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A grand opening was held this morning (Wed) for a new fertilizer production facility in Rosetown. The AGT Soileos Production Facility is the result of an ongoing partnership between AGT Foods and Lucent BioSciences. The Protein Industries Canada supercluster also contributed to the project. The facility is being touted as state-of-the-art with “a focus on sustainability, […]

Today, the governments of Canada and Saskatchewan announced that applications are now being accepted for the 2024 Agriculture Student Scholarship Program. The scholarship amounts have increased this year to $6,000 for the top recipient, as well as three runner-up scholarships of $3,000 each. “Jobs in agriculture and agri-food can include positions on farms, in processing, […]

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 is providing value to farmers by sharing real-time, customized updates. Farmers who subscribe can expect […]

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 cereal crops, with barley at 100% complete, oats at 100% complete and springwheat at 99% […]

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 value at 11.4 percent, followed by Quebec at 10.6 percent, Ontario 6.9 percent, Mantioba 6.4, […]

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 and a notable improvement in performance for CPKC. In supplying 69% of hopper cars ordered […]

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 or facilities where animals are kept. Barlow says it stems from an incident a few […]

Four farm groups want the Saskatchewan government to conduct a risk assessment into the proposed merger between Viterra and Bunge. The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan, SaskCanola, SaskBarley, and SaskWheat sent a joint letter to provincial Agriculture Minister David Marit. Chairperson of SaskWheat Brett Halstead says one of the concerns is less options to sell grain. […]