Category Archives: Front Page Headlines

The federal government is providing up to 113 thousand dollars to develop biosecurity technology to help farmers reduce the risk of disease outbreaks. Building on an existing farm health technology pr...

  Canadian Western Agribition will be reporting a loss on last fall’s show in Regina. The full financial report will be released at the annual meeting April 13th. CEO Chris Lane says COVID-...

  The federal government is providing 3.5 million dollars to expand the market for Canada’s turkey and chicken producers. Funding goes to the Turkey Farmers of Canada and Chicken Farmers of...

  The National Farmers Union has released a comprehensive view of greenhouse gas emissions from Canadian agriculture. NFU director of Climate Crisis Policy and Action, Darrin Qualman, says a deta...

The agriculture ministry budget has increased almost 20 percent this year as outlined in Wednesday’s budget speech. Agriculture minister David Marit says the rise reflects a strong crop insuranc...

  Canadian Western Agribition has announced the farm mentees and their paired mentors in the coming year. Agribition delivers the next Gen Agriculture mentorship program in partnership with the p...

The Saskatchewan government says the potash industry hit all time record highs last year, with production reaching 14.2 million tons. As well, potash sales hit 7.6 billion dollars. Potash is an import...

A new study says Canadians may have thrown away close to 550-million dollars of food at home since September. The Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University surveyed 15 hundred Canadians from acr...

  Saskatchewan rural municipalities are asking the province to take steps to reduce the wild deer population. President Ray Orb says there are huge herds of deer and elk in some areas, causing a ...

  Saskatchewan farm leaders are hoping to avoid a strike or lock-out at CP Rail this weekend. CP Rail has issued lockout notice to 3 thousand unionized workers, in a contract dispute over wages a...