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Declining flax acres has Saskatchewan commission considering options
MELFORT, Sask. - Canada no longer holds the key to the global flax market and that is having a ripple effect down to the producer.Chuck Penner with Leftfield Commodity Research told those gathered at ...
Jan 23, 2023

TELUS Health providing mental health services to producers
MELFORT, Sask. - TELUS Health will be the exclusive provider of mental health services for the Canadian Centre for Agricultural Wellbeing (CCAW).CCAW is a new not-for-profit organization that launched...
Jan 20, 2023

Agriculture Roundup for Friday January 20, 2023
MELFORT, Sask. - The federal agriculture minister is on the third day of a trade mission to the U.K. and Germany.Marie-Claude Bibeau is in Berlin today meeting with global trading counterparts to disc...
Jan 20, 2023

Grade five student first Sask Pork Whole Hog Youth Ambassador
MELFORT, Sask. - Sask Pork launched a new agricultural education program today designed to help share the story of pork production. The organization named 10-year-old Reise Podordeski of Marcelin the ...
Jan 19, 2023

Agriculture Roundup for Thursday January 19, 2023
MELFORT, Sask. - The group that represents rural municipalities is putting its support behind the Saskatchewan Firearms Act.Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) president Ray Orb sa...
Jan 19, 2023

Project hopes to engage more women in agriculture
MELFORT, Sask. - Despite continued progress, women are underrepresented in many respects in the Canadian agriculture sector, and their contributions often go unrecognized. They face both systemic and ...
Jan 18, 2023

Meadow Lake Co-op honours longtime agronomist Dave Cubbon
Longtime Meadow Lake Co-op agronomist Dave Cubbon was fted at a special retirement celebration this week. The farewell gathering was held at the Seniors Activity Centre in Meadow Lake Tuesday afternoo...
Jan 18, 2023

Listen: Research studies how play benefits pigs
MELFORT, Sask. - New research is studying how stimulating pigs into having play time helps their emotional wellbeing.Alice McFarlane with Ag Access talks to Dr. Yoland Seddon, the Natural Sciences and...
Jan 18, 2023

Agriculture Roundup for Wednesday January 18, 2023
MELFORT, Sask. - Manitoba's crop insurance coverage is expected to increase for the upcoming crop year.The federal and provincial governments said total agri-insurance coverage for 2023 is expected to...
Jan 18, 2023

Tireless promoter recognized by Saskatchewan Pulse Growers
MELFORT, Sask. - Gordon Bacon was honoured with the Pulse Promoter Award for his efforts to advance the industry.Bacon has been a champion of positioning pulses as an affordable, nutritious, and healt...
Jan 17, 2023