Local Agriculture

Hay production looking good in the Lakeland

With the summer now wearing off, local producers have had a good haying season, setting them up well for the upcoming fall and winter seasons.

Aug 10, 2023 11:30 AM Read more >

Canopy Growth sees $42M net loss in Q1 as cost reduction efforts continue

Canopy Growth Corp.

Aug 9, 2023 4:58 PM Read more >

Tilray to buy eight beer brands from Anheuser-Busch, tripling its beverages on tap

Tilray Brands Inc. is expanding its case of craft brews, announcing a deal to buy eight beer and beverage brands from Anheuser-Busch Companies LLC. In a filing with the U.S.

Aug 8, 2023 6:18 AM Read more >

Quebec farmers seek help from government as crops devastated by heavy rains

SAINTE-CLOTILDE-DE-CHÂTEAUGUAY, Que. — Vegetable and berry producers in southern Quebec are asking for government help after torrential rains hit the province this summer and caused heavy losses.

Aug 4, 2023 2:19 PM Read more >

Nutrien announces strategic actions to cut costs amid economic headwinds

SASKATOON — Nutrien Ltd. is indefinitely pausing its potash production ramp-up and suspending work on its Geismar clean ammonia project after a period of "unprecedented volatility" in fertilizer markets, said chief executive Ken Seitz on Thursday.

Aug 3, 2023 3:03 PM Read more >

Maple Leaf Foods reports $53.7M net loss in Q2 as company faces inflationary pressure

Maple Leaf Foods Inc. said it lost $53.7 million in its most recent quarter as it grappled with inflation and other market headwinds.

Aug 3, 2023 2:21 PM Read more >

Correction: Suspect remains at large, but shelter in place lifted

Search continues for man, shelter in place lifted for Kikino area

Jul 25, 2023 7:38 PM Read more >

B.C. ranchers struggle as drought sends hay prices soaring

British Columbia rancher Suzanne Fradette had just got off the phone with a hay broker who had grim news amid an ongoing drought that has sent feed prices soaring: "It's bad out there.

Jul 25, 2023 4:18 PM Read more >

Crop farmers asked to help their ranching neighbours as Prairie drought continues

Saskatchewan farmers forced to write off drought-afflicted crops are being asked to consider ways to turn those crops into cattle feed instead.

Jul 24, 2023 2:57 PM Read more >

'Not as dramatic': Saskatchewan farmers draining water demonstrate benefits

GRENFELL, Sask. — It's an area of farmland Ryan Maurer says is worth as much as a Lamborghini. High run-off flooded one of his fields in spring 2022, leaving shallow pools of water. This was before the farmer opened ditches to drain it.

Jul 22, 2023 8:00 AM Read more >