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Farmers in high gopher population areas given two-year emergency permission to use two per cent liquid strychnine
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (194+ words) Health Canada, which overseas the federal Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), gave its approval to a revised request from the Governments of Saskatchewan and Alberta. The PMRA rejected a request from the two provinces earlier this year'saying it was concerned…...
Plans for new $15.6 million USask chicken barn nothing to ‘bawk’ at
3+ week, 20+ hour ago (435+ words) Within two to three years, the chickens at the University of Saskatchewan's Poultry Centre will be "living it up' inside a new state-of-the art chicken barn." USask's lead poultry researcher Dr. Karen Schwean-Lardner says their current barn offers conventional chicken…...