The agricultural sector is disappointed that the PMRA recently denied a request for the emergency use registration of ...

Saskatchewan’s Scott Moe and Alberta's Danielle Smith said the ground squirrels “have become a serious pest threat to agriculture, damaging a wide variety of crops” across the prairies.

The Alberta and Saskatchewan governments are pushing Ottawa to lift a ban on an effective rodent poison as farmers warn of an increase in damaged crops and injuries to livestock.

A request from Alberta and Saskatchewan to allow use of strychnine to control Richardson’s ground squirrels, or gophers, for this growing season was recently denied by Canada’s Pest Management ...

Saskatchewan producers have been clear about the challenges they face in managing Richardson's ground squirrels with the limited tools available,” said David Marit, Saskatchewan’s agriculture minister ...

Richardson's ground squirrels — colloquially known as gophers — are currently hibernating, but they're making headlines after Ottawa rejected a bid by the governments of Alberta and Saskatchewan to ...