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Alberta RCMP have charged a Wheatland County man with causing unnecessary suffering to animals and selling un-inspected meat, after they were called to look into reports of someone who was slaughtering sick and injured cattle. Mounties say when they got onto the property, they found employees actively slaughtering cattle. During the investigation, they say they […]

Opening grain prices Thursday March 2 Durum 458.38 Feed barley 367.58 Canola 810.92 Chickpeas 1058.22 Flax 586.98 Lentils 751.50 Oats 215.32 Yellow Peas 463.55 Feed wheat 289.56 1 Red Spring Wheat 397.64

The governments of Saskatchewan and Alberta are urging a federal Regulatory Agency to reconsider its decision on a crucial insecticide for farmers. The Pest Management Regulatory Agency recently changed approved uses for lambda products, an effective pesticide that many farmers rely on to control grasshoppers and flea beetles. Saskatchewan agriculture minister David Marit is pushing […]

Saskatchewan feeder cattle prices were mainly higher for the past week. The Saskatchewan ministry of Agriculture says feeder steer prices ranged from 343 dollars per hundredweight for the 300 to 400 pound category to 236 dollars 83 cents for the over 900 pound weight category. Feeder heifer prices ranged from 278 dollars 50 cents per […]