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Saskatchewan mustard is going to the dogs

There is some interesting research going on at the Prairie Swine Centre near Saskatoon involving mustard.SaskMustard Executive Director Rick Mitzel tells Alice McFarlane with Ag Access about some of t...

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Local growers discuss best farming practices to avoid prevalent pathogens found in soil

The Top Notch Farming seminar held in Meadow Lake Tuesday was put on by SaskCanola in partnership SaskBarley, SaskPulse, Co-op Agro and representatives with the Ministry of Agriculture who met with gr...

Feb 05, 2020 (Nicole Reis/meadowlakeNOW Staff)

Police investigating after six Co-op refinery managers’ homes paintballed

The Regina Police Service is investigating cases of mischief in the city that involve the vandalism of homes or a locked vehicle.The incidents happened Monday and Tuesday nights. A police spokesperson...

Feb 05, 2020 (Evan Radford/980 CJME)

Agriculture Roundup for Wednesday February 5, 2020

Farm leaders are hoping the federal government will give speedy approval to the new Canada-U.S.-Mexico trade deal.The Trudeau government has introduced legislation for the new North American free trad...

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Province could soon start financing pipelines; new committee struck

Citing their economic importance to the province and a shaky political climate, the provincial government could soon start helping out with financing for pipeline projects.Evaluating the projects will...

Feb 04, 2020 Trade and Export Minister Jeremy Harrison. (file photo/CKOM News Staff)

Former MP Jim Pankiw charged with drunken disturbance aboard airplane

A controversial political figure in Saskatchewan is accused of causing a scene and delaying a flight recently on board a plane in Ontario.Police in Hamilton said they were contacted at 9:30 p.m. on Ja...

Feb 04, 2020

Province says 75 per cent of inmates in Sask. jails are Indigenous

New information from the Ministry of Corrections and Policing show that three-quarters of people incarcerated in Saskatchewan correctional facilities are Indigenous.Although the government recently re...

Feb 04, 2020 Saskatoon Tribal Council chief Mark Arcand says more action is needed to address the high number of indigenous people in Saskatchewan jails. (650 CKOM)

Shellbrook rancher takes the reins of cattlemen's group

The Saskatchewan Cattlemen's Association (SCA) has elected a Shellbrook area farmer and rancher as the new chair of its board of directors.Arnold Balicki said he eagerly anticipates starting in his ne...

Feb 04, 2020 (submitted photo/Saskatchewan Cattlemen's Association)

Research continues on water quality for livestock

It was a good day for Greg Penner.The associate professor at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) had three research projects approved under the Canadian Agricultural Partnership.The announcement wa...

Feb 04, 2020 Dr. Greg Penner at the Livestock and Forage Centre of Excellence. (submitted photo/University of Saskatchewan)

Agriculture Roundup for Tuesday February 4, 2020

The grain futures are starting to show some improvement.Senior commodity analyst with Exceed Grain Marketing Wayne Palmer said the upside potential is coming from the soybean market.He said soybeans w...