Agriculture

 The Legislature was in full reaction mode to speculation on Thursday that Farm Credit Canada might be about to move its head office out of Saskatchewan. The issue was raised in the Legislative Assembly by Sask United Leader Nadine Wilson, with her party putting out a statement that claimed that “multiple high-level sources have told Sask […]

Join GX94 Agriculture Director Doug Falconer, Chief Agricultural Editor Kevin Hursh, and 620 CKRM AgriNews Director Ryan Young, for the latest edition of the SaskAgToday.com Roundtable.

It’s likely that Bunge Ltd.’s US$8.2-billion deal to acquire Viterra Ltd. would “substantially” reduce competition in the grain and canola oil markets, the Competition Bureau says. In a report to Transport Minister Pablo Rodriguez released Tuesday, the bureau said the deal is likely to hurt competition in markets for grain purchasing in Western Canada as well as […]

The Saskatchewan government and the Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC) signed two agreements with France and a company based in Vietnam to improve the province’s energy and mining sectors, as well as increase production at the Saskatchewan Research Council’s (SRC) Rare Earth Processing Facility. A Letter of Intent was signed Monday between the provincial government and […]

The federal carbon tax increased on Monday, and that was one of the topics covered on the latest SaskAgToday.com Roundtable. APAS shared details of how much a farm in east-central Saskatchewan would be paying in carbon tax this year. Also, the Water Security Agency says most major reservoirs in the province have enough water this […]

There was very limited information on feeder steer and heifer prices in Saskatchewan due to low volume. There were no heifer prices from the latest Cattle Market Update for the week ending April 5th but there were prices for three steer weight categories. The 500-600 lb weight category reported a week-over-week increase of $8.16 to […]

The Saskatchewan Barley Development Commission (SaskBarley) is committing $856,651 towards barley research over the next five years. Research and Extension Manager with SaskBarley Mitchell Japp says the research will focus on areas of concern for barley growers in the province, such as “managing maturity and uniformity in barley, crop establishment, disease pressure, and marketability” adding […]

Saskatchewan-based company Prairie Clean Energy (PCE) was recently approved by the provincial government for a new investor tax credit through the Saskatchewan Technology Startup Incentive Program (STSI), that would give 45 cents back for every dollar invested into the company. President and CEO of PCE Mark Cooper explains in a news release the company’s use […]

Producers enrolled in the 2023 Canada-Saskatchewan Feed Program will be getting a top-up to help cover extraordinary costs for transportation of feed and help maintain the breeding herd. The federal-provincial program was introduced October 20, 2023 in response to drought conditions felt across the province, especially in the southwest and west-central regions. The provincial government […]

A producer and farm leader in Saskatchewan, Jake Leguee, is optimistic for the future of farming in this province, through what he terms the “miracle of incremental progress”. He laid out his thoughts on the farming industry at a meeting of the Weyburn Rotary Club on Thursday at the Weyburn Legion Hall. He is a […]