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Man Suffering From Back Pain Whilst Gardening

When back pain becomes a pain in the neck

By Canadian Agricultural Safety Association August 12, 2016

Aches and pains are common afflictions of everyday life. Stiff knees, sore feet and back pain are all too common. Back injuries can be chronic (long term) or short term and can affect everyone at some point in their life. Back pain, especially lower back pain, is a common work-related issue that affects many farmers […] Read more

The city of Prince Albert, which has closed its water intake from the North Saskatchewan River, is again supplying its rural water utility, but from a different source. (CityPA.ca)

Livestock

Livestock water supplies still a concern after oil spill

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News August 12, 2016

While cleanup and water testing continue on the North Saskatchewan River, livestock producers with river access are still advised to find alternate water sources. Jenifer Heyden, livestock specialist with Saskatchewan Agriculture in North Battleford, said ministry staffers and Husky Energy did work with a few producers who were having trouble accessing alternate water sources, to […] Read more

Workers finish a lunch break near the Toby Nollet Bridge and head back out to continue cleaning up the North Saskatchewan, following the Husky oil spill in July. (AGCanada.com Network photo)

Livestock, Machinery

North Saskatchewan River users still await all-clear

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News August 4, 2016

As the cleanup of the Husky Energy oil spill continues on the North Saskatchewan River, officials had a spot of good news during a recent media call. Collected water samples haven’t exceeded Canadian drinking water standards since July 24. As of Tuesday, over 1,000 water samples had been collected from over 60 locations between the […] Read more

Workers in Prince Albert, Sask. lay out a temporary line in late July to supply drinking water to city residents after shutting the municipal water intake from the North Saskatchewan River. (CityPA.ca)

Livestock, Machinery, Reuters

Most water tests safe after Sask. oil spill, but no all-clear

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News August 3, 2016

Reuters — Out of 900 water samples tested from a major Canadian river polluted by an oil spill last month, five exceeded drinking water guidelines, officials said Wednesday, cautioning it was unclear when the river would be safe to drink from again. The July 20 leak from a Husky Energy pipeline into the North Saskatchewan […] Read more

Livestock

Leading insecticide cuts bee sperm by almost 40 per cent

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News July 28, 2016

The world’s most widely used insecticide is an inadvertent contraceptive for bees, cutting live sperm in males by almost 40 per cent, The Guardian in the UK is reporting. Citing research led by Lars Straub at the University of Bern, Switzerland, the report says neonicotinoid pesticides were found to cut the lifespan of the drones […] Read more

General

Saskatchewan premier ‘not satisfied’ with Husky spill response

By Reuters, Rod Nickel, GFM Network News July 27, 2016

Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall said on Wednesday he was not satisfied with Husky Energy Inc’s emergency response to an oil spill into a river that supplies drinking water, and said the western Canadian province needed to consider ways to avoid a recurrence. The spill of 1,572 barrels of oil from a Husky pipeline into the […] Read more

Crops, Weather

Okanagan producers adopt climate adaptation strategy

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News July 25, 2016

Agricultural producers and local governments in the Okanagan region are getting ready for the possibility of hotter, drier summers and different pest pressures under climate change. The B.C. Agriculture and Food Climate Action Initiative (CAI) brought agricultural producers together with local governments and provincial agencies to identify collaborative solutions and actions to adapt to the […] Read more

Crops, Livestock

Report discusses disseminating agricultural research

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News July 25, 2016

The Agricultural Institute of Canada (AIC) says the next suite of Growing Forward programs should include funds dedicated to communicating about research to the general public. Its 2016 Conference Report (the Report), which summarizes the need for the agricultural sector to better disseminate research results to producers, farmers, industry, academia, consumers and among the research […] Read more

The Diefenbaker Bridge over the North Saskatchewan River in Prince Albert, Sask. Photo: Carolyn Carleton / Wikimedia Commons

Livestock, Reuters

Husky oil spill hits Prince Albert water supply; farmers also scrambling for alternative sources for livestock

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News July 25, 2016

Reuters – An oil leak from a Husky Energy Inc pipeline into a major Canadian river has forced a second city in the province of Saskatchewan to stop drawing drinking water, officials said on Monday, widening the impact and cost of the spill. The heavy oil and diluent leaked from Husky’s Saskatchewan Gathering System pipeline on […] Read more

Crops, News, Weather

Rain, humidity deliver slow progress to haying operations

Saskatchewan Crop Report for the week ending July 18

By Saskatchewan Agriculture July 21, 2016

Livestock producers continue with haying operations throughout the province, although frequent rain and high humidity have slowed progress. Twenty-two per cent of the hay crop has been cut and 28 per cent is baled or put into silage. The five year average (2011-2015) for hay progress is 23 per cent cut and 40 per cent […] Read more

U.S. grains: Soy futures set six-week low as China buys Argentine cargoes, snubs U.S.

U.S. livestock: Hogs rally ahead of USDA report

Canadian Barley Research Coalition pledges $1.8 million to USask Crop Development Centre

GFM Network News