Temperature swings and lack of precipitation describe the weather in January
The temperature during the month of January was a roller-coaster but precipitation was easier to track since there wasn’t much. Environment Canada Meteorologist Danielle Desjardins says the month started colder than average followed by multiple days of back-and-forth changes in…
Farmers under 40 will converge in Swift Current for FCC Young Farmer’s Summit
Swift Current is hosting another agriculture event, the FCC Young Farmer’s Summit. It’s happening Tuesday at the Living Sky Casino from 10:00 to 3:30 p.m. The event is for people under 40 years of age who are in the ag…
Adapting and diversifying trade discussed at recent Agriculture Ministers meeting
Federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay met with Provincial and Territorial Ag Ministers on Saturday to discuss “several key areas of interest” to the agriculture sector, given the current state of the Canada-U.S. trade relationship. The relationship between Canada and the…
Canada’s Major Railways Continue to Struggle to Meet Grain Delivery Demand: Ag Transport Coalition
CN and CPKC Rail supplied a combined 59% of hopper cars ordered in grain week 26, a decline from the 65% order fulfillment performance seen in week 25. They’ve now supplied 70% or less of shipper orders in eight of…
With tariffs still a concern, Premier Moe heads to DC
REGINA – Premier Scott Moe is set to head to Washington D.C. next week as part of the Council of the Federation joint mission on trade. In a news release, the province states that Moe plans to meet with US…