SaskCanola Announces New Communications Platform
SaskCanola is excited to announce the launch of its new communications platform – an interactive texting service! The addition of this platform aims to enhance efforts to communicate more directly with our membership about the ongoing, multi-pronged ways our Commission…
Manitoba Harvest Slow to Advance Over Past Week: Crop Report
Limited harvest progress over the last week due to widespread rainfall across the province. Harvest progress sits at 86% complete across the province, which is ahead of the 5-year average (81%). Harvest has wrapped up for most of the spring…
Saskatchewan experiences largest increase of farmland value among provinces: FCC Report
The value of farmland has risen, despite availability for it being limited. That’s according to Farm Credit Canada’s (FCC) mid-year farmland values review, which looked at the average growth for the first 6 months of 2023. Saskatchewan had the largest increase in…
Major Railways See Mixed Results in Grain Car Service: Ag Transport Coalition
CN and CPKC Rail supplied a combined 83% of hopper cars ordered in grain week 9, a modest increase from the previous week’s 82% order fulfillment performance. The slight improvement in overall performance reflects a significant decline in performance for CN…
Discussion of private member’s bill 275 gets heated
There was pushback this week, as the commons ag committee debates bill 275. The bill was introduced by Alberta tory MP John Barlow. It’s an amendment to the health of animals act, to make it illegal to trespass into barns…