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Saskatchewan farmers looking for rain
Almost all Saskatchewan producers have completed their seeding operations, and now they're looking for moisture to replenish the topsoil.Rain fell in many areas of the province over the last week, wit...
Jun 12, 2025
Canadian Agri-Business Education Foundation honours seven students
Seven outstanding students from across Canada have been selected as the 2025 recipients of the Canadian Agri-Business Education Foundation (CABEF) scholarships. Each student will receive a $2,500 scho...
Jun 12, 2025
Alberta Forage Network to close at the end of the month
The Alberta Forage Industry Network (AFIN) will transfer its responsibilities for representing the Alberta forage industry to the Agricultural Research and Extension Council of Alberta (ARECA) effecti...
Jun 11, 2025
Saskatchewan pulse and soybean levy to drop later this summer
Saskatchewan Pulse Growers (SPG) is making a move that will leave more money in farmers' pockets. SPG said it's reducing the levy rate collected on pulse and soybean crops in Saskatchewan from 0.67% t...
Jun 11, 2025
Protecting Canada's livestock industry with a new vaccine bank
Canada is making significant progress towards the creation of a dedicated foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) vaccine bank. This will build on existing protections for the livestock industry and equip produc...
Jun 10, 2025
Developing field-ready wheat varieties
A new agreement will ensure Prairie farmers can continue to access high-quality wheat varieties and associated genetics from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) breeding programs for years to come...
Jun 10, 2025
Saskatchewan funded research projects
The Governments of Canada and Saskatchewan announced that 32 research projects through the Agriculture Demonstration of Practices and Technologies (ADOPT) and six Strategic Field Program (SFP) project...
Jun 06, 2025
Faba bean breeding to create improved varieties
There is a new partnership in faba bean breeding in Saskatchewan. Saskatchewan Pulse Growers (SPG) and J4 Agri-Science will create additional pulse breeding capacity, developing new and better perform...
Jun 06, 2025
Carney and Li agree to regularize communication between Canada and China
Prime Minister Mark Carney and Chinese Premier Li Qiang have agreed to regularize channels of communication between the two countries.A readout from Carney's office also says the leaders committed to ...
Jun 06, 2025
UK's largest bakery brand supports Global Agriculture Technology Exchange
Warburtons is putting bread into the Global Agriculture Technology Exchange (Gate) Capital Campaign. Campaign Chair JoAnne Buth said the contribution represents a close, long-standing relationship bet...
Jun 05, 2025