Ag News

The Do More Agriculture Foundation is extremely pleased with its recent "Walk With Me" campaign.

As part of the two-week campaign, BASF matched the first $10,000 raised.

Overall, a total of $40,000 was raised through Do More Agriculture's first-ever Walk with Me campaign.

"Walk With Me" is a global campaign created by U.K. farmer Chris Manley when he was struggling with depression.

Livestock producers that have been struggling with the drought can now apply for the 2023 Canada-Alberta Drought Livestock Assistance program.

Qualifying producers will have had to change their grazing plans due to the drought for more than 21 days.

Benefits will be based on a feed-need calculation for feed costs incurred from lost grazing days for eligible breeding animals on hand as of Dec. 31, 2023. 

Animals must be breeding animals - females that have been bred between January 1 and December 31, 2023.

North 49 Foods held the grand opening of their new state-of-the-art sow processing plant in Moose Jaw on Friday morning, with Scott Moe, Premier of Saskatchewan, David Marit, Minister of Agriculture, and other Saskatchewan dignitaries in attendance for the ribbon-cutting ceremony.  

The property, which consists of 100 acres of industrial land, was formerly the XL beef plant but was purchased by Donald’s Fine Foods in 2019. Since then, they have refurbished the plant, investing in excess of $60 million into the facility. 

In a recent release, the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan appealed to Canada's Senators to rectify the recent amendment to Bill C-234, "An Act to amend the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act." 

This call comes in the wake of the Senate Standing Committee on Agriculture and Forestry's review, which took place on October 24, leading to an amendment that they say significantly altered the original intent of the bill.

CPKC is in the midst of moving large quantities of grain as harvest has come to a close in the prairies.

Assistant Vice President of Marketing and Sales for Bulk Elizabeth Hucker details some of that work.

The Canadian Cattle Association, along with Ducks Unlimited Canada and the Nature Conservancy of Canada hosted a dialogue on on climate adaptation through sustainable livestock systems.

The event explored bridging the nexus of climate change and biodiversity loss through cross-cutting themes of sustainable production systems and food security as attendees discussed the implications of grassland conversion and sustainable food production as producers feed a growing population.

Some areas, particularly in the southern prairies, saw a massive snowstorm that left quite a bit of snow in fields.

That's good news for any farmers who have finished up their harvest and could provide cover for next year's crops.

Mackenzie Hladun, a Crop Extension Specialist with Saskatchewan's Ministry of Agriculture, details how that could affect any crops still in the field.

After seeing recent success, Agriculture in The Classroom Saskatchewan is holding a new campaign to hopefully continue that.

Their Acres for Education Campaign will look for support from the farmers that their programs represent.

Executive Director, Sara Shymko shares what that's all about.

The Canadian Organic Growers, a charity that looks to support organic farmers, has launched a new resource for farmers.

The Organically Canadian Resource Hub was designed to raise an understanding of the benefits of sustainable agriculture and how consumer choices can make a difference.

COG is receiving up to $374,450 in support for the resource hub through Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s AgriCommunication Program. 

That's an $8 million initiative over three years to better connect Canadians with local farmers.

An Alberta agricultural organization is looking for directors and delegates after it established it formed from two separate organizations.

Alberta Grains is the newly formed Commission from the Alberta Wheat and the Alberta Barley Commission. 

Second Vice-Chair of Alberta Grains and Director of Region 5 Scott Jespersen details who they're looking for.