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Sask. harvest 25 per cent complete, above 5-year average
Saskatchewan's harvest is a quarter complete. That's according to the latest crop report from the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture, which covered the week ending on Monday. "Some producers in the ...
Aug 29, 2024 Harvest is above the 5-year average and is continuing to yield greater crops for some, while dry hail damaged crops are seeing less. (Céline Grimard/650 CKOM)
Prime Ontario agricultural land to be protected amid energy expansion, minister says
Certain solar farms will be banned on prime agricultural land in Ontario as the province expands energy production to meet demand in the coming decades, Energy Minister Stephen Lecce said Wednesday. O...
Aug 28, 2024
Sask. harvest 15 per cent complete, with southwest furthest ahead
Despite scattered storms, harvest in Saskatchewan is 15 per cent complete, up from six per cent a week ago. According to the latest crop report from the Ministry of Agriculture, which covered the week...
Aug 22, 2024 Some crops experienced damage from heavy rains and hail. The report noted the increased heat in some regions has resulted in grain fill yield reductions. (Darren Sproat/Instagram)
Harvest 6% complete in Saskatchewan as dry conditions persist
Harvest is well underway in many parts of Saskatchewan, but dry conditions continue to cause headaches for many producers. According to the weekly crop report from the Ministry of Agriculture, which c...
Aug 15, 2024 Harvest is about six per cent done in Saskatchewan, but things vary considerably between different regions. (650 CKOM file photo)
B.C. fruit group, $50 million in debt to bank, files for creditor protection
PENTICTON, B.C. - British Columbia's fruit growers co-operative that served farmers for almost a century has filed for creditor protection, citing more than $58 million in liabilities and a disastrous...
Aug 13, 2024
B.C. risks 'carpet' of rotting apples without help after co-op's closure: growers
With less than a week to go before gala apples will be ready to be picked in British Columbia, the president of the provincial fruit growers' group worries about a devastating season without a way for...
Aug 9, 2024
Forbidden fruit: Don't eat the food growing in downtown Ottawa planters, says NCC
OTTAWA - On the western side of Major's Hill Park, tall stalks of corn wave in the breeze from planters overlooking the place where the Rideau Canal empties into the Ottawa River. Scarlet beans have w...
Aug 3, 2024
Crops further along due to sweltering heat and lack of moisture
Many advanced crops around Saskatchewan are under duress from the sweltering, dry heat, with the potential for yields to decline. Any moisture received wouldn't help advanced crops at this stage, but ...
Aug 1, 2024 Harvesting is underway for pulses and cereals in southern Sask., while other producers start preparing for it. (Céline Grimard/650 CKOM)
Leaders in Sask. agriculture remember MLA Lyle Stewart
Leaders in Saskatchewan's agriculture industry are sharing stories and impressions of former provincial minister Lyle Stewart after his death from cancer. Stewart was the MLA for Thunder Creek and the...
Jul 31, 2024
Farmers markets and business groups feuding with Loblaws after disparaging text ad
Recent ads from Loblaw Co. urging shoppers to skip the line at their local farmers market and visit its budget subsidiary NoFrills instead are an attack on groups that already struggle to sell their p...
Jul 27, 2024
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