Provincial News

REGINA – It is back to work for MLAs at the Saskatchewan Legislature this week following Monday’s provincial election. New and returning members were at the Legislature as they started their preparations for the fall session. On Thursday, the Saskatchewan Party held its first caucus meeting since the election. The meeting consisted of its reduced […]

YORKTON – United Farmers of Alberta (UFA) has provided a welcome boost to BGC Yorkton.  The UFA announced Oct. 30, a $500 donation to the non-profit organization, which was chosen by the UFA delegate body.  “We donated $500 to BGC Yorkton on behalf of UFA. The delegate body gets to donate $500 to the non-profit […]

Prices for most feeder steers and feeder heifers in Saskatchewan continued to go up. In the Cattle Market Update for the week ending October 25th, prices for feeder steers ranged from the low end of $309.33 per hundred weight in the 900-plus category, to the high end of $551.13 in the 300-400 pound category. Only […]

REGINA – The Government of Saskatchewan’s Crown latest oil and natural gas public offering, held on Oct. 29, raised $7,304,936 for the province, with the southeast region generating the majority of the revenue. Of the 112 parcels posted for this offering, 93 received acceptable bids, covering a total of 15,347.639 hectares. The southeast brought in […]

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 […]

SASKATCHEWAN – With more than half of Saskatchewan’s 61 ridings finished counting, Scott Moe and the Saskatchewan Party have retained their majority government after the 2024 provincial election vote. Polls closed at 8 p.m. with results starting to come in within an hour. SaskToday.ca called the election at 11:41 p.m. In his victory speech, Scott […]

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 […]

September was warmer than normal and not a lot of rain fell except in the west-central and southwest areas of Saskatchewan. The monthly weather stats from Environment Canada show much of September was above average for temperatures. Danielle Desjardins, a Meteorologist at the national weather office, says all weather stations were in the top 5 […]

Last week was good for the Saskatchewan feeder steer and heifer market. Canfax released the Cattle Market Update for the week ending October 11th, showing prices were available for all weight categories. Prices for the steers ranged from $315.00 per hundred weight in the 900-plus pound category up to $518.88 in the 3-4 hundred pound […]

The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS) released an eight-page document outlining key policy priorities they would like to see addressed in the Provincial Election campaign. The three priorities focus on farm program enhancements, business competitiveness, and infrastructure development. APAS said the priorities “aim to position Saskatchewan agricultural producers, rural communities, and farm and ranch […]