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Nutrien has donated $15 million to the University of Saskatchewan’s “Be what the world needs” campaign. A large portion of the gift will establish the Nutrien Centre for Sustainable and Digital Agriculture inside the current College of Agriculture and Bioresources building. It will focus on research training and innovative technologies that accelerate farming into the […]

Insecticides with the trade names Matador, Silencer and Labamba are again approved for most uses in the growing season ahead. The active ingredient is lambda-cyhalothrin. Back in 2023, the Pest Management Regulator Agency (PMRA) cancelled all feed uses of lambda on crops. While human consumption of crops treated with lambda was still a registered use, […]

Most of the feeder steer prices reported in Saskatchewan this past week were up week-over-week and so were the feeder heifer prices. The latest Cattle Market Update from Canfax, for the week ending January 31, shows only the 600-700 and 800-900 pound steer weight categories as the only ones to have a week-over-week price decrease […]

CN and CPKC Rail supplied a combined 65% of hopper cars ordered in grain week 25, a modest improvement from the 64% order fulfillment performance seen in week 24, and now not having supplied 70% of shipper orders for three consecutive weeks.  That’s according to the Ag Transport Coalition. In supplying 74% of cars ordered […]

YORKTON – On Saturday United States president Donald Trump on Saturday signed an order to impose stiff tariffs – 25 per cent — on imports from Mexico, Canada, and to a lesser rate on China. Trump declared an economic emergency in order to place duties of 10 per cent on all imports from China and 25 […]

The SaskAgToday.com Roundtable panel discusses the incoming U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods and how that may impact the ag sector. Canada is prepared with counter-tariffs of its own. Other ag news from the past week included Peavy Mart closing all of its Canadian locations, Ottawa and Saskatchewan announce funding for 30 livestock & forage research […]

The entire agriculture community is anxiously waiting for the 25 per cent U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods. U.S. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt says President Donald Trump will impose the 25 per cent tariffs on Canada and Mexico on Saturday and a 10 per cent tariff on goods from China the same day. However there was […]

Reported feeder steer and heifer prices in Saskatchewan for the week ending January 24th show steer prices were down but heifer prices were up. Only the 300-400 pound steers and the 300-400 and 400-500 pound heifer categories didn’t report a price for the week due to a limited amount of cattle sold. Some of the […]

The Saskatchewan Water Security Agency announced Thursday morning its Agricultural Water Stewardship Policy has been finalized. They’re also committing $1 million over the next three years for ongoing research and monitoring to ensure the policy is effective over the long-term. The money, it says in a news release, “will fund projects that help to ensure […]

REGINA – Business leaders, politicians and more have gathered in Regina for the Western Canadian Economic Forum (WCEF). One of those politicians was Premier Scott Moe, who talked during the event about the potential tariffs that would affect Sask. come Feb. 1. During a media scrum, Moe was asked if he was rushing to figure out […]