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Feds vow to defend Sask. farmers after China announces nearly 76 per cent canola tariff
Saskatchewan farmers are bracing for a major hit after China announced plans to impose a nearly 76 percent tariff on Canadian canola starting August 14, effectively shutting the door on one of the cro...
Aug 12, 2025 China announced a nearly 76 per cent tariff on Canola Tuesday morning, it'll go into effect on Aug.14. (980 CJME file photo)
China to impose 75.8 per cent tariffs on Canadian canola, industry braces for impacts
Canada's canola industry is urging Ottawa to act as farmers brace for steep losses over a planned 75.8 per cent preliminary tariff from China on canola seed. "The Chinese market is effectively closed ...
Aug 12, 2025
Saskatchewan Open Farm Days offers a chance to learn more about agriculture
It's the perfect weekend to take a peek behind the barn doors and into the heart of local farms. Saskatchewan Open Farm Days runs on Saturday and Sunday, with more than 30 farms, ranches, and gardens ...
Aug 09, 2025 Saskatchewan Open Farm Days runs on Saturday and Sunday, with more than 30 farms, ranches, and gardens opening their gates to give curious people a chance to learn and explore. (Nicole Garn/980 CJME)
Guatemalan man's estate entitled to redress after court says death was linked to work
MONTREAL - Quebec's Court of Appeal has ruled that the family of a Guatemalan farm worker crushed to death in 2021 trying to repair a flat tire on his employer's car is entitled to compensation. The h...
Aug 07, 2025
B.C. mink farmers lose appeal for damages against province for pandemic-era ban
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Court of Appeal says lawsuits launched by mink farmers over a pandemic-era ban on their farms have "no reasonable prospect of success," dismissing their bid for damages against th...
Aug 05, 2025
LISTEN: Saskatchewan couple frustrated after ATV driver crushes crops
A Saskatchewan couple is asking ATV drivers to use a bit of common sense and find a path that doesn't cut through their crops. Erin Gurney farms with her husband in and around the Qu'Appelle Valley. D...
Jul 29, 2025 Erin Gurney farms with her husband in and around the Qu’Appelle Valley, and they recently noticed some of their pea plants were trampled down by an ATV driver who had cut through their field. (Erin Gurney/Submitted)
Changes to cash advance criteria 'a very big step backwards' for young grain farmers
This story was first published on RealAgriculture.com on July 24, 2025. A small change to the criteria for cash advance applications is "a very big step backwards" for young grain producers trying to ...
Jul 26, 2025 Left: Dave Gallant of Canadian Canola Growers Association chatting with RealAgriculture's Kelvin Heppner at the CFA Policy Summit in Winnipeg on July 16, 2025. (RealAgriculture)
Supreme Court won't hear thumbs-up emoji case involving Saskatchewan farmer
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has given a thumbs-down to hearing a legal case involving an emoji. The country's highest court dismissed an application by farmer Chris Achter to appeal a decisio...
Jul 24, 2025 The Supreme Court of Canada on the banks of the Ottawa River is pictured in Ottawa on Monday, June 3, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Canadian growers get A+ in growing low-carbon-intensity oats and barley
This story was first published on RealAgriculture.com on July 15 date, 2025 Findings of a new study suggests that Canadian prairie oat growers have got a good story to tell when it comes to the sustai...
Jul 15, 2025 Rresearch from the Global Institute for Food Security at the University of Saskatchewan, which confirms that Western Canada is leading the world in low-emission, sustainable oat production. (RealAgriculture.com)
WATCH: New generation of hybrid rye brings breeding innovation to the field
By Bernard Tobin This story was first published on RealAgriculture.com on July 7, 2025. Back in the days of summer fallow, rye covered more than three million acres of cropland annually in Canada. One...
Jul 13, 2025 Kenny Piecharka said it's important to bring new innovations to the market. He said the fall rye hybrid has a higher yield advantage. (Bernard Tobin/RealAg)
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8:30 - Another school year has wrapped up, and report cards are out! Everett Hindley, Saskatchewan's Minister of Educati...