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Premier Moe hopes India trip with Carney will 'reinvigorate' trade relationship
REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is tempering expectations ahead of his trip to India with Prime Minister Mark Carney. Moe says he's not anticipating a trade deal, but hopes meetings this week ...
Feb 25, 2026
Moe, Smith urge Ottawa to reverse strychnine ban as gophers pose 'serious pest threat' to farms
The premiers of Saskatchewan and Alberta have written to Prime Minister Mark Carney, urging him to reverse the federal government's decision to ban the use of strychnine to control gopher populations....
Feb 17, 2026 Saskatchewan’s Scott Moe and Albera’s Danielle Smith said the ground squirrels “have become a serious pest threat to agriculture, damaging a wide variety of crops” across the prairies. (Butlerstockphotography1/Depositphotos.com)
Sask. farmers won't be allowed to use strychnine to control gophers in 2026: Ag ministry
Saskatchewan farmers will need to use methods other than strychnine to control the population of gophers during the 2026 growing season. According to the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture, Health C...
Feb 03, 2026 Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) has denied a joint emergency use request by Alberta and Saskatchewan that would have allowed farmers to use two per cent liquid strychnine to manage Richardson’s ground squirrels in 2026. (Butlerstockphotography1/Depositphotos.com)
U of S professor and crop breeder receives agriculture award from king of Sweden
A professor at the University of Saskatchewan has been awarded the Bertebos Price, which the university described as "one of the most prestigious agriculture awards in the world." Dr. Curtis Pozniak, ...
Jan 31, 2026 Professor Curtis Pozniak was presented with the award at a ceremony in Stockholm by King Carl XVI Gustaf on Wednesday. (Erik Cronberg/University of Saskatchewan)
Months after B.C. ostrich cull, why does protest movement persist?
Melody Leinweber's latest tattoo is a stylized portrait of an ostrich with a colourful beak, pink and turquoise stars around its head and a twinkle in its eyes. The mother of four from West Kelowna, B...
Jan 29, 2026
Food inspection agency to cut more than 1,300 jobs, says union
OTTAWA - The union representing employees at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said staff have been told 1,371 agency jobs will be cut as part of the government's cost-cutting exercise. The Agricult...
Jan 28, 2026
Cuts at federal agriculture centres will set sector back, union and farm groups say
The union representing workers at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and some farming groups are firing back at Ottawa over abrupt job cuts and closures. The Agriculture Union said Monday the decision t...
Jan 26, 2026 A program dedicated to organic and regenerative practices in Swift Current is ending. (Brent Bosker/650 CKOM files)
Satellite-based system replacing Forage Rainfall Insurance Program in 2026
Saskatchewan is using satellites to measure soil moisture as part of its insurance coverage for the province's livestock sector. In 2026, Satellite Forage Insurance will replace the Forage Rainfall In...
Jan 24, 2026 Saskatchewan is using satellites to measure soil moisture as part of its insurance coverage for the province’s livestock sector.(Nicole Garn/980 CJME)
Saskatchewan producers welcome China's decision to lift ban on Canadian beef
China only removed its years-long ban on Canadian beef days ago, but some producers could be selling their product there by next week. Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister David Marit said the first ship...
Jan 21, 2026 Chad Ross, chair of the Saskatchewan Cattle Association, said having China back as a market brings "a lot of added value, because they take those cuts that we normally don't eat here in Canada." (Marija Robinson/650 CKOM)
Scott Moe and Saskatchewan agriculture groups celebrate tariff deal with China
Saskatchewan's premier was joined by representatives from a number of agriculture groups at the University of Saskatchewan on Tuesday as he celebrated the tariff deal struck between Canada and China. ...
Jan 20, 2026 "What this is going to allow us to do is to get back to flowing our canola and pulse stocks to China, as well as many other countries around the world,” Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe said during a speech at the University of Saskatchewan on Tuesday. (Libby Gray/650 CKOM)
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