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Manitoba Ag Days investing in brand new AED’s

Manitoba Ag Days investing in brand new AED’s

Apr 28, 2023 | 11:31am
Manitoba Ag Days has invested in new AEDs or, Automated External Defibrillators, at the Keystone Centre in Brandon. The Keystone Centre has 5 of the life-saving devices located throughout the building. Money for the AED’s was provided through the Manitoba Ag Days Gives Back Program, which is funded by admission ticket sales, and the yearly […]
Big Game Draw coming up in May

Big Game Draw coming up in May

Apr 27, 2023 | 2:36pm
Saskatchewan residents, especially farmers, interested in big game hunting, mark your calendars. Beginning on Monday, hunters can apply for the chance to be drawn for elk, moose, pronghorn or mule deer. The province says applications must be submitted online through the Saskatchewan Hunting, Angling, and Trapping Licence (HAL) system by 4 p.m. on May 25th. […]
Annual reminder to be aware of hantavirus while spring cleaning

Annual reminder to be aware of hantavirus while spring cleaning

Apr 26, 2023 | 1:07pm
Spring cleaning is underway, and Saskatchewan residents are being reminded to be mindful of hantavirus. Infection is caused by breathing in contaminated airborne particles from the droppings, urine and saliva of infected deer mice. It can cause a rare, but potentially fatal, lung disease known as hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. Symptoms, including fever, muscle aches, cough, […]
APAS President wants federal government and PSAC to reach an agreement quickly

APAS President wants federal government and PSAC to reach an agreement quickly

Apr 25, 2023 | 3:40pm
Viterra port facilities in Vancouver and Montreal are the sites of picket lines set up, as the Public Sectors Alliance of Canada strike is in its 7th day. President of the Agricultural Union within PSAC, Milton Dyck, says about 80 people were on the line in Vancouver in support of striking Canadian Grain Commission employees. […]
Saskatchewan and Japan sign agreement to deepen trade ties

Saskatchewan and Japan sign agreement to deepen trade ties

Apr 25, 2023 | 11:35am
Saskatchewan and Japan are strengthening their economic ties. A Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) has been signed between the province and Japan’s Overseas Infrastructure Investment Corporation (JOIN), a government agency that supports Japanese businesses abroad, especially in the area of infrastructure. “We would like to promote more infrastructure business here with Japenese [businesses]. Also, I’d like […]
No concern for spring flooding from last week’s storm: Sask. Water Security Agency

No concern for spring flooding from last week’s storm: Sask. Water Security Agency

Apr 24, 2023 | 4:03pm
The Saskatchewan Water Security Agency says there is little reason to worry about spring runoff from last week’s heavy snowstorm. Patrick Boyle with the Water Security Agency says cooler weather has prompted a slow, steady melt of snow this week. “It’ll add to a lot of those peak flows that have already made their way […]
AAFC Released Latest Supply and Demand Projections

AAFC Released Latest Supply and Demand Projections

Apr 24, 2023 | 2:57pm
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada released its latest supply/demand projections on Friday. Canola ending stocks for both the current marketing year and 2023-24 were raised slightly. The government agency lowered its canola export forecast for 2022-23 by 200,000 tonnes from March, now pegging movement at 8.4 million tonnes. With domestic usage left unchanged at 9.738 million tonnes, ending […]
Grain markets this week trend downward

Grain markets this week trend downward

Apr 21, 2023 | 3:02pm
Grain markets were showing downward movement this week. P.I. Financial commodity futures advisor Adam Pukalo says the July canola contract is down 20 dollars per metric ton, while spring wheat futures (July Minneapolis Wheat) have declined about 20 cents a bushel, at under $8.50 a bushel. There are two factors, Pukalo says, for the canola […]
Syngenta to Offer Matador Insecticide in Western Canada this Spring

Syngenta to Offer Matador Insecticide in Western Canada this Spring

Apr 21, 2023 | 2:16pm
Syngenta Canada announced today that it will release a limited amount of Matador® 120EC insecticide and Voliam Xpress® insecticide in Western Canada with a focus on horticulture and pulse crops in time for the 2023 growing season. The products will also be available in Eastern Canada with a focus on horticulture crops. This distribution decision is in response […]
Farm leader concerned about impact PSAC strike could have on grain movement

Farm leader concerned about impact PSAC strike could have on grain movement

Apr 20, 2023 | 3:55pm
The Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association wants the federal government to find a resolution to the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) strike as quickly as possible. President Gunter Jochum, who farms west of Winnipeg, is calling on Ottawa to ensure Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) employees within the PSAC Union return to work immediately. Jochum […]