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Campaign aims to re-open Chinese market to Canadian canola
Suits and Boots have launched a new online campaign in an effort to get China to end its canola ban and lift restrictions on peas, soybeans and pork. The not-for-profit group is made up of Canadian in...
May 16, 2019 The Suits and Boots group launched the #StandUpToChina campaign on May 15, 2019, in hopes of ending China's canola ban. (Suits and Boots)
Canola uncertainty continues for Canadian producers
Tension with China over canola shipments has Canadian farmers stuck in the middle. On Tuesday, producers urged the House of Commons' agriculture committee to quickly resolve the dispute with China. "I...
Apr 10, 2019
Trade expert touts Canadian advantages over U.S. farmers
Adversity is opportunity when it comes to trade, and things have never been better for exporters in the Canadian agriculture industry according to a think-tank expert. Carlo Dade, director of the Cana...
Jan 16, 2019 Carlo Dade, director at the Canada West Foundation, speaks with reporters at the Crop Production Show in Saskatoon on Jan. 15, 2019. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
Crop Production Week kicks off in Saskatoon
The agriculture trade show season is getting started in Saskatoon with Crop Production Week. Prairieland Park agriculture manager Lori Cates said this year's edition of the long-running event will fea...
Jan 14, 2019 The annual Crop Production Week in Saskatoon attracted farmers from across the prairies to Prairieland Park on Jan. 10, 2018. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
Bourgault Industries issues layoff notices
By Angie Rolheiser Layoff notices have been issued at Bourgault Industries in St. Brieux. The farming equipment manufacturer said in a news release that seven per cent of its workforce would be affect...
Nov 07, 2018 Bourgeault Industries headquarters in St. Brieux, Sask. (Bourgeault Industries/Facebook)
Sask. farmers will make the most of the dry weather
It looks like Saskatchewan will get to enjoy an extended spell of warm, dry, fall weather after all and many farmers could not be happier. Based on the forecast, much of the central and southern part ...
Oct 15, 2018
$38M cattle research centre opens near Saskatoon
A new livestock research centre that opened Tuesday near Saskatoon is the biggest of its kind in Canada. The University of Saskatchewan's Livestock and Forage Centre of Excellence (LFCE) is meant to s...
Oct 10, 2018
Propane deliveries delayed as Sask. farmers dry grain grain harvest
Cool, wet weather in Saskatchewan has caused many of the province's farmers to dramatically increase their use of propane as they race to dry their harvested grains. Federated Co-Operatives Limited (F...
Oct 09, 2018
Farmers' market pleased with changed proposal guidelines
The Saskatoon Farmers' Market co-operative is pleased city council wants to keep dedicated market days at the current space in River Landing. After an assessment, council put out a request for proposa...
Sep 27, 2018
Early snow hampers harvest in northern Saskatchewan
An early snowfall in parts of Saskatchewan has some farmers worried about getting their harvests in on time. "We do not have a whole lot off. Some of the people have a few peas off but I haven't reall...
Sep 18, 2018
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