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There has been an uptick in producers taking advantage of Saskatchewan Crop Insurance’s Western Livestock Price Insurance Program (LPI). Coordinator of the program, Jodie Griffin, says program is trending upward close to pre-pandemic levels, but didn’t have exact numbers at this time. She says through the COVID-19 pandemic, participation in the program lagged behind due […]

Canadian farmers won’t have to worry about grain movement coming to a complete halt. A tentative deal between the federal government and workers with the Public Sector Alliance of Canada union has been reached. The Canadian Grain Commission is within PSAC. Only Canada Revenue Agency workers remain on the picket lines. President of the Western […]

The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority says overall cargo volumes fell by three per cent last year, as the global economy began to show signs of a slowdown. The authority, which overseas Canada’s largest port in Vancouver, says grain and fertilizer exports surged in the second half of the year, but the gains were not enough […]

Manitoba Ag Days has invested in new AEDs or, Automated External Defibrillators, at the Keystone Centre in Brandon. The Keystone Centre has 5 of the life-saving devices located throughout the building. Money for the AED’s was provided through the Manitoba Ag Days Gives Back Program, which is funded by admission ticket sales, and the yearly […]

Saskatchewan residents, especially farmers, interested in big game hunting, mark your calendars. Beginning on Monday, hunters can apply for the chance to be drawn for elk, moose, pronghorn or mule deer. The province says applications must be submitted online through the Saskatchewan Hunting, Angling, and Trapping Licence (HAL) system by 4 p.m. on May 25th. […]

Spring cleaning is underway, and Saskatchewan residents are being reminded to be mindful of hantavirus. Infection is caused by breathing in contaminated airborne particles from the droppings, urine and saliva of infected deer mice. It can cause a rare, but potentially fatal, lung disease known as hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. Symptoms, including fever, muscle aches, cough, […]

Viterra port facilities in Vancouver and Montreal are the sites of picket lines set up, as the Public Sectors Alliance of Canada strike is in its 7th day. President of the Agricultural Union within PSAC, Milton Dyck, says about 80 people were on the line in Vancouver in support of striking Canadian Grain Commission employees. […]

Saskatchewan and Japan are strengthening their economic ties. A Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) has been signed between the province and Japan’s Overseas Infrastructure Investment Corporation (JOIN), a government agency that supports Japanese businesses abroad, especially in the area of infrastructure. “We would like to promote more infrastructure business here with Japenese [businesses]. Also, I’d like […]

The Saskatchewan Water Security Agency says there is little reason to worry about spring runoff from last week’s heavy snowstorm. Patrick Boyle with the Water Security Agency says cooler weather has prompted a slow, steady melt of snow this week. “It’ll add to a lot of those peak flows that have already made their way […]

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada released its latest supply/demand projections on Friday. Canola ending stocks for both the current marketing year and 2023-24 were raised slightly. The government agency lowered its canola export forecast for 2022-23 by 200,000 tonnes from March, now pegging movement at 8.4 million tonnes. With domestic usage left unchanged at 9.738 million tonnes, ending […]