GX94 Agriculture

The agriculture community wasn’t surprised by the outcome of Monday night’s provincial election but noticed a clear rural-urban divide among the constituencies claimed by the Saskatchewan Party and the NDP. As of Tuesday afternoon, the Saskatchewan Party has 35 out of a possible 61 seats with the majority in rural constituencies and the rest from […]

A “burning of the brand” was held in Yorkton this (Mon) morning to kick off Agriculture Week in the city.  The 35th Annual Grain Millers Harvest Showdown begins on Wednesday, and runs through Saturday, on the Yorkton Exhibition Grounds.    The special guest who burned the brand was well-known Yorkton resident Merve Kuryluk, who played […]

CN and CPKC Rail supplied a combined 84% of hopper cars ordered in grain week 11, a modest improvement from the 79% order fulfillment performance seen in week 10.  In supplying 82% of cars ordered by shippers in week 11, CN performance saw a slight decline from the 85% order fulfillment performance seen the prior […]

A coalition called Wetlands for Tomorrow is advocating for a provincial wetland conservation policy and for all political parties in the province to make it an election issue this campaign. However, timing of the call though comes during the homestretch of the campaign with only a few days left until election day on Monday (28th). […]

On the latest edition of the SaskAgToday.com Roundtable with Chief Agricultural Editor Kevin Hursh, 620 CKRM AgriNews Director Ryan Young, and GX94 Agriculture Director Doug Falconer: -The 2024 Saskatchewan Election Campaign is in the homestretch with the last day to vote on Monday, October 28th. The guys share their election predictions. -Farmers who dealt with […]

A new event will make its debut January 14th and 15th at the Western Development Museum in Saskatoon. The Sask Crops Forum is being organized by SaskOilseeds, Sask Pulse Growers, SaskWheat and SaskBarley. Each organization will hold its annual general meeting, plus there will be keynote speakers, panels and the taping of well-known political podcast. […]

Harvest progress as of October 22 sits at 95% complete across the province. In the northwest region, a good start to the season with field peas and spring wheat getting in the ground early to mid-May. The exception was in the Dauphin region where soil conditions were saturated. May was characterized by higher than average […]

Saskatchewan cattle prices were up again last week. In the Canfax Cattle Market Update for the week ending October 18th, prices for feeder steers were up in every category except for the 900-plus pound steers, where it decreased $1.67 to an average price of $313.33 per hundred weight. The largest week-over-week price increase for the […]

Producers who were not paid for grain delivered to Global Food and Ingredients Inc. will not receive full compensation from the Canadian Grain Commission’s payment protection program. The company’s security was not adequate to cover all of the unpaid grain. Following a review of individual producer claims by the Canadian Grain Commission, 29 eligible claims […]

Tisdale-based Bruce Schapansky Auctioneers has been acquired by Fargo, North Dakota-based Steffes Auctioneers. The announcement was made Friday morning. Both Schapansky Auctioneers and Steffes deal with farmland, farm equipment, and farm real estate. Starting in 1960, Steffes has locations in North and South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Colorado, Kansas, and now in Canada. Schapansky Auctioneers primarily […]