Agriculture

Recently the Norquay 4-H Bin Busters toured various crop plots as part of their club activities. The 2020 crop tour saw 12 members from Norquay, Pelly, Sturgis and Canora participate.

Live cattle shows might not be happening due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but members of the Canadian Charolais Youth Association still had an opportunity to participate in a competition.

To help lower crop pesticide use

The most recent provincial crop report notes the east central region of Saskatchewan has two per cent of the crop combined in the region, which is ahead of the five-year average of one per cent for this time of year.

SASKATOON – Creating artificial substitutes for human tissue and organs, discovering the best diet to help bacteria break down oil spills, and using high-powered computing to develop next-generation materials are some of the University of Saskatchewa

Harvest is either underway or just on the horizon for many farmers in the province – and that means drivers may be seeing more farm equipment on Saskatchewan highways in the coming weeks.

Millions of acres of canola and wheat growing in Saskatchewan under recent hot, dry weather could be the first average harvest in years. “We’re coming out of a really tough couple of years,” said Derek Dery, who runs a farm west of Saskatoon.

Warm temperatures have continued to rapidly develop and ripen crops, with some reports of premature ripening.

When you are growing pedigreed seed grain you want the fewest weeds possible.

Two tech-savvy farmers and an agricultural expert and retailer took part in a video-conference panel Thursday morning to discuss the state of farming in 2020 amidst COVID-19.