Southern Saskatchewan - Agriculture

Research lab focus on plant pests, beneficial insects

The USIRF will be located inside the Agriculture Building on the USask Saskatoon campus

Oct 2, 2021 2:52 PM Read more >

Farmers in 'dire straits' over unfulfilled grain contracts

Poor yields impact farmers ability to fulfill delivery contracts

Sep 29, 2021 12:51 PM Read more >

APAS launches grain contract penalties survey

Survey aimed at learning more about costs to drought-affected farmers

Sep 28, 2021 2:55 PM Read more >

Farmers are facing penalties due to a reduced volume of grain

SARM calls on grain companies to work with farmers who are facing penalties on forward priced contracts

Sep 27, 2021 7:40 PM Read more >

Weather helps harvesting advance to finish line in SE Sask

Farmers 94% done in Weyburn area, 99% in Radville-Lake Alma area

Sep 27, 2021 7:02 PM Read more >

Farmer network puts the truth on the ground

Large-scale field trial locations are often tricky for companies looking to put their products to the test of scale

Sep 27, 2021 6:27 AM Read more >

Beating the heat by insuring the yield

How does it work? It's like crop insurance without the premium

Sep 26, 2021 1:09 PM Read more >

Do it yourself green on brown spotting

Open source weed detection for sprayers or precision tillage is based on camera sensors identifying the targets

Sep 26, 2021 8:42 AM Read more >

Out for a spin: procession of vintage tractors go to Muenster and back

Led by a 1947 Cockshutt 30 tractor painted in the colours of the Humboldt Broncos, a procession of vintage tractors took to the countryside.

Sep 25, 2021 6:01 PM Read more >

Hunters urged to submit heads of deer, moose, elk for CWD testing

CWD is an infectious central nervous system disease in cervids, fatal to the infected deer. There is no known cure and is currently found in 56 of Saskatchewan's 83 wildlife management zones.

Sep 24, 2021 10:00 AM Read more >