Agriculture

Due to an unseasonably warm fall, winter weight allowances will not come into effect until December 1 or until the roadbeds are sufficiently frozen. Postponing the winter weight program will protect Saskatchewan highways from unnecessary damage.

Prairie Soil Services Ltd. of Norquay is proud to announce its expansion into the Canora and Yorkton NH3 anhydrous ammonia markets this fall with its purchase of the CHS locations and assets, located 4.5 miles north of Canora on Highway No.

Drones are still a relatively new technology, but there is a lot of interest from farmers in what they might offer agriculture.

Grain and oilseed prices are down from last year, and the outlook is not favourable to a big bounce back.

Genetically modified (GM) crops are essential to agriculture. At least that was the contention of Stuart Smyth, Assistant Professor & Research Chair in Agri-Food Innovations, University of Saskatchewan.

Cattle have been a big part of Grain Millers since the event began 27-years ago.

Canada has a new Minister of Agriculture. Lawrence MacAulay was officially sworn in as Canada’s Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food in Ottawa on Nov. 4, as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau unveiled his new cabinet.

Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart recently announced a new incentive program to encourage the sale of eligible occupied agricultural Crown land.

In October 2015, there were 580,000 people working in Saskatchewan, a record high for the month of October according to Statistics Canada.

The kick-off to Agriculture Week, which was proclaimed earlier this fall by Yorkton Council, and the start of the annual Grain Millers Harvest Showdown, was marked Monday with a ceremonial branding.