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farmREGINA - The Saskatchewan government says the federal carbon tax is killing jobs, but experts and even the province's trade minister say it's not that easy to calculate.The government reports that...

A fire at a Tyson beef packing plant in Kansas is having an impact on the entire North American livestock industry.The fire partly destroyed the plant on Aug. 9 and Tyson announced it would be shut do...

AccuWeather is predicting corn yields in the U.S. could be off as much as 20 per cent from last year's numbers.The United States Department of Agriculture is telling a different story. Alice McFarlane...

Canadian National Railway has established a committee to find ways to better understand issues affecting the agriculture sector.The CN Agricultural Advisory Council will be led by former Saskatchewan ...

The European Union could be the next big market for Canadian Canola.Alice McFarlane with Ag Access sat in on a Canola Council of Canada webinar this morning that described the process to make that hap...

A possible sighting of missing Yorkton teen Mekayla Bali in Alberta is giving her family a fresh glimmer of hope that they'll all be reunited.Bali was last confirmed to be seen the morning of April 12...

It was a relatively quiet week for harvesting with just two per cent of the crop combined.This weeks Ministry of Agriculture crop report said that's behind the five year average of nine per cent.The m...

Highway workers in the province are still dealing with people speeding through their workplaces.Numbers released by SGI on Thursday showed that 138 tickets were issued across the province in July to d...

Saskatchewan jury members will be making a little extra money next month.The jury allowance is being bumped up to $110 per day in both civil and criminal trials.The change is effective September 1.Bef...

Consistency is the magic word at the quarterback position for the Saskatchewan Roughriders.The CFL team had to deal with a game of quarterback musical chairs last season due to injuries to then-starte...