GX94 Agriculture

The federal government recently announced financial support for producers to get through the current tariff situation with the United States, and now China. Farm Credit Canada is providing $1 billion in new lending to alleviate financial challenges. “We know that agriculture and food producers across Canada are bracing for uncertainty,” said Justine Hendricks FCC president […]

Canada and the United States exchanged tariffs on various goods, then there was a pause on some of the tariffs. The SaskAgToday.com Roundtable discuss the whirlwind of a week that started with the U.S. first implementing tariffs on Canadian goods and Canada responding with tariffs against American imports. Several farm groups expressed opposition to the […]

CN and CPKC Rail supplied a combined 57% of hopper cars ordered in grain week 30, a notable improvement from the 31% order fulfillment performance seen in week 29.  That’s according to the Ag Transport Coalition.  Despite the improvement, the railways still have been unable to fulfill more than 58% of shipper orders over the […]

Canada is now facing tariffs from China. China announced on Saturday it will place a 100 per cent tariff on Canadian canola meal, canola oil, and peas, and a 25 per cent tariff on seafood and pork on March 20. This after the Chinese announced results of its anti-discriminatory investigation into Canada implementing tariffs last […]

Reaction to the U.S. slapping tariffs on Canadian products going south of the border has been swift from several farm groups. On Tuesday, the wide-ranging 25 per cent tariffs on all Canadian goods and a 10 per cent levy on Canadian energy took effect, so did Canada’s retaliatory 25 per cent tariff on $30 billion […]

CN and CPKC Rail supplied a combined 31% of hopper cars ordered in grain week 29, a notable decline from the 44% order fulfillment performance seen in week 28.  That’s according to the Ag Transport Coalition.  System order fulfillment performance has now declined for four consecutive weeks, with the railways failing to fulfill more than […]

The Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture is in a supportive role in the ongoing investigation into Bovine Tuberculosis in a herd, led by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). The first case was confirmed on November 29th from tissue collected from a cow that was slaughtered at a federally-regulated abattoir in Alberta, and traced back to […]

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency confirmed three more cases of Bovine Tuberculosis in cattle from a herd in Saskatchewan. The first one was detected on November 29th. The SaskAgToday.com Roundtable discusses the recent development. Also, SARM is calling on the provincial government to re-instate the use of strychnine to deal with Richardson Ground Squirrels. However, […]

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) says three more cases of Bovine Tuberculosis have been confirmed in animals from the same Saskatchewan herd as the first case that was detected on November 29th. However, the three infected animals were not born in the herd currently being tested.  The CFIA adds, in an industry notice on […]

The Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) wants strychnine to be re-instated so farmers can use it to deal with the rising population of Richardson ground squirrels (RGS). Strychnine is an animal toxicant, or poison, used as a predacide to kill predators such as wolves, coyotes, and black bears when paired with meat bait, as […]