Manitoba Ag Days in Brandon has been cancelled this winter. The cancellation is due to Manitoba limiting indoor activities to 50 percent capacity to a maximum of 250 people per event due to COVID-19. The Ag Days event typically draws over 10 thousand people per day and there is no sign yet when Manitoba will […]
Saskatchewan farm leaders applaud a new provincial public awareness campaign on mental health and addictions. Saskatchewan Stock Growers president Kelcy Elford says farmers are facing major stresses from weather, markets and the pandemic. Elford is appealing to anyone feeling depressed to reach out for available support services, saying it is not a sign of weakness […]
A convoy of truckers protesting federally enforced vaccine mandates for cross border trucking is about to roll into Regina, as they make their trek onward to Ottawa. Branded a “freedom convoy” – the protest is meant to draw attention to a policy that many feel is unfair to truck drivers choosing to not get fully […]
The first phase of a Saskatchewan Polytechnic project to set up a mental health support system for farmers is wrapping up this month. Farming and ranching can be a high stress occupation. Producers face challenges beyond their control like weather, pests, disease, costs and markets. Over 100 people have participated since the project was launched […]
A Saskatchewan company is building a million dollar flax straw processing plant in Regina. Prairie Clean Energy president Mark Cooper says the waste straw would be processed into pellets and sold worldwide for a biofuel in power plants and other heating uses. Cooper held introductory talks last week in Regina with Japanese power company […]
Agriculture minister Marie-Claude Bibeau has announced 18 semi-finalists to find new solutions to food waste in Canada. Every year, the agriculture ministry says over half of Canada’s food supply is wasted, and nearly 50 billion dollars of the wasted food is avoidable. The federal proposal is focused on technological solutions to food waste to […]
The RCMP are issuing a warning today about fraudulent calls being made using the phone number for the Broadview Detachment of the RCMP. The fraudsters are calling – pretending to be police officers informing the victim that they have had their social insurance number compromised. The individual asks for the social insurance number and at […]
The Saskatchewan government says it is expanding the provincial Output-based Performance Standards program to protect workers and businesses from the harmful effects of the federal carbon tax. Effective this month, industrial facilities in five more sectors are eligible to be covered by the provincial output standards instead of Ottawa’s industrial pricing system. These sectors include […]
The Saskatchewan government has announced over 5 million dollars in federal-provincial funds for livestock research in 2022. Agriculture Minister David Marit says the 5.1 million dollars will go to 28 livestock and forage-related research projects. Among the projects, animal health treatments, improved livestock reproduction diagnostics and the use of forage species to enhance carbon sequestration. […]
Agriculture minister David Marit has announced an extension to the Farm and Ranch Water Infrastructure Program deadline. Producers have faced difficulties sourcing material and contractors to construct water development projects within the time limit. So producers who plan to claim over 50 thousand dollars in rebates are asked to submit a preliminary application by March […]
