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COVID-19 pandemic causes USask to review ag research projects

Agriculture research projects at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) will be impacted by the pandemic.College of Agriculture and Bioresources Dean Dr. Mary Buhr tells Alice McFarlane with Ag Access...

Apr 09, 2020 USask College of Agriculture and Bioresources Dean Dr. Mary Buhr. (File photo/farmnewsNOW Staff)

Province announces supports for post-secondary students

Saskatchewan post-secondary students will soon have up to $1.5 million in emergency financial aid available.The Ministry of Advanced Education announced the support will be for students with limited f...

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Easter expected to be colder than normal: Environment Canada

The weather won't provide people with a reason to go outside this Easter weekend for the most part.The normal high temperature for this time of year is around 10 C and while Good Friday will be near t...

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Agriculture Roundup for Thursday April 9, 2020

Efforts are underway for Saskatchewan milk producers to donate hundreds of thousands of litres of milk products to local food banks.The COVID-19 pandemic has closed restaurants, reducing demand for da...

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More consumers buying ground beef

Ever changing consumer demand and consumption is challenging the beef sector.During the COVID-19 pandemic, more Canadians are stocking up their deep freezers with ground beef.Canada Beef President Mic...

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La Ronge man taken by COVID-19 remembered as great father, outdoorsman

Ron Mackay's family doesn't want him to be remembered for the way he was taken from this world, but for the way he lived in it and the way he loved it.The 85-year-old former owner of Red's Camps in La...

Apr 08, 2020 Ron Mackay is pictured here at Red's Camps in La Ronge, Sask. (Lisa Saelhof/Submitted)

Stolen semi-truck, loaded with canola, goes viral on social media

The President of the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalites (SARM) says a story about a stolen semi-truck loaded with canola, speaks to the level of crime happening in rural Saskatchewan.Ray ...

Apr 08, 2020 A photo of this truck, stolen near Leask. (Facebook)

How to try to avoid cross contamination – advice from RUH’s head of clinical microbiology

What COVID-19 has taught everybody is that the virus is invisible - you can't see it - but it can be present in an individual or on a surface, and your hands can be the vector which transmits it, and ...

Apr 08, 2020 Masks and gloves available to the public. Lara Fominoff/CKOM

Study says cattle can handle higher sulphate levels in water

Beef cattle are able to tolerate higher levels of sulphates in drinking water than previously thought. USask Dr. Greg Penner tells Alice McFarlane with Ag Access about the first phase of a four-year s...

Apr 08, 2020 Dr. Greg Penner is an associate professor in the USask Department of Animal and Poultry Science. (submitted photo/USask)

Agriculture Roundup for Wednesday April 8, 2020

Maple Leaf Foods has suspended operations at its Brampton, Ont. poultry plant starting today after three employees tested positive for COVID-19.The company said the decision was made in consultation w...