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There will be no strike at Viterra, as employees voted in favour of the offer presented to them.  The General and Grain Services Union, which represents 436 Viterra workers of Local 1 (Viterra Country Operations and Maintenance) and Local 2 (Viterra Regina Head Office), tallied the votes Friday on the January 4 offer from the […]

The union which represents about 436 Viterra employees is counting members votes Friday on accepting or rejecting the company’s latest offer. Negotiations for a new deal between the General and Grain Services Union Locals 1 & 2 and Viterra Canada Inc have been ongoing for over a year, but stalled over wages, a better work-life […]

Manitoba’s AgriInsurance program is expected to provide farmers with nearly $5 billion in coverage on an estimated 9.55 million acres for the upcoming crop year, federal Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Lawrence MacAulay and Manitoba Agriculture Minister Ron Kostyshyn announced Tuesday. “Canadian farmers have experienced a challenging growing year, battling a range of extreme weather events […]

CN and CPKC Rail supplied a combined 93% of hopper cars ordered in grain week 23, a decline from the 97% order fulfillment performance seen in week 22.  The decline in performance reflects a decline for CN, with CPKC performance improving week over week.  In supplying 89% of cars ordered by shippers in week 23, […]

The 41st edition of the Western Canadian Crop Production show is in the books. There was good traffic flow all three days in spite of the bitter cold. New to the show was the Innovation Awards, which were presented on Thursday. “It’s something we’ve seen at different events and you know we have some of the […]

It was another great day at the Western Canadian Crop Production Show 2024. Here is some of the content we created with some of the businesses at the show in Saskatoon. Don’t forget to subscribe to our YouTube Channel “Sask Ag Today” so you can keep up to date with everything ag!

Crop returns in the coming year look much more promising for some crops than others. Each year at the Crop Production Show, the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture releases its Crop Planning Guide for the upcoming year. The guide details all the variable costs of growing each crop including seed, fertilizer and crop protection products as well […]

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