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Battlefords producers impacted by B.C. floods
NORTH BATTLEFORD, Sask. - Battlefords area producers are feeling the impact from this week's floods and mudslides in British Columbia.Producer Charlie Smith, who farms in the Rabbit Lake area, said he...
Nov 18, 2021
'Living Labs' application needs producer input November 19
LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- Alberta Beef Producers (ABP) is working closely with Alberta Barley, Alberta Wheat Commission, and several other industry organizations to identify and test innovative management pr...
Nov 18, 2021
Agriculture Roundup for Thursday November 18, 2021
MELFORT, Sask. - Thousands of farm animals in British Columbia have died in what officials are calling an agricultural disaster.The Chicken Farmers of Canada said dozens of farms under evacuation orde...
Nov 18, 2021
Two Peace Country exhibitors win multiple ribbons at Farmfair
GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alta. - Guy's Honey Bunny Inc. came home from the Honey and Hive Products competition at Farmfair in Edmonton with a plethora of ribbons.It took first in the Liquid Honey, Creamed Hone...
Nov 17, 2021
Listen: Stock Growers release drought survival recommendations for governments
MELFORT, Sask. - The Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association (SSGA) has developed a 12 point plan to help producers following the devastating 2021 drought.Alice McFarlane with Ag Access talks to SSGA P...
Nov 17, 2021
Agriculture Roundup for Wednesday November 17, 2021
MELFORT, Sask. - Federal Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau is in Regina, Sask. this afternoon to make a pulse crop industry announcement.Bibeau and representatives from the pulse ...
Nov 17, 2021
Reduced forage availability leads to above average Alberta cattle sales
LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- Strained feed supplies in Alberta have prompted producers to sell off cattle earlier than normal and increase cow culling. Jason Wood, the provincial livestock market analyst with A...
Nov 16, 2021
Listen: International ergot research being conducted at the USask
MELFORT, Sask. - A researcher at the University of Saskatchewan is using ammonia and UV light to see if these factors can reduce the harmful effect of ergot in cereal crops.USask PhD student Jensen Ch...
Nov 16, 2021
Agriculture Roundup for Tuesday November 16, 2021
MELFORT, Sask. - New research on chickpeas hopes to improve this important food source for low- and lower-middle-income countriesThe University of Saskatchewan (USask) is part of a global team that us...
Nov 16, 2021
Peace Country farm families saluted at Edmonton farm show
GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alta. - Farmfair has paid tribute to 25 Alberta farm families, including several from the Peace Country.Farmfair gave out its Farm Family Awards for 2020 and 2021 at a lunch held Frida...
Nov 16, 2021