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Tag Archives: Agriculture
Saskatchewan a winner in Ottawa’s innovation competition
Saskatchewan is getting a slice of the federal government's innovation pie. In last year's budget, the federal government announced $950 million for the winners of a competition that was central to th...
Feb 15, 2018
Spring runoff prediction shows dry conditions in south Sask.
It could be another dry summer in Southern Saskatchewan. The Water Security Agency released its preliminary predictions for the spring runoff Thursday, which project below-normal levels for southern r...
Feb 08, 2018 A chart outlining the spring runoff predictions by the Saskatchewan Water Security Agency on Feb. 8, 2018. (Britton Gray/980 CJME)
Warm, dry weather to increase food prices in 2018: expert
The warm, dry weather isn't just causing disasters like wildfires, according to the latest Canada's Food Price Report, it's also responsible for hiking prices up by three per cent in the new year. Syl...
Dec 18, 2017
Sask. RMs pleased with homegrown climate change strategy
The Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) is on board with a homegrown strategy to combat climate change. SARM President Ray Orb said the association has been trying to work with the...
Dec 05, 2017 SARM President Ray Orb. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)
New trade centre bolsters action at 2017 Agribition: CEO
The cattle trailers and trucks have rolled out of Regina as the Canadian Western Agribition wrapped up for the 47th year. With about 120,000 visitors through the doors of the new International Trade C...
Nov 27, 2017 Hereford heifers, Miss West(left) and Eye Candy from the Hereford GRLZ show off their pink and black halter. (Jessika Guse/980 CJME)
Calving simulator draws a crowd at Agribition
Agnes the cow is a huge hit at Agribition this year. The two-year-old Hereford heifer is a realistic birthing simulator to show people how a calf is born. "We've had a full house every time we've done...
Nov 24, 2017 980 CJME Reporter Jessika Guse tries out Agnes the cow, a birthing simulator at Agribition Nov. 24, 2017.
‘The scale is so much bigger:’ Finnish couple visit Agribition
Agribition brings people in the agriculture industry together, even from across the world. Jaana Auer and her husband Tuomo came to the Queen City all the way from Finland. "We are with a group of Fin...
Nov 24, 2017 Tuomo(left) and Janna Auer traveled from Finland to see Agribition on Nov. 24, 2017. (Jessika Guse/980 CJME)
Agribition: How to be an Auctioneer
Nothing shouts Agribition like the best of the best effortlessly reciting numbers quickly to sell Simmental cattle. Canada's biggest livestock show 'wrangled up' the top auctioneers Monday night with ...
Nov 21, 2017 Indian Head's Ken McDonald, 64, is one of the three competitors who face off at Agribition's Winners Circle Auctioneer Competition on Nov. 20, 2017. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)
47th Agribition opens at new International Trade Centre
Cows and crowds are once again taking over Evraz Place as Canada's largest livestock show gets underway. The Canadian Western Agribition kicked off Monday for the 47th year. Work to get the show setup...
Nov 20, 2017 Traditional burning of the brand kicks off 47th Canadian Western Agribition at the International Trade Centre Nov. 20, 2017. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)
Fund collects hay, money for ranchers affected by wildfire
The Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association (SSGA) continues to raise funds and collect a wide variety of items to help farmers affected by recent wildfires in the province's southwest. A wildfire near...
Oct 30, 2017 Wildfire still smouldering near the Village of Empress Oct. 18, 2017. (Jenny Hagan/Twitter)
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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TODAY ON EVAN BRAY
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...