Tag Archives: Agriculture

Saskatchewan's latest crop report says farmers throughout the province are expecting below-average yields this year. Livestock producers already have 15 per cent of their hay cut and 75 per cent baled...

It’s been a tough year for many in the agriculture sector. From lack of snow, to a worsening moisture deficit and the smoke and heat, it’s made things extremely difficult for farmers tryin...

When an unprecedented heat wave "cooked" the cherries growing at his family's farm in Oliver, B.C., Pravin Dhaliwal tried to see past the financial loss to the passion that spurred him to follow in th...

The flour you need to bake your bread, the canola oil restaurants use to fry the food you eat and a variety of other products used both domestically and internationally will be going up in price again...

Saskatchewan is suffering through a drought, and it's hurting agriculture of all kinds. Many cattle ranchers in the province have struggled to grow enough feed for their herds. According to the provin...

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - British Columbia has placed a moratorium on new mink farms and capped existing farms at their current numbers after two more of the animals tested positive for the virus that causes...

Recent rains have increased topsoil moisture conditions for Saskatchewan farmers, but some areas got too much precipitation. In its weekly crop report, the Ministry of Agriculture said cropland topsoi...

Canada's Farm Show is back after a one-year hiatus due to COVID-19 -- and this year's edition of the famous agricultural event in Regina is virtual. The two-day online show, which began Wednesday, exp...

WASHINGTON - Canada's cannabis industry, banking on the chance to expand into the United States, is nervously eyeing the American political calendar and the Biden administration's narrow legislative w...

Canada could reach one-third of its greenhouse gas reduction targets by making better use of its vast forests, prairies and wetlands, says a report by more than three dozen scientists. The researchers...