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Agriculture Roundup for Friday October 7, 2022
MELFORT, Sask. - Prairie cereal groups have created a straw management guide.The six-page document covers nutrient content, how nutrients are released, the value of organic matter, and methods for man...
Oct 07, 2022
Extremely high fuel and fertilizer prices headline challenges for farmers during stressful year
Harvest is getting close to being done across Saskatchewan putting an end to one of, if not the, most challenging year for farmers in the fields. The biggest issue during seeding and harvest has been ...
Oct 06, 2022
Midwest Food Resources wraps up community gardens harvest
Midwest Food Resources community gardens in North Battleford are winding down for the season after wrapping up their harvest. The project includes three gardens: the first is used by participating loc...
Oct 06, 2022
Excellent wheat crop in Saskatchewan
MELFORT, Sask.- Many Saskatchewan farmers will celebrate Thanksgiving at the dinner table and not in the combine.Thanks to the excellent fall weather, roughly 90 per cent of the crop has been harveste...
Oct 06, 2022
Agriculture Roundup for Thursday October 6, 2022
MELFORT, Sask. - Alberta RCMP have arrested and charged two men in connection to the theft of canola.Police received a report on Sept. 28 that a significant amount of canola had been stolen from a far...
Oct 06, 2022
The price of farmland continues to rise
MELFORT, Sask. - The value of farmland continues to increase in most parts of Canada.The Farm Credit Canada (FCC) mid-year review noted prices of agricultural land increased by 15.6 per cent in Ontari...
Oct 05, 2022
Agriculture Roundup for Wednesday October 5, 2022
MELFORT, Sask. - October is Agriculture Month in Saskatchewan. Farm & Food Care Saskatchewan is encouraging consumers to learn more about the world-class, environmentally sustainable products prod...
Oct 05, 2022
SynergyAG expands ag retail footprint to northeast Saskatchewan
MELFORT, Sask. - SynergyAG continues to grow.The agriculture retail company announced Monday it will build its 11th crop input centre just south of Melfort, Sask. on a five-acre site along highway 41 ...
Oct 03, 2022
Agriculture writers meet in Regina to talk green
Over 80 agriculture journalists from across the country descended on Regina over the weekend for the annual Canadian Farm Writers' Federation conference.For some conference goers this was their first ...
Oct 03, 2022
Harvest closer to wrapping up in North West region
Farmers in the Battlefords and Meadow Lake area in the North West region are reporting steady progress for this year's harvest.The province said a total of 70 per cent of the crop has been harvested b...
Oct 02, 2022