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NFU and Wheat Growers want changes to contracts

NFU and Wheat Growers want changes to contracts

The National Farmers Union and the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association both agree that grain production contracts need attention.
Opinion: Ag deserved better promo at COP26

Opinion: Ag deserved better promo at COP26

From most accounts out of COP26, agriculture wasn’t one of the success stories
Opinion: The reliability of latest or the value of older gear, it’s all good

Opinion: The reliability of latest or the value of older gear, it’s all good

It will be interesting to see how the current reverberations through global supply chains relating to delivery issues and the pandemic will change who buys new and who buys used.
Genetic research into chickpeas aims for 'zero hunger'

Genetic research into chickpeas aims for 'zero hunger'

USask research aims to improve important food source for low- and lower-middle-income countries
Is it time to select cattle for climate change attributes?

Is it time to select cattle for climate change attributes?

Canadian producers need to breed cattle that can better handle widely different temperature extremes while maintaining traits such as feed efficiency and meat quality
Climate change may dry up potholes

Climate change may dry up potholes

Future prairie moisture cycle may be opposite of what we’ve assumed, more precipitation might reduce groundwater recharge
What makes Quick Dick McDick tick?

What makes Quick Dick McDick tick?

Dickson Delorme spends his days working on the farm, considering his community and online persona’s next topics
USask PhD student earns Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship for fungal research

USask PhD student earns Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship for fungal research

Jensen Cherewyk is another key contributor among a list of researchers who have helped establish USask as the centre of ergot research in Canada and earned it international respect in the field
Seaweed supplements could significantly reduce livestock methane emissions

Seaweed supplements could significantly reduce livestock methane emissions

Seaweed has long been hailed a ‘superfood’ for humans but adding it to animal feed to reduce methane gas released into the atmosphere by ruminants' burping and flatulence is a relatively new idea
Hall of famers remembered on Nov. 11

Hall of famers remembered on Nov. 11

Canadians who served inducted into Saskatchewan Agriculture Hall of Fame
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