Tag Archives: agriculture

With temperatures topping 17 C on Saturday afternoon, it was an appropriate day for the first Farmers' Market of the year. Normally, people heading to the market would have to navigate around ice and ...

A Saskatoon group promoting local business and products overseas is hoping the Saskatoon Berry will one day be part of the culinary creations of a top English chef. Alex Fallon, president & CEO of...

The mild winter weather may not be necessarily ideal for crops that were seeded in the fall. Saskatchewan Agriculture regional crop specialist Shannon Friesen explained how more snow cover would be be...

Prices on fruits and veggies are predicted to go up in grocery stores this year, and while shoppers may not be ecstatic about paying more for certain foods, not everyone sees it as a bad thing. That's...

With the Canadian dollar falling in value to 70 cents U.S., Saskatchewan's agricultural industry is looking at potential profits. Producers may actually benefit from the low dollar, president of the A...

Saskatchewan farmland is staying in the hands of Saskatchewan people. After consultations across the province, the government has made official amendments to the farm ownership laws. It means large tr...

A Saskatchewan cattle producer says he's holding off his celebrations until the U.S. Senate finally and officially repeals Country-of-Origin Labelling (COOL) in the American meat industry. American se...

The Saskatchewan Government is welcoming the news that country of origin labeling (COOL) is being repealed in the US. A new bill has been introduced in Washington that does away with the meat labeling...

Meat could be making way for chickpeas and rice on many people's dinner plates in the near future. A report from the Food Institute at the University of Guelph is predicting meat prices will continue ...

Saskatchewan's moisture level is right about where it normally is as we head into winter. On Thursday, the Water Security Agency released its 2015 Conditions at Freeze-Up Report which shows that most ...