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'World needs what Sask. has to offer': Ag powers exports during pandemic
Saskatchewan's agriculture industry has proven it can help prop up the province and keep it competitive, even in the middle of a pandemic. "In Canada, trade and exports to countries around the world i...
Jan 22, 2021 Todd Lewis in Gray, Saskatchewan on Aug. 13, 2020. (Libby Giesbrecht/980 CJME)
Canadian blueberries no threat to U.S. producers, embassy tells trade commission
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Canadian blueberry farmers and embassy officials pushed back Tuesday against claims that U.S. producers are being driven out of business by cheap imports from north of the border. A...
Jan 12, 2021
B.C. helps fund blueberry farmers against U.S. trade commission investigation
VICTORIA - British Columbia is making a financial contribution to help blueberry farmers fight a looming trade investigation in the United States over imported berries, including from Canada. U.S. Tra...
Dec 30, 2020
Month on, women hold the fort at India farmer protests
NEW DELHI - The men arrived first. And they arrived with a bang. Tens of thousands of them, marching like an army, driving trucks and trailers, prepared to choke key highways that feed into India's bu...
Dec 29, 2020
COVID-19 has made its way to second B.C. mink farm, no workers sick
VICTORIA - Minks on a second farm in British Columbia's Fraser Valley have tested positive for the virus that causes COVID-19 in humans. Three minks that died on the farm tested positive for the virus...
Dec 24, 2020
Nestle to invest $550M to expand Georgia pet food factory
CITY OF HARTWELL, Ga. - Pet food manufacturer Nestle Purina will invest $550 million to expand a recently completed factory in northeast Georgia, with plans to expand its workforce to a total of 370. ...
Dec 10, 2020
U.S. issues challenge to Canada's dairy quotas in first test of new trade agreement
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The United States opened a new chapter Wednesday in the book of trade tensions with Canada, formally complaining that U.S. dairy producers are being unfairly shut out of markets nor...
Dec 09, 2020
Marijuana is now Maine's biggest agricultural commodity
PORTLAND, Maine - Maine is known for its wild blueberries and potatoes but marijuana has surpassed them to become the state's most valuable crop. Medical marijuana sales totalled $221.8 million from J...
Dec 08, 2020
Federal scientists predict Prairie climate as drier, grassier and fiery
Federal scientists are predicting a hot, dry and fiery future for the Prairies. "In a warming climate, you can expect extreme weather events to occur with increased severity," said Dave Sauchyn, a pro...
Dec 07, 2020
Trudeau brushes off India's criticism for standing with farmers in anti-Modi protests
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau rejected the diplomatic scolding Canada's envoy to India received on Friday for his recent comments in support of protesting Indian farmers. Trudeau was asked Fr...
Dec 04, 2020
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Murray Wood: Signs of spring appearing in Saskatchewan
Murray Wood says signs of spring were all over the place on the weekend, even though the forecast remains wintery for th...
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8:30 - Tensions are surging after Donald Trump warned yesterday that "a whole civilization will die tonight" i...