Agriculture

October is Agriculture Month in Saskatchewan.

Agriculture sector wants feds to make progress on removing barriers, five years after deal was signed.

Organizers of the campaign hope to increase industry’s profile and attract government funding for the domestic sector.

Russia has a massive crop but also huge challenges.

University of Alberta plant pathologists say it could be another tool to improve sustainability and help with resistance.

Statistics Canada’s hard red spring wheat, durum and canola estimates were higher by 4.8, 6.0 and 3.8 bushels per acre respectively.

Concerns about field and equipment fires have eased and there is hope that the rain will be enough in some areas to allow pastures a little regrowth.

Not only was it a night for a full house to hear guest speaker Sara Shymko talk about the importance or teaching agriculture in the classroom, but two major donations were announced.

Project will focus on herd in Wood Buffalo National Park, where bovine tuberculosis and bovine brucellosis are endemic.