Better Farming Prairies Magazine Archive July/August 2024 Better Farming Prairies July/August 2024 edition features Susannah Cornelissen & Mocha on the cover and the following articles: Exciting Technology - Exploring Drones, Update on Pulse Growth - New Opportunities, Ag Tech Trade Show - Lakeland College, Supporting Pollinators - What's the Buzz? and Nitrogen Fertilizer. September 2024 May/June 2024
Sask. NDP wants tougher penalties related to foreign farmland ownership Wednesday, March 11, 2026 The Saskatchewan NDP wants foreign farmland owners who don’t obey the law to face stiffer penalties. Trent Wotherspoon, the party’s deputy shadow minister for agriculture and rural affairs, and the shadow minister of finance, introduced The Saskatchewan Farm Security (Foreign Farmland... Read this article online
Middle East conflict pushes fertilizer costs higher, forcing Ontario growers to rethink corn acres Wednesday, March 11, 2026 Ontario farmers are bracing for a turbulent spring as fertilizer and fuel prices surge in response to the escalating conflict involving Iran, a development that analysts say could reshape planting decisions across North America. The spike in nitrogen costs—the most critical and... Read this article online
Alberta Beef Producers forming traceability group Monday, March 9, 2026 A livestock organization in Alberta is forming a working group to explore the federal government’s proposed traceability changes. A March 5 statement from Alberta Beef Producers (ABP) indicates the organization’s delegates passed a resolution at the most recent AGM supporting this group’s... Read this article online
Alberta Reports No New Cases of PEDv Friday, March 6, 2026 Alberta’s Chief Veterinary Officer (CVO) has confirmed that, as of March 2, 2026, there are no new suspected cases of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea (PED) currently under investigation in the province. This update provides reassurance for producers and industry partners who have remained on... Read this article online
SARM Calling for Stronger Rural Emergency Funding Friday, March 6, 2026 The Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) is calling on provincial and federal governments to strengthen funding and partnerships that support emergency response services across rural Saskatchewan. Rural municipalities playa major rolein protecting communities during... Read this article online