Derek Tallon was busy assessing the state of his crops the day after a tornado and hail storm tore across his farm at Lafleche in southwestern Saskatchewan on Saturday. “Probably about 60 percent of the farm has seen some of it and 10 to 20 percent of the acres are pretty close to a right […] Read more
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Prairie river levels rise due to heavy rain
Heavy rains across much of Western Canada during the past week have resulted in high runoff and rising water levels…
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Eleven Sask. MLAs not seeking re-election
The spring session of the Saskatchewan legislature wrapped up today and will have a new look after the election scheduled…
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CN unveils big spending plans
Canadian National Railway will spend about $750 million this year to upgrade its western Canadian rail network. The company will…
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Sask. program to replace bridges
About 100 rural bridges will be replaced in Saskatchewan municipalities over the next four years. Funding will come from the…
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Agriculture bright spot in Canadian economy
Canada’s agriculture exports will be down in 2020 but nowhere near as bad as other sectors of the economy, says…
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Profit study on organics yields data
If organic farmers get 100 percent premiums and keep their yield drag to one-third of conventional, they tend to be…
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Webinar examines culinary industry in the Age of COVID
A University of Guelph food industry analyst said one in 10 restaurants were forced to close because of the pandemic and will likely never reopen. Bruce McAdams, associate professor at the university’s School of Hospitality, Food and Tourism Management outlined the impact the pandemic has had on the industry during a recent webinar about food […] Read more
Food affordability still top consumer concern: CCFI
The Canadian Centre for Food Integrity held a webinar to look at how to better earn public trust in food and farming. Ashley Bruner, research co-ordinator for CCFI, said the COVID-19 pandemic has increased consumers’ desire to know where their food comes from. Globally, there has been a record rise in general trust, with Canada […] Read more
Prairie river levels rise due to heavy rain
Heavy rains across much of Western Canada during the past week have resulted in high runoff and rising water levels in streams and river systems across the prairie provinces. In Saskatchewan, the province’s Water Security Agency (WSA) is advising the public of rapidly increasing water flows in the South Saskatchewan and North Saskatchewan rivers systems […] Read more
Eleven Sask. MLAs not seeking re-election
The spring session of the Saskatchewan legislature wrapped up today and will have a new look after the election scheduled for Oct. 26. Eleven MLAs are not seeking re-election. They include government member and former speaker Dan D’Autremont, who has represented Cannington since 1991 and is the longest serving MLA. Other retiring government members are […] Read more
CN unveils big spending plans
Canadian National Railway will spend about $750 million this year to upgrade its western Canadian rail network. The company will spend approximately $445 million in British Columbia and another $305 million in Alberta on rail upgrades, maintenance and expansion projects. In B.C., planned upgrades include the construction of about 5.6 kilometres of double track near […] Read more
Sask. program to replace bridges
About 100 rural bridges will be replaced in Saskatchewan municipalities over the next four years. Funding will come from the Rural Integrated Roads for Growth program, which replaced the Municipal Roads for the Economy Program. Projects are eligible for a maximum of $500,000 each. The federal government will contribute 17 percent and the province will […] Read more
Agriculture bright spot in Canadian economy
Canada’s agriculture exports will be down in 2020 but nowhere near as bad as other sectors of the economy, says Export Development Canada. Overall exports are forecast to fall 20 percent year-on-year as COVID-19 continues to decimate outbound shipments for every major sector of the economy. During the trough of the crisis, sales were down […] Read more
Profit study on organics yields data
If organic farmers get 100 percent premiums and keep their yield drag to one-third of conventional, they tend to be more profitable than conventional growers. That’s the conclusion of a Purdue University study analyzing the profitability of typical rotations in the United States Midwest over a 10-year period. “The net return to land for the […] Read more
Northern Alberta farmers struggle with wet conditions
Persistent wetness in parts of northern Alberta has forced grain growers to leave hundreds of thousands of acres unseeded this spring, according to the provincial crop insurance program. Preliminary estimates suggest that more than 200,000 acres of insured cropland in the areas northeast and northwest of Edmonton and north of Highway 16 between Edmonton and […] Read more
