Tag Archives: farmers

REGINA - It seems that Canada's Farm Show has found its spot on the calendar. Last week's event was the first time in its 48-year history that it was held in March, as it was held in June previously. ...

WESTERN PRODUCER - Every year I receive a couple of emails about this topic and hear conversations about it. I'm always surprised that most people do not know that March and April have recorded most o...

Depending on the farmer, they're either welcoming the hot weather or are a bit concerned. Vice-President of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture Todd Lewis farms near Gray, south of Regina. He says ...

The Liberal government's changes to capital gains taxation came into effect Tuesday, despite significant pushback from business and physicians' groups. Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland's s...

As the annual highways hay salvage and ditch mowing season progresses, the Government of Saskatchewan is reminding farmers and ranchers of several key dates. The program, which allows landowners by hi...

Seeding is virtually complete across Saskatchewan with just one percent of acres left and that is because of all of the rain we have been enjoying, and cursing this spring. The highest rainfall record...

WESTERN PRODUCER - Looming changes to Canada's capital gains inclusion rates will increase average taxes by 30 per cent on the country's family-run grain farms, putting their futures at risk, acc...

BRUSSELS (AP) - Farmers threw beets and sprayed manure at police on Tuesday as hundreds of tractors again sealed off streets close to the European Union headquarters, where agriculture ministers sough...

JOSSIGNY, France (AP) - Protesting farmers were encircling Paris with tractor barricades and drive-slows on Monday, using their lumbering vehicles to block highways leading to France's capit...

The agricultural world is abuzz with talk about this potential merger between grain giants Viterra and Bunge. There are wide spread reports that the two companies are talking about a merger, but neith...