Canadian Grain Commission revokes grain license for Purely Canada Food Corp
Farmers owed money for unpaid deliveries to Purely Canada Foods Corp. are encouraged to contact the Canadian Grain Commission immediately. The CGC revoked the grain dealer licence and primary elevator...
Aug 28, 2024
Macklin volunteer firefighter charged in hay bale arson case
A 25-year-old man has been charged following more than fifteen hay bale and grass fires over the past month in the Macklin/Unity areas. RCMP officers responded to a hay bale fire near Macklin and Eves...
Aug 28, 2024
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Provincial harvest is slightly ahead of the five-year average
Harvest is proceeding in most southern and central areas---even with reports of hail storms causing crop damage in parts of the southeast on Wednesday. Saskatchewan Agriculture estimates 15 per cent o...
Aug 23, 2024
Canada's beef sector meets in Saskatoon
The Canadian Beef Industry Conference (CBIC) has attracted more than 500 people from all facets of the beef sector---including producers, feedlot operators, research scientists and veterinarians. This...
Aug 20, 2024
USask developing an App for farmers to discern rates of nitrous oxide emissions
For producers who want to both save the environment and their fertilizer, an emission-measuring app is being developed at the University of Saskatchewan. Dr. Steve Shirtliffe says when nitrogen ferti...
Aug 19, 2024
Agriculture, mining associations join Province in urging Ottawa to prevent rail strike
A potentially economy-crippling national rail strike is looming over Canada, and the Federal Government only has seven more days to implement back-to-work legislation and avert the crisis. That's the ...
Aug 16, 2024
Southwest region leads Saskatchewan in harvest progress, livestock producers worry about water shortages
Hot, dry conditions have allowed farmers in several areas of the province to make progress on harvest this past week, and six per cent of crops are now in the bin, province wide. This is up from four ...
Aug 15, 2024
Former federal cabinet minister Chuck Strahl loses battle with cancer
Chuck Strahl who served as an Agriculture Minister for the Government of Canada has passed away at age 67. Statement from the Strahl Family on the Passing of the Honourable Chuck Strahl, P.C. It is wi...
Aug 15, 2024
RCMP provide advice to farmers following numerous accounts of hay bales lit on fire
At the beginning of the week, we the Saskatoon Media Group newsroom told you about several accounts of hay bales in the Macklin area being set on fire. Unity and Wilkie RCMP report that 13 incidents t...
Aug 14, 2024
SARM President Ray Orb is stepping down by the end of this month
The Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities announced today that Ray Orb will be stepping down from his role as President at the end of August 2024. Bill Huber, who is the association's curre...
Aug 13, 2024