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Precipitation levels are on an upswing across most of the Prairie region. Even without counting the rain the past couple days, precipitation maps are showing an improvement in the dry conditions that have hurt crop and forage yields in many regions in recent years. For the past five years, total precipitation has been only 60 […]

Sustainability was the main theme of a panel discussion with the CEO of Lovingly Made Flour Mills Inc, Heidi Dutton, and farmer & agriculture advocate Cherilyn Jolly-Nagel at the FFF Global Summit. Dutton talked about sustainability with 620 CKRM AgriNews Director Ryan Young prior to going on stage, as well as the origin story of […]

Food security is one of the top priorities for many nations around the world, and Saskatchewan can have a huge impact in that area.  That’s the topic President and CEO of AGT Food & Ingredients Murad Al-Katib addressed at the Food, Fuel, and Fertilizer Summit in Regina Tuesday. On Monday, Al-Katib was a moderator for […]

Among the potash, oil and gas, and agri-business executives at the Food, Fuel, and Fertilizer Summit in Regina was a farmer from the Mossbank area. Cherilyn Jolly-Nagal was there to participate in a panel discussion called “Cultivating Resilience: Sustainable Agriculture Solutions in Saskatchewan”. She also talked about her experience at the conference as well as […]

Nuclear energy is one of the options considered for transitioning Saskatchewan from the current power source of fossil fuels in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and be a cleaner, greener province. However, a formal decision on whether Saskatchewan will fully commit to SMR’s won’t be made until the end of the decade.  620 CKRM AgriNews […]

Everyone at the Food, Fuel, and Fertilizer Global Summit, happening Monday and Tuesday in Regina, has some kind of story to tell, and the Mosaic Company is one of them. President and CEO of Mosaic Bruce Bodine sat down with 620 CKRM AgriNews Director Ryan Young to talk about how is settling into the new […]

As the proposed Bunge-Viterra merger makes it way through the regulatory approval process of the Competition Bureau, it was a featured topic of debate in the Saskatchewan Legislature Thursday. It surfaced in Question Period when NDP Ag Critic Trent Wotherspoon accused the SaskParty government of being silent over the file. Wotherspoon says he asked Agriculture […]

Bunge and Viterra is pleased the Competition Bureau of Canada completed its report on the proposed merger between the two grain companies. In a joint statement on Tuesday, the companies acknowledged the Bureau had no concerns regarding competition for grain purchasing in Eastern Canada and most of Western Canada, specifically for port terminal operations, for […]

The Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission welcomes the appointment of David Hunt as Chief Commissioner of the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC). Federal Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Lawrence MacAulay announced the appointment on Tuesday. “I would like to congratulate David Hunt on his appointment as Chief Commissioner of the Canadian Grain Commission. The CGC plays […]

The Competition Bureau of Canada pointed out the Bunge-Viterra merger would create “substantially” less competition for grain buying in Western Canada, as well as the sale of canola oil in Eastern Canada. It’s something that Ian Boxall, the president of the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan, said confirms what he and the organization have been […]