Agriculture

A Saskatchewan company, Prairie Clean Energy of Regina, has found a way to take the thousands of tonnes of Saskatchewan flax straw that gets burned or trashed on the prairies every year and turn it into something that can provide income to producers

The Saskatchewan Environmental Society (SES) is urging the province to assess the impact of a massive irrigation project announced earlier this month.

Over the next couple of weeks, farmers and agronomists will want to check canola pods for feeding by bertha armyworm, diamondback moth larvae, lygus bugs and other pests.

Most of the time when the world moves to change one thing, and its impact tends to ripple into areas that whether unexpected, or simply ignored, changes things in ways which may not be the best.

While the COVID-19 pandemic has battered other areas of Alberta's agricultural sector, canola and other grain farmers have escaped relatively unscathed, says one industry expert.

Crops remain in relatively good condition and are advancing quickly, thanks to recent rain and warm weather.

Alberta beekeepers could lose twice as many hives this year as they usually do, following a bad winter and impacts of COVID-19.

Applications are now being accepted for a new $1 million fund created by the Government of Saskatchewan to encourage development of agricultural technology.

At least one person has been fined as droves of people from outside Yukon enter the territory to illegally pick morel mushrooms on a First Nation’s land.

Cumberland House Cree Nation Chief Rene Chaboyer wants a seat at the table after the province failed to consult him before announcing a $4 billion irrigation project earlier this month.