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‘Yee Ha’ youth equestrian event returns to Moose Jaw for workshop

‘Yee Ha’ youth equestrian event returns to Moose Jaw for workshop

First launched more than a decade ago, Yee Ha had been on hiatus for years until interest in youth equestrian opportunities brought it back to life in 2024.
Vet highlights cow-related fertility concerns, urges more record-keeping

Vet highlights cow-related fertility concerns, urges more record-keeping

Rising open rates in Saskatchewan cattle herds may stem from drought, nutrition issues and mineral deficiencies, experts say.
Assiniboia to the Andes: Saskatchewan’s chocolate farmer is on a sweet mission

Assiniboia to the Andes: Saskatchewan’s chocolate farmer is on a sweet mission

A fourth-generation farmer from Assiniboia, Sask., Payant splits his year between harvesting grain on his family’s prairie farm and cultivating ancestral Nacional cacao in South America, alongside his wife and business partner Tiffany Rose
Harvest rolling to a close in Southwest

Harvest rolling to a close in Southwest

Census Division 7 – Beechy, Central Butte, Craik, Herbert, Hodgeville and Moose Jaw areas; Census Division 8 – Cabri, Elrose, Fox Valley, Leader, Swift Current and Tompkins areas.
Prime Ontario agricultural land to be protected amid energy expansion, minister says

Prime Ontario agricultural land to be protected amid energy expansion, minister says

Certain solar farms will be banned on prime agricultural land in Ontario as the province expands energy production to meet demand in the coming decades, Energy Minister Stephen Lecce said Wednesday.
'Definitely dissuasive': Skyrocketing farmland prices a struggle for young farmers

'Definitely dissuasive': Skyrocketing farmland prices a struggle for young farmers

REGINA — Will Robbins has been in the process of taking over his family farm southwest of Saskatoon. The 43-year-old grows organic wheat, oats, lentils, peas and occasionally flax and mustard on 445 hectares of land near Laura, Sask.
Saskatchewan fire department offers $20K reward as it battles hay bale arson attacks

Saskatchewan fire department offers $20K reward as it battles hay bale arson attacks

MACKLIN, SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA — A string of suspected arsons on hay bales, grass and crops around a west-central Saskatchewan town has been both agitating and perplexing, says the local fire chief. It has also prompted a $20,000 reward.
B.C. fruit group, $50 million in debt to bank, files for creditor protection

B.C. fruit group, $50 million in debt to bank, files for creditor protection

PENTICTON, B.C.
From farm to table: How extreme weather affects prices along the food supply chain

From farm to table: How extreme weather affects prices along the food supply chain

Extreme weather events like fires, floods, heat waves and droughts pose an increasing risk to Canada’s food supply chain, putting pressure on prices all the way to the grocery store shelf, say experts.
B.C. risks 'carpet' of rotting apples without help after co-op's closure: growers

B.C. risks 'carpet' of rotting apples without help after co-op's closure: growers

With less than a week to go before gala apples will be ready to be picked in British Columbia, the president of the provincial fruit growers' group worries about a devastating season without a way for farmers to refrigerate their crops.
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