CKRM Agriculture

YORKTON – Farmers and implement dealers gathered north of the city the morning of Sept. 17 to take part in the Health Foundation’s Farming for Health harvest. “Between the farm implement dealers and some of the ag suppliers in the area we manage to put a crop in every year and we harvest 400 acres […]

India is continuing to allow Canadian yellow peas to come into the country restriction-free from October 31st to December 31st this year. India’s Directorate of Foreign Trade published the order on Friday.  The Indian government originally lifted the duties on pea imports in December 2023 until it expired this spring. However, that was extended to […]

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is advising cattle producers to not travel to the United States for upcoming agricultural shows, or participate in them, due to the risk of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) south of the border. Multiple states have reported outbreaks of HPAI among dairy cattle since March of this year. To […]

CN and CPKC Rail supplied a combined 71% of hopper cars ordered in grain week 5, an improvement from the 57% order fulfillment performance seen in week 4.  In supplying 65% of cars ordered by shippers in week 5, CN performance declined from the 77% order fulfillment performance seen the prior week. CN performance remains […]

A few agriculture groups have come together to create an organization dedicated to improving drainage in Saskatchewan. Called the Saskatchewan Drainage Extension Network (SK DEN), the privately-led initiative is comprised of one farming operation, Stone Farms, the University of Saskatchewan, farm groups such as the Saskatchewan Farm Stewardship Association (SaskFSA), Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan […]

Statistics Canada released its report on stocks of major crops as of July 31st, 2024. It shows total stocks of canola and barley were up compared to the same date a year ago, but stocks of wheat, oats, dry peas, and lentils were down compared to a year prior. Total wheat stocks as of the […]

The Canadian Grain Commission revoked the licences of Purely Canada Foods on August 27 and has since received claims from unpaid producers against the company. Lonny McKague, Commissioner with the Canadian Grain Commission, says they’ve received a number of inquiries from producers but not a lot of claims yet. He couldn’t provide details of the […]

The lack of moisture last week helped producers get more of the crop off the field and into the bin. The provincial crop report says 61 per cent of harvest is complete, a jump from 42 per cent the previous and well ahead of the five and ten year averages. The southwest is the furthest […]

August was a fairly average month for weather in Saskatchewan. Environment Canada Meteorologist Terri Lang compiles monthly weather statistics from weather stations around the province. Lang says there wasn’t a lot of variation with temperatures, as all weather stations recorded temperatures within their respective averages for the month. “When all the numbers were added up […]

Two of Canada’s major railways, Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd (CPKC) and Canadian National Railway (CN), are playing catch-up following a labour disruption last month that stalled operations for about four days. Mark Hemmes is the President of Quorum Corporation, which manages the federal government’s grain monitoring program. He says getting caught up is going […]