Agriculture

The 2018-19 Budget will provide full funding to the Protection and Response Team (PRT) launched last summer.

The idea of more labelling on food to provide consumers with information upon which to determine what is best to eat seems very logical.

The Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) is pleased that the 2018 Provincial Budget will maintain funding that benefits rural municipalities (RM) in several key areas. The 2018-19 budget allocates $241.

The 2018-19 Budget invests $378.6 million to help ensure a strong agriculture sector, including a record investment in agricultural research and continued strong support for business risk management programs, such as Crop Insurance.

Today, the Water Security Agency (WSA) released the April spring runoff forecast.

Richardson International is investing more than $30 million to develop an innovation centre in the heart of downtown Winnipeg, featuring state-of-the-art technology and equipment for research and product development.

The 2018 4-H Spring Steer & Heifer Show hosted by the Yorkton Exhibition Association was held Thursday through Saturday. The event attracted 4-H members and their cattle clubs from across the local region.

While we tend to look to chemicals to solve most of the pest problems we encounter from ticks on our pet pooches and dandelions in the front lawn to weeds and bugs in farm crops, that may not always be the best option.

In agriculture issues tend to reoccur, many key ones never seeming to come to an end. The issue of grain handling is certainly one that pops up over and over, with plenty of finger pointing in terms of who is to blame.

Research to tackle global food security received a major boost in the province today, as the Government of Saskatchewan announced $800,000 in funding for state-of-the-art equipment in a new Roots of Food Security research facility at the University o