Agriculture

There are always two sides to a given coin, and that is certainly the case when it comes to what to do with sloughs and wetlands in a farm field. Producers of course want to cultivate every acre as a way to generate maximum dollars.

A new program provides area farmers with a different option to garner annual value from marginal wetland areas.

Recently, the Federal Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Lawrence MacAulay and Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart announced details of the 2017 Crop Insurance Program.

Work on a high-throughput fertilizer terminal by the town of Hanley is beginning to take serious shape, and officials with the Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL) are pleased with the progress on both the local terminal and the similar facility bei

While not strictly agriculture, this story is one which intrigued me immediately upon reading about it. Bison have been reintroduced to Banff National Park after a 140-year absence.

“I’ve been straight cutting canola on my farm for over 20-years.” — David Vanthuyne Straight cutting canola for harvest is an option, and it has become a better option because of technological advancements.

“Once you see herbicide resistance in a field it’s been there a number of years. You just didn’t notice it.

Traditionally, agriculture equipment dealers are a place to buy agriculture equipment.

The 2017 planting season will soon be upon us. Producers are making final decisions about the types of crops to be grown this year.

The Water Security Agency (WSA) recently released the 2017 preliminary outlook for spring runoff. Most of the province received below normal snowfall resulting in a below normal runoff potential across most of Saskatchewan.