Agriculture

It was fair time in Yorkton last week, and for me that is always an event which has me waxing nostalgic.

The Yorkton 4-H Regional Show and Sale were held last Wednesday as part of the annual Summer Exhibition in the city.

DuPont Pioneer has announced that as part of its Full Belly! Full Mind! initiative that supports nutrition and breakfast programs across Canada, $5,000 has been donated to Agriculture in the Classroom Saskatchewan.

Minister of Transport, the Hon. Marc Garneau, supported by the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, the Hon.

The Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (CRSB) has launched a 60-day public consultation to solicit feedback on its sustainability indicators for beef processing to ensure sustainability challenges and opportunities for this sector are addressed

Despite the cool and dry conditions experienced so far, the majority of crops are in good to excellent condition, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s Weekly Crop Report.

The idea of robotic farming has been more science fiction than fact the last decade or so.

With the recent rainfall across the province in the past week, crop development has improved. The warm and wet weather was welcomed in areas that were experiencing moisture stress.

Canada is about to officially mark its 150th anniversary. It is, of course, a significant milestone for our country.

Richardson International Limited has expanded its oat milling business with the acquisition of European Oat Millers. The acquisition closed on June 15, 2017.