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Cyclical weather trends could mean drought for years
An extended dry weather trend in the prairies could be here to stay.Agroclimate Specialist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Trevor Hadwen said typically wet and drought cycles last for long peri...
May 24, 2019 Dry conditions can have very negative impacts on agriculture industry. (submitted photo/Myles Quaroni)

Farmers wait for advance payment program
It appears the Chinese market may be closed to Canadian canola for some time yet.The Canola Council of Canada held a webinar this morning to update producers and industry on the trade situation with C...
May 24, 2019 (Alice McFarlane/farmnewsNOW Staff)

Sask. RCMP releases numbers for long weekend
The Saskatchewan RCMP revealed Thursday that its officers laid more than 1,600 charges for various offences on the province's highways during the May long weekend.In a media release, the RCMP said it ...
May 23, 2019 (file photo/CJME News Staff)

Conservatives urge Liberals to expedite promised relief for canola farmers
OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives say they're hearing from frustrated canola producers who are still waiting for financial relief recently promised by the Liberal government. The ...
May 23, 2019

Cool weather effects crop emergence and pasture
Seeding progress almost doubled last week thanks to very few disruptions in the weather and relatively good seeding conditions. The Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture reported 75 per cent of the cro...
May 23, 2019 (Alice McFarlane/farmnewsNOW Staff)

Chief Poundmaker fully exonerated by Prime Minster
Growing up on reserve, Floyd Favel said his history was something to be ashamed of as his people were looked upon as rebels.But now, with the exoneration of Chief Poundmaker in his own lifetime, he an...
May 23, 2019 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau lays tobacco on the grave of Chief Poundmaker after fully exonerating him of any wrongdoing during the NorthWest Rebellion of 1885. (Tyler Marr/battlefordsNOW Staff)

Federated buys ethanol plant near Regina
Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL) is buying the Terra Grain Fuel ethanol plant at Belle Plaine.The 150 million litre facility uses more than 400,000 tonnes of grain from roughly 400 farmers and pr...
May 22, 2019 (Alice McFarlane/farmnewsNOW Staff)

New leader for Do More Ag
The Do More Agriculture Foundation has a new executive director.Adele Stewart has 20 years of experience in the health wellness sector, most recently as director of operations at Bridges Health. Her b...
May 22, 2019 Adele Stewart (Twitter/@domoreag)

Entire roof at SHNB to be replaced following water leaks from product failure
The entire roof on the new Saskatchewan Hospital North Battleford (SHNB) will be replaced as roofing panels on the facility have shrunk and caused water leaks.The recommendation comes from the consort...
May 22, 2019 The entire roof on the new Saskatchewan Hospital North Battleford has to be replaced. It opened in November 2018. (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)

Three nominees vying for coveted award
Three farm families have made the final list for the 2019 Saskatchewan Outstanding Young Farmers Award.Jason and Jenna Ranger of Shellbrook farm - 10,700 acres growing primarily canola, oats, wheat, l...
May 21, 2019 2018 Sask. OYF Jennifer and Jordan Lindgren