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REGINA — The 2024 Clubroot Distribution Map, identifying the rural municipalities where clubroot has been identified since the first Saskatchewan detection in 2008 has been released. The map reflects findings from last year’s permission-based survey. In 2024, no new cases of canola plants with visible symptoms of clubroot were identified in the province, keeping the […]

REGINA — The Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) is calling for increased funding for rural roads and bridges.  These pieces of infrastructure are not only the lifeline for thousands of municipal residents who travel them daily, but they also help drive the rural economy by supporting oil and gas, agriculture, mining and other natural […]

WESTERN PRODUCER – Looming changes to Canada’s capital gains inclusion rates will increase average taxes by 30 per cent on the country’s family-run grain farms, putting their futures at risk, according to research conducted by the Grain Growers of Canada (GGC). “Our research shows that an average grain farm in Canada, most of which are family owned […]

To get an idea of the financial toll extreme weather is taking on this country’s agriculture industry, look no further than the government of Saskatchewan’s books. The prairie province had forecast a more than $1 billion surplus for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, but fresh budget documents released last month show that surplus […]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — An exploding population of hard-to-eradicate “super pigs” in Canada is threatening to spill south of the border, and northern states like Minnesota, North Dakota and Montana are taking steps to stop the invasion. In Canada, the wild pigs roaming Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba pose a new threat. They are often crossbreeds that combine the […]