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A little bit of everything was covered on the latest SaskAgToday.com Roundtable. The ongoing strike of grain terminal workers in Metro Vancouver, delays in harvest around Saskatchewan, and canola & wheat prices were among the items covered on the Roundtable with Chief Agricultural Editor Kevin Hursh, 620 CKRM AgriNews Director Ryan Young, and GX94 Agriculture […]

Rain put a damper on harvest progress in Saskatchewan this past week but some progress was still made and is welcomed by producers in drier areas. Harvest is at 79 per cent complete, up from 74 per cent the previous week and ahead of the five year average of 75 per cent and ten year […]

The Cattle Market Update from Canfax shows available prices for feeder heifers in Saskatchewan were mostly up while two feeder steer weight categories had enough data to record a price, but not enough to compare week-over-week changes. In the update for the week ending September 20, the price for 400-500 pound feeder steers was $446.50 […]

India is continuing to allow Canadian yellow peas to come into the country restriction-free from October 31st to December 31st this year. India’s Directorate of Foreign Trade published the order on Friday.  The Indian government originally lifted the duties on pea imports in December 2023 until it expired this spring. However, that was extended to […]

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is advising cattle producers to not travel to the United States for upcoming agricultural shows, or participate in them, due to the risk of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) south of the border. Multiple states have reported outbreaks of HPAI among dairy cattle since March of this year. To […]

This year saw more tornado activity compared to the yearly average for Saskatchewan. Environment Canada Meteorologist Terri Lang says there were 17 tornadoes recorded compared to one in 2023, above the yearly average of 14. She noted two tornadoes were considered an EF-1 and the rest were EF-0’s. “I think if you asked people on […]

Statistics Canada released its report on stocks of major crops as of July 31st, 2024. It shows total stocks of canola and barley were up compared to the same date a year ago, but stocks of wheat, oats, dry peas, and lentils were down compared to a year prior. Total wheat stocks as of the […]

The Canadian Grain Commission revoked the licences of Purely Canada Foods on August 27 and has since received claims from unpaid producers against the company. Lonny McKague, Commissioner with the Canadian Grain Commission, says they’ve received a number of inquiries from producers but not a lot of claims yet. He couldn’t provide details of the […]

The lack of moisture last week helped producers get more of the crop off the field and into the bin. The provincial crop report says 61 per cent of harvest is complete, a jump from 42 per cent the previous and well ahead of the five and ten year averages. The southwest is the furthest […]

A report from Farm Credit Canada (FCC) says the food manufacturing sector in Canada has an opportunity to meet the growing demand for food globally. FCC says the need to grow more food with the same or less inputs will increase as the global population expects to reach nearly ten billion people by the year […]