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Tag Archives: Agriculture
Sask. ag minister offers help to feds on China canola issue
Saskatchewan's agriculture minister is concerned about canola exports and said China's decision to pull Richardson International's permit to ship there could have huge implications for the province. O...
Mar 05, 2019 Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister Dave Marit speaks to the media in the rotunda of the legislative building on March 5, 2019. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Crop insurance coverage reaches record level
Saskatchewan farmers will have access to record crop insurance coverage in 2019. Speaking in Melville on Tuesday, Agriculture Minister David Marit announced that coverage levels for 2019 will increase...
Feb 26, 2019 Terry Youzwa's view from his tractor during harvest from a tweet he sent directed at the prime minister and finance minister about tax changes. (Terry Youzwa/Twitter)
$12M in crop research funding announced at CropSphere
Can peas be packed with more protein? Is there a better way to beat back herbicide-resistant wild oat? Those questions could be answered thanks to a government funding package for crop research unveil...
Jan 16, 2019 A field of winter wheat in southern Saskatchewan just before harvest in August 2017. (Chris Holzapfel)
APAS expresses importance of clean water in meeting with PM
Clean water was the topic of a meeting between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and a number of local stakeholder groups last week in Regina. The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS)...
Jan 13, 2019
Family of cattlewomen show at Agribition
Where are all the cattlewomen? You'll find a bunch of them in the Jackson family, working at Agribition this week from Inglis, Man. Donna Jackson and her five daughters: Erin, Tomina, Fawn, Haylan and...
Nov 22, 2018 Tomina, Erin, Fawn and Donna Jackson in front of their stall of purebred Charolais cattle at Agribition. (Joseph Ho/980 CJME)
Agribition to feature Texas longhorns, alpacas and mental health
A steady stream of stock trailers rolled into the grounds at Evraz Place over the weekend settling into the barns for Canadian Western Agribition (CWA) this week. The largest livestock show in Canada ...
Nov 19, 2018 Texas longhorn cattle are making their breed debut at Canadian Western Agribition Nov, 19, 2018. (Lori Mulligan/Twitter @OutdoorEnviroEd)
Delayed harvest finally wraps up in Sask.
Harvest is finally done in Saskatchewan for the year and it wasn't an easy task. September saw cold, frost and snow but the last burst of sunshine this past couple of weeks saw farmers back out on the...
Nov 08, 2018
Farmers close to finishing harvest thanks to warm, dry weather
Saskatchewan farmers took advantage of the warm dry weather to get back on their fields last week after having harvest delayed by snow and cold temperatures early in the month. The provincial crop rep...
Oct 26, 2018 (Jeremy Smith/Twitter)
Farmers deal with early October snow
While farmers are in the midst of harvest, Mother Nature decided to bring an early sample of winter to begin October. People around Regina woke up to a layer of snow on vehicles and streets Monday mor...
Oct 01, 2018 Skiff of snow in Regina Oct. 30, 2017. (Adriana Christianson/980 CJME)
Pesticides to pipelines: SARM in Ottawa to talk rural issues
The president of the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities is feeling "generally optimistic" ahead of the group's annual trip to Ottawa this week to discuss the province's rural issues. Ray...
Oct 01, 2018 SARM President Ray Orb. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)
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8:30 - Another school year has wrapped up, and report cards are out! Everett Hindley, Saskatchewan's Minister of Educati...