Agriculture News

Provincial total at 18 per cent

The pilot program works with oat farmers in Saskatchewan, Manitoba, North Dakota, Kansas and Michigan

The provincial government is providing livestock producers with more funding to help mitigate the financial burdens caused by Alberta processing facility closures during the pandemic

There is a need for farm labourers, but COVID-19 complicates matters

Information on the lentil market, as provided by Greg Simpson of Simpson Seeds

Seven per cent of the crop is now in the ground 

“This (pandemic) has not kept you from calving and it will not keep you from seeding. When calves are fat and the crops are off Agribition will be here, we will be ready”

The group says more needs to be done to maintain food supply

With less cattle needed by packers, Western Canadian cash prices for live cattle have fallen between 10 and 12 cents a pound

Science Canada notes healthy plants are the foundation for all life, making up 80 per cent of the food we eat and producing 98 per cent of the oxygen we breathe