Tag Archives: Business & Economy
How one company is reducing agricultural waste on Earth Day
As the world celebrates Earth Day on Monday, one agriculture organization is reflecting on the work it accomplished in 2023.According to a release from CleanFarms, a non-profit group that ensures farm...
Apr 22, 2024
FCC Food and Beverage report providing optimism for margin improvement
A change in consumer spending habits, lower commodity prices, and inflation all factor into Farm Credit Canada's (FCC) outlook for food and beverage manufacturers.In its annual Food & Beverage Rep...
Apr 19, 2024
Programs available for B.C. farmers to prepare for droughts
The B.C. government is bolstering supports to help farmers manage, collect and store water for crops and livestock.The province has invested $80 million into the Agricultural Water Infrastructure Prog...
Mar 18, 2024
How a first generation Sask. resident helped end summer fallow
Murad Al-Katib was born in Davidson, SK to Turkish immigrants. His father was the town doctor for 50 years and his mother went from learning English watching Sesame Street with her children to becomin...
Oct 20, 2023
Food and beverage sales peak over $80 billion in first half of 2023, Farm Credit Canada says
The first half of 2023 was kind for Canadian food manufacturers.That's according to Farm Credit Canada's (FCC) mid-year update on its Food and Beverage Report which compiled data collected by Statisti...
Sep 20, 2023
Canada's inflation rate jumps to 4 per cent, making the BoC's next rate decision harder
Canada's inflation rate has been rising for two consecutive months as underlying price pressures remain stubbornly high, a combination that makes the Bank of Canada's next interest rate decision more ...
Sep 19, 2023
Should the federal government be blamed for the rising food costs?
Food prices continue to remain high across the country, but who's to blame for this?There's been lots of finger-pointing with the federal government criticizing large retailers and the Retail Council ...
Sep 18, 2023
Tough summer for job numbers across P.A. & Northern Saskatchewan, ag sector hit hard
It was a tough summer for Prince Albert and Northern Saskatchewan when it came to new jobs.According to Statistics Canada, there were around 4,700 fewer people working in the region at the end of Augu...
Sep 08, 2023
Fertilizer Distribution Centre being planned in Tisdale
Tisdale will soon be home to a new fertilizer distribution centre.Genesis Fertilizers has partnered with Invest Tisdale to create the facility which would coincide with its urea production facility th...
Aug 21, 2023
Canadian Taxpayers Federation calls for cuts to gas and carbon taxes
As people in Saskatchewan try to squeeze as much as they can into the rest of summer, they're also having to stretch their wallets ever wider to pay for gas.That's why Gage Haubrich, the Canadian Taxp...
Aug 18, 2023