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MELFORT, Sask. - Consumers are asking for sustainable food products.Canada's beef industry has created a number of programs to fulfill those needs.Verified Beef Production Plus (VBP+) program and remo...

LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- Agriculture and Agri-food Canada has announced an investment of more than $4.6 million for three projects to grow the pork industry within Canada and in international markets. The i...

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Thompson Rivers University (TRU) says it has agreed to work with Ignition Tranquille Developments to focus on experiential learning, soil health, and farm-related research at the Tran...

LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- With the majority of western farmers having to deal with higher-than-average temperatures, drought conditions throughout the growing season, and forest fires, it might be expected t...

MELFORT, Sask. - The federal government is continuing its support of Canadian Foodgrains Bank with funding so the work of responding to food emergencies around the world can continue.The grant is wort...

MELFORT, Sask. - Canadian Western Agribition (CWA) successfully wrapped up its fiftieth show welcoming roughly 85,000 attendees over six days. That number is down by roughly 36,000 people from two yea...

MELFORT, Sask. - The latest crop report from Statistics Canada does not come as a surprise to prairie farmers.Production fell more than 35 per cent this year to its lowest total since 2007.The nationa...

LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- Fertilizer Canada and Results Driven Agriculture Research (RDAR) have joined forces on a soil health research project, that will study the long term effect of sulfur and nitrogen fe...

MELFORT, Sask. - Two current Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission (Sask. Wheat) directors have been re-elected, a former director is returning, and a first-time candidate will join the board of d...

MELFORT, Sask. - The federal and Manitoba governments have created a breeding herd buy-back for producers who had to sell animals due to drought.The AgriRecovery program was announced in August when b...