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NORTH BATTLEFORD, Sask.-While the 2021 crop production was down due to the drought, the province including the North West region saw a boon in 2020 resulting in strong export numbers the year after. E...

MELFORT, Sask. - There are concerns about tighter supplies of glyphosate this spring.Spraying expert Tom Wolf said there are some strategies for extending the use of this important herbicide but farme...

MELFORT, Sask. - A farm group wants the Saskatchewan government to place a moratorium on wild boar farming.The Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) said new measures are needed to g...

MELFORT, Sask. - The federal government is providing funding to projects that strengthen Canada's food system from sustainable food production and processing, to less food waste.Outcast Foods will rec...

MEDICINE HAT, AB - Local farmers and officials say conditions are so dry following this winter's parched months and last year's drought, 2022 could be a make or break year for some producers."The subs...

MELFORT, Sask. - There are going to be several factors impacting pulse crop production this year after farmers suffered through a very dry year.Saskatchewan Pulse Growers agronomy manager Sarah Anders...

MELFORT, Sask. - The protection of animal health and disease management will be the focus of two projects funded by the federal and Manitoba governments.The Invasive Swine Eradication Initiative will ...

MELFORT, Sask. - Timing is everything when it comes to farming.There was a great deal of stress after last year's drought on the prairies but an agricultural meteorologist said the spring will start o...

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - Alberta Beef Producers (ABP) wrapped up their Producer Zone Meetings last week and are preparing for the 46 Annual General Meeting the first week of March. ABP general manager Brad...

MELFORT, Sask. - The federal government is providing funding for precision agriculture projects.Ukko Agro Inc. will receive up to $875,000 to develop an analytics platform to assist in controlling dis...