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Sask. harvest still behind average despite progress
A stretch of warm and dry weather allowed most producers to return to the field last week, however harvesting continues at a slow pace. According to the weekly crop report from the province, 39 per ce...
Sep 26, 2019
Kansas farmers try to brighten spirits during harvest season
Three brothers in Kansas are trying to find something positive as farmers deal with a challenging harvest season. It comes as the latest Saskatchewan crop report shows just 23 per cent is in the bin, ...
Sep 21, 2019 Farmers struggling with harvest shared photos of stuck tractors after a parody video by a Kansas family. (Will Kemp/Facebook)
Mental health services tackle spike in Ag communities
Farmers often struggle with difficult times in silence. It's sparked the creation of organizations like the Do More Agriculture Foundation. One of the driving forces behind it was a series of 2017 Twi...
Sep 15, 2019 Farmers from the area around Milestone, Sask. gathered together to combine 450 acres for the family Brian Williams, who died on Aug. 17. (Jeff Brown/YouTube)
Rainfall puts harvest well behind five-year-average
Rainfall and cool weather dampened Saskatchewan's fields over this past week, but producers were able to make up some ground according to the latest crop report. 18 per cent of Saskatchewan's crops ar...
Sep 12, 2019
Rainfall has harvest well behind schedule
Farmers in Saskatchewan who were desperate for rain earlier this year now want it to stop. In its weekly crop report, Saskatchewan Agriculture said "frequent rainfall and cool weather" are delaying ha...
Sep 05, 2019
Many Sask. farmers still behind in harvest
The poor weather at the start of the growing season is still keeping many Saskatchewan farmers behind as harvest continues. For some, that poor weather is continuing. Steve Donald, who farms in the Mo...
Sep 04, 2019
‘Like taking Punnichy off the map’: Grain elevator set to come down
The demolition of the 107-year-old grain elevator in the east-central Saskatchewan village of Punnichy is set to begin Tuesday. Lawrence Beyer, the mayor of Punnichy, said the elevator’s levelin...
Sep 03, 2019
‘Like taking Punnichy off the map’: Grain elevator set to come down
The demolition of the 107-year-old grain elevator in the east-central Saskatchewan village of Punnichy is set to begin Tuesday. Lawrence Beyer, the mayor of Punnichy, said the elevator’s levelin...
Sep 03, 2019
Innovative Sask. companies getting federal cash infusion
From new ways to process agrifoods, to the creation of medical isotopes for cancer treatments, to agricultural machinery that drives itself — innovative companies in Saskatchewan are being celeb...
Sep 01, 2019
Anthrax kills seven animals in southeastern Saskatchewan
Seven animals are dead after being exposed to anthrax in southeastern Saskatchewan, according to the provincial government. In a media release, the province said laboratory results on Thursday confirm...
Aug 29, 2019
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