GX94 Agriculture

Cattle prices in the province were mixed or trending down last week, according to the latest Cattle Market Update from Canfax. Three steer weight categories had week-over-week decreases as well as two heifer weight categories. Prices ranged from $308.17 per cwt in the 900+ lb steer weight category up to $417.10 per cwt in the […]

Seeding progress across Manitoba has been delayed with recent rains and currently sits at approximately 4% of the acres being seeded. Producers have begun seeding spring wheat, barley, oats, and corn. The Central region is most advanced with approximately 12% of each of the major cereals planted. Weeds are quickly appearing in fields including kochia, […]

Precipitation levels are on an upswing across most of the Prairie region. Even without counting the rain the past couple days, precipitation maps are showing an improvement in the dry conditions that have hurt crop and forage yields in many regions in recent years. For the past five years, total precipitation has been only 60 […]

Sustainability was the main theme of a panel discussion with the CEO of Lovingly Made Flour Mills Inc, Heidi Dutton, and farmer & agriculture advocate Cherilyn Jolly-Nagel at the FFF Global Summit. Dutton talked about sustainability with 620 CKRM AgriNews Director Ryan Young prior to going on stage, as well as the origin story of […]

Food security is one of the top priorities for many nations around the world, and Saskatchewan can have a huge impact in that area.  That’s the topic President and CEO of AGT Food & Ingredients Murad Al-Katib addressed at the Food, Fuel, and Fertilizer Summit in Regina Tuesday. On Monday, Al-Katib was a moderator for […]

Among the potash, oil and gas, and agri-business executives at the Food, Fuel, and Fertilizer Summit in Regina was a farmer from the Mossbank area. Cherilyn Jolly-Nagal was there to participate in a panel discussion called “Cultivating Resilience: Sustainable Agriculture Solutions in Saskatchewan”. She also talked about her experience at the conference as well as […]

Nuclear energy is one of the options considered for transitioning Saskatchewan from the current power source of fossil fuels in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and be a cleaner, greener province. However, a formal decision on whether Saskatchewan will fully commit to SMR’s won’t be made until the end of the decade.  620 CKRM AgriNews […]

Everyone at the Food, Fuel, and Fertilizer Global Summit, happening Monday and Tuesday in Regina, has some kind of story to tell, and the Mosaic Company is one of them. President and CEO of Mosaic Bruce Bodine sat down with 620 CKRM AgriNews Director Ryan Young to talk about how is settling into the new […]

CN and CPKC Rail supplied a combined 80% of hopper cars ordered in grain week 39, a modest decline from the prior week.  In supplying 68% of cars ordered by shippers in week 39, CN saw performance decline notably from the 80% order fulfillment performance seen in week 38 and once again falling below the […]

As the proposed Bunge-Viterra merger makes it way through the regulatory approval process of the Competition Bureau, it was a featured topic of debate in the Saskatchewan Legislature Thursday. It surfaced in Question Period when NDP Ag Critic Trent Wotherspoon accused the SaskParty government of being silent over the file. Wotherspoon says he asked Agriculture […]