GX94 Agriculture

CN and CPKC Rail supplied a combined 92% of hopper cars ordered in grain week 41, an improvement from the 89% order fulfillment performance seen the prior week.  In supplying 86% of cars ordered by shippers in week 41, CN performance was unchanged from the prior week.  CN performance remains below the 90% performance threshold […]

Seeding kick-started the latest SaskAgToday.com Roundtable with Chief Agricultural Editor Kevin Hursh, 620 CKRM AgriNews Director Ryan Young, and GX94 Agriculture Director Doug Falconer. The guys discussed the Provincial crop report and how much rain was in the southwest, south, and Parkland Regions of the province. Other topics covered include canola and wheat prices, the […]

Seeding in Saskatchewan is nearly one-third of the way done. The Provincial crop report released Thursday morning notes seeding province-wide is 32 per cent complete, up from 12 per cent last week. However, it is behind the 5-year average of 54 per cent and the 10-year average of 45 per cent. Farmers in the southwest […]

Saskatchewan’s agri-food exports to the Indo-Pacific region in 2023 were $7.28 billion, according to the provincial government. The Indo-Pacific region includes China, Japan, Singapore, Vietnam, Indonesia, Bangladesh, and India.  Top agri-food exports to the region were canola seed, non-durum wheat, dry peas, lentils, and barley. The province noted the total value of agri-food exports increased […]

A quiet week for cattle prices in Saskatchewan as a few weight categories for feeder steers and heifers were reported for the week ending May 10th. For the steers, only two weight categories recorded a price — the 600-700 lb and the 700-800 lb steers. The 600-700 lb category had an average price of $386.33 per […]

The spread of avian flu in U.S. dairy cattle supplies has the dairy industry here in Saskatchewan keeping a close eye on things. Avian flu has appeared in dairy herds across 9 U.S. states since late-March, but it has not spread north of the border. The Biden Administration is committing $200-million to contain the H5N1 […]

Rapid seeding progressed across Manitoba this past week and is now at 30% complete. Producers have focused on planting corn (60% complete), cereals (58% complete) and peas (72% complete). Canola planting has just started with 6% of the acres being planted. Producers are planting a variety of crops based on soil and weather conditions. Soil […]

Provincial exports of various products globally in 2022 and 2023 were valued at a combined $101.9-billion, according to numbers released by the provincial government on Tuesday. The new figure represents a 52.2 percent increase compared to the two previous years of 2020 and 2021, when exports were valued at $66.9-billion. Exports to the United Kingdom […]

Today, federal Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Lawrence MacAulay and Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister David Marit announced $5 million over five years for the Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute (PAMI).  This funding, delivered over the five years of the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (Sustainable CAP) agreement, will be used for project development, delivery, knowledge transfer and training, ensuring […]

CN and CPKC Rail supplied a combined 89% of hopper cars ordered in grain week 40, an improvement from the 80% order fulfillment performance seen the prior week.  In supplying 86% of cars ordered by shippers in week 40, CN saw performance improve significantly from the 68% order fulfillment performance seen in week 39.  CN […]