Central Saskatchewan Agriculture News

Agriculture This Week: Science learns how plants convert sunlight

As the secrets of photosynthesis are better understood, the opportunity to improve upon the process through plant selection and modification, increase.

Sep 9, 2022 6:11 AM Read more >

Crop report: 42% of harvest completes in Saskatchewan

The southwest region continues to lead harvest operations with 83 per cent of the crop now combined.

Sep 8, 2022 10:09 AM Read more >

Rotational grazing could go virtual

A University of Alberta researcher attempts to determine if virtual fences can work when moving cattle within a pasture.

Sep 5, 2022 1:34 PM Read more >

Opinion: Trust in government is taking a beating

Trust is especially scarce among producers in provinces that fought the carbon pricing protocol in court and lost.

Sep 4, 2022 1:45 PM Read more >

Tax deferrals available for some but not all

Provision applies to producers who have had to sell at least 15 percent of their breeding herds because of drought or floods.

Sep 4, 2022 1:24 PM Read more >

Farmers packed prized wheat on trip to their new home

Mennonite families often brought trunks full of Turkey Red wheat with them when they emigrated to North America.

Sep 4, 2022 1:15 PM Read more >

La Ni帽a, little sister to El Ni帽o, is sticking around

That could mean a colder than usual winter for the Prairies.

Sep 3, 2022 10:19 AM Read more >

Discovery shines light on yields

Crops that are in full sunlight receive more energy than they can use.

Sep 3, 2022 10:11 AM Read more >

InVigor canola combats emergence issues with treatment

BASF received complaints about poor emergence of its canola hybrids in some regions.

Sep 3, 2022 10:00 AM Read more >

Farm鈥檚 purple martin project takes off

Western Sask. producer began building houses for the birds five years ago and this year attracted 61 pair and 227 young.

Sep 2, 2022 1:42 PM Read more >