudden numbness in his nose and unexplained hand spasms didn't initially raise concerns for Cole Smith. He was an active 15-year-old from Shellbrook living a typical teenage life and enjoying time on ...
Nov 05, 2024

Alberta school to research canola-based feed in aquaponics industry
The search continues for an alternate, more sustainable source of fish feed for the growing aquaponics industry. Lethbridge Polytechnic will research the use of canola-based feed in aquaponics which h...
Nov 01, 2024

Avian Influenza found in a pig in the U.S.
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has its first case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in a pig. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack was in Iowa on Thursday when he shared det...
Nov 01, 2024

B.C. port employers issue lockout notice in labour dispute with foremen union
Ports in British Columbia are facing the possibility of another province-wide labour disruption as employers say they will lock out members of the union representing more than 700 foremen after it ser...
Nov 01, 2024

Strike disrupts some operations at the Port of Montreal
A labour dispute at the Port of Montreal has shut down some operations. This morning an indefinite strike by members of CUPE Local 375, the longshore workers' union, began at the Viau and Maisonneuve ...
Oct 31, 2024

Ag. groups reject Bloc bill on supply managed sector trade talks
Roughly 40 Canadian agriculture and agri-food industry groups sent a letter to the Senate to reject a private members' bill that would take Canada's supply managed sector out of any international trad...
Oct 31, 2024

Variable yields and good quality in last Saskatchewan crop report of 2024
Yields were slightly above average during the 2024 harvest. The Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture released its final Crop Report of the year which provided a summary of what transpired this growing...
Oct 31, 2024