Category Archives: Agriculture

FREDERICTON, N.B. - Preliminary figures indicate nearly half of all honeybee colonies across Canada didn't survive last winter - the largest rate of colony losses in the country in the last 20 years.E...

CALGARY, AB - The group representing Canadian ranchers has changed its name to be more gender-inclusive.The Canadian Cattlemen's Association, an industry organization representing more than 60,000 ran...

PRINCE ALBERT, SK - Changes in how the federal government may review pesticides aren't sitting well with the Western Canadian Wheat Growers.The group recently announced it made a submission to the Pes...

OTTAWA, ON - Canada's wine sector is getting a helping hand from the federal government.The Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, Marie-Claude Bibeau, shared details last week about a new support pro...

CALGARY, AB - A Calgary company is receiving over $1.6 million to produce high-efficiency fertilizers made with organic carbon.The federal government is giving the funds to Sulvaris whose carbon contr...

PRINCE ALBERT, SK - Cabbage seedpod weevils. These tiny insects are once again starting to become a problem for canola fields in the prairies.Hctor Crcamo, a research scientist with Agriculture and Ag...

CALGARY - Rod Hay continues to live the rodeo life, but times three. An eight-time national champion and winner of four Calgary Stampede titles, no other Canadian saddle bronc rider has qualified for ...

PRINCE ALBERT, SK - The Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association (SSGA) wants an investigation done by the federal and provincial governments on meat pricing.Their main concern focuses on the difference...

OTTAWA, ON - Canada will require nutrition warnings on the front of pre-packaged food with high levels of saturated fat, sugar or sodium starting in 2026 in an effort to help grocery shoppers make hea...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Families from all around Southern Alberta made their way to Crystal Springs Cheese over the weekend to get a glimpse of what life is like on a dairy farm.The 'Breakfast on the Dairy' ...