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Moisture keeping combines off the field in Sask.
Frost, rain and snow continue to keep harvest in Saskatchewan from making progress. The provincial government's weekly report shows that only 55 per cent of crops are in the bin. The five-year average...
Oct 10, 2019
Snow no help for Saskatchewan farmers
It's no secret that this has been a very frustrating harvest season for Saskatchewan farmers. Early in the growing season they dealt with drought. Then when the rain finally came, it seemingly didn't ...
Sep 30, 2019
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 5, 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 4, 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 3, 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 3, 2019
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