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Producers have planted a big crop, which could lower prices, but continued dryness may also slash yields and raise bids.

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

Drought stress, heat, grasshoppers and gophers took their toll on some crops. Many producers have stopped applying pest control products.

Dry conditions are affecting crop quality, farmers say.

Herbert Stampede noted as number one rodeo in the Canadian Cowboy Association

It is first being made available in the U.S. but then it is expected to be expanded to other countries, including Canada.

More than 60 kilograms of cocaine with an estimated street value of $6 million was uncovered.

Water Security Agency to make water and vacant land available.