Agriculture

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.

Warm weather continued to help crops mature throughout the province. This was beneficial for many areas, but some reported premature ripening and damage from high heat.

On a recent class trip Eva Ketchmark had a memorable experience at the Lethbridge Soup Kitchen.

A sunny Saturday, in spite of the very windy conditions, still made for some very contented cattle grazing a pasture near Burgis Beach.

Harvest operations have just started in some parts of the province. There have been reports of farmers desiccating pulse crops, with more planning to within the next week or two.

Executive Director of the Canadian Foodgrains Bank Jim Cornelius, said in an interview that when the pandemic hit, the first thing that needed to be done was make sure their international aid programs carry on.

The greatest threat to Saskatchewan farms is climate change. The UN projects a global average temperature increase of 3.2 degrees this century ( Emissions Gap Report 2019 ), which would mean 6.

As much as we tend to think the world is more interconnected these days, countries still tend to operate very much in isolation of one another.