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The number of cattle being marketed is going down but demand remains high, keeping prices for feeder steers and heifers up in the province.

REGINA — With colder temperatures arriving and ice beginning to form on waterbodies across the province, the Water Security Agency (WSA) is reminding the public about ice safety.

REGINA - An Act meant to fulfill the government's commitment in the recent provincial election to extend the carbon tax exemption on home heating was introduced in the Saskatchewan Legislature Tuesday.

REGINA - Opposition Leader Carla Beck attended the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS) event in Regina on Tuesday to make her message clear that she wants to protect the agriculture sector.

The canola market is about as cold as the current Saskatchewan weather.

The Saskatchewan Cattlemen's Association was part of a roundtable meeting during Canadian Western Agribition last week with other cattle groups to talk to Federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has created a great deal of concern by claiming he will evoke a 25 per cent tariff on all imports from Mexico and Canada.

Trade issues with China and potentially the United States face Federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay. President-Elect Donald Trump is threatening a 25 per cent tariff on Canadian goods imported into the U.S. once he takes office in January.

The Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture has developed new survey maps for various crop pests including pea leaf weevil, wheat stem sawfly, grasshoppers and cabbage seedpod weevils.

Member companies of the Canadian Crop Hail Insurance Association paid out $230 million to Western Canadian grain farmers on nearly 11,000 hail claims this year.