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Outlook farmer joins 2023 Agri Hall of Fame inductees

Outlook farmer joins 2023 Agri Hall of Fame inductees

Tollefson and his wife moved to Outlook to work in irrigation in 1980.
Ag Canada research shifts away from production

Ag Canada research shifts away from production

Strategy shifts toward the sustainable agriculture.
Agriculture This Week: Finding acres for niche crops not easy

Agriculture This Week: Finding acres for niche crops not easy

It's not easy grabbing acres from canola, which while having high input costs, and greater risk as a result should a crop disaster strike, it is still the option with the big gross return potential too.
Clubroot has been confirmed in 82 commercial fields

Clubroot has been confirmed in 82 commercial fields

Clubroot pathogen detected in four new commercial crops.
Opinion: Sustainable agriculture strategy needs farm input

Opinion: Sustainable agriculture strategy needs farm input

Prairie farmers are credited with switching to conservation seeding techniques and reducing summerfallow.
Enhanced fertilizer can cut emissions

Enhanced fertilizer can cut emissions

Enhanced efficiency products work, but few farmers are using them because they can’t find a way to make them pay.
Growers warned of wheat price dip

Growers warned of wheat price dip

Fall new crop hard red spring wheat futures at the close of 2022 were nearly identical to what they were a year ago.
Sask. veterinary prof launches beef cattle health podcast

Sask. veterinary prof launches beef cattle health podcast

The range of topics covered since the launch of the podcast in late October runs from feed testing, extended grazing systems along with a recent episode looking at copper deficiency in cattle.
COP15 agreement ‘not bad for the beef business’

COP15 agreement ‘not bad for the beef business’

Cattle industry says the international biodiversity framework allows each country to determine how goals are achieved.
Sask. canola, flax groups to share executive director

Sask. canola, flax groups to share executive director

SaskFlax lost its long-time executive director late last year.
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