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LETHBRIDGE, AB - Are the elected officials in your riding not adequately representing their constituents? Well, you might soon be able to file a petition for recall.Cardston-Siksika MLA Joseph Schow h...

MELFORT, Sask. - The new Pork Promotion-Research Agency (PPRA) held its first meeting and identified the members that will guide its first year of operations.The members will shape the yearly business...

CALGARY, AB. -- It isn't the type of ranching the prairies are used to but, it's elbowing it's way into the market place. It's known as "meatless farming" and is based on farmed plant protein. The Uni...

MELFORT, Sask. - Each year Farm Credit Canada (FCC) breaks down farmland values on a provincial and regional basis. The price of land in Saskatchewan rose 5.4 per cent last year.Alice McFarlane with A...

GRANDE PRAIRIE, Sask. - Today marks the start of Canadian Agricultural Safety Week.Robin Anderson with the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association says in recent times, there has been a culture chang...

MELFORT, Sask. - Canada is a step closer to being recognized as a negligible-risk country for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE).Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau said the sci...

OLDS, AB - TD Bank Group has committed $250,000 for autonomous agriculture education and applied research at the Olds College Smart Farm.Funding will support continuing operation of the DOT Autonomous...

BEAVERLODGE, Alta.,-- A former Beaverlodge rancher is one of 23 people recently named to the federal government's Food Policy Advisory Council.Brenda Schoepp will help the government come up with a ne...

NORTH BATTLEFORD, Sask. - While the Battlefords Agricultural Society has had to cancel the Agri-Mex Farm, Trade and Home Show again this spring due to the pandemic, it is still hopeful to have some ev...

MELFORT, Sask - The Manitoba government is planning to tighten rules around farm security and trespassing on rural property.One of two bills now before the legislature would require a person to obtain...