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Tag Archives: Agriculture
World body says Canadian beef officially poses 'negligible risk' for mad cow disease
WASHINGTON - Canadian beef producers are finally able to turn the page on the mad cow era, the federal agriculture minister said Thursday after an international animal-health watchdog gave the industr...
May 27, 2021
Seeding continues across Saskatchewan as producers welcome rain
Seeding has progressed in Saskatchewan, despite the steady rain over the last week, so that 86 per cent of crops are now in. The latest crop report for Saskatchewan says producers are ahead of the fiv...
May 27, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
School division apologizes for message offending farmers
A school division in west-central Saskatchewan is apologizing to farmers for a message posted on a school sign. Outlook Elementary School received plenty of criticism from community members after the ...
May 26, 2021
Businesses welcome latest canola crushing plant announcement
Southeastern Saskatchewan is set to join in on the canola crushing business. Ceres Global Ag has announced it plans to build a $350-million canola crushing plant southeast of Estevan, with constructio...
May 26, 2021 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
'It's a billion-dollar rain:' The moisture's financial implications for producers
Saskatchewan was dry heading into the May long weekend. Now, on Tuesday, we’re in a much different boat. After up to 2 1/2 inches fell in some areas over the multi-day stretch, the rain isn̵...
May 25, 2021
U.S. amping up dispute with Canada over allowed exports of American dairy products
WASHINGTON - The United States is ramping up its dispute with Canada over the sale of American dairy products north of the border - the first significant new trade squabble between the two countries o...
May 25, 2021
$350M canola processing facility to be built in southeast Saskatchewan
A $350-million integrated canola processing facility is planned for southeast Saskatchewan with construction to start next year. Ceres Global Ag, which is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minn., is behin...
May 25, 2021
Canada has key role to play in U.S. economic recovery, Ng tells free-trade meeting
WASHINGTON - Canada needs to be a central player in American efforts to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, Mary Ng said Tuesday as North America's trade emissaries sat down to work out the fine point...
May 18, 2021
Canada, U.S. air trade grievances in advance of trilateral meeting to talk USMCA
WASHINGTON - Canada and the United States have put their respective grievances on the table in advance of a key meeting about the new North American trade deal. International Trade Minister Mary Ng me...
May 17, 2021
Canada, U.S., Mexico to talk trade at first USMCA Free Trade Commission meeting
WASHINGTON - Senior officials from Canada, the United States and Mexico will meet virtually next week for the first Free Trade Commission meeting of the USMCA era. International Trade Minister Mary Ng...
May 14, 2021
OPINION
Sarah Mills: World Cup dreams are made
The score may not have been ideal, but Sarah Mills says the World Cup experience was everything she hoped it would be.
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, June 26
8:30 - Another school year has wrapped up, and report cards are out! Everett Hindley, Saskatchewan's Minister of Educati...