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The buck stopped there: council votes no on backyard chickens
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - A pilot project for backyard chickens in Prince Albert won't be getting off the ground. Responding to correspondence from local chicken enthusiasts, council decided by a one vot...
Jul 14, 2020
Listen: Developing a safe and effective vaccine for African Swine Fever
Researchers around the world are using various techniques to develop vaccines to protect pigs from African Swine Fever.Alice McFarlane with Ag Access talks to VIDO-InterVac Director and CEO Dr. Volker...
Jul 14, 2020
Agriculture Roundup for Tuesday July 14, 2020
MELFORT, Sask. - The Canadian Crop Hail Association said crop damage hail claims continue to mount.President Rick Omelchenko said group members reported 120 claims for storms in late June and early Ju...
Jul 14, 2020
Wendy's Canada to source lettuce from Coaldale greenhouse
COALDALE, AB. - A Coaldale greenhouse has been chosen to provide all Wendy's restaurant locations in Canada with greenhouse grown lettuce.Whole Leaf greenhouse uses technology to capture and reduce it...
Jul 14, 2020
Farmers not immune to the impacts of COVID-19
As the cultivator goes, it's another busy day at Fieldberg Farms, a family owned operation, spanning five generations. Fieldberg Farms is widely known for producing organics, predominantly hemp which ...
Jul 13, 2020
Thanks for Farming tour travels across the prairies
A Watrous, Sask. area farmer is taking part in a summer tour sponsored by an agriculture company based in Winkler, Man.Lesley Kelly is one speaker on the Thunderstruck Ag Equipment Thanks for Farming ...
Jul 13, 2020
Agriculture Roundup for Monday July 13, 2020
The United States Department of Agriculture released its July World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report on Friday. The U.S. corn yield was pegged at 178.6 bushels per acre which wa...
Jul 13, 2020
Ninth person charged in Tiki Laverdiere homicide
Saskatchewan RCMP Major Crime Unit (MCU) announced on Sunday that Charles St. Savard has been charged with first degree murder in relation to the death of Tiki Laverdiere. St. Savard, a 33-year-old ma...
Jul 12, 2020
Listen: Grain company to ban pre-harvest glyphosate
Richardson Pioneer's new oat procurement program will change which pre-harvest products can be used on milling oats.Alice McFarlane with Ag Access talks to the president of the Prairie Oat Growers Ass...
Jul 10, 2020
Scouting for wheat midge
MELFORT, Sask. - Grain farmers in east central Saskatchewan should be scouting their fields for wheat midge. The adult wheat midge is a very small, orange fly about half the size of a mosquito. It eme...
Jul 10, 2020