Provincial News

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 […]

August was a fairly average month for weather in Saskatchewan. Environment Canada Meteorologist Terri Lang compiles monthly weather statistics from weather stations around the province. Lang says there wasn’t a lot of variation with temperatures, as all weather stations recorded temperatures within their respective averages for the month. “When all the numbers were added up […]

Two of Canada’s major railways, Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd (CPKC) and Canadian National Railway (CN), are playing catch-up following a labour disruption last month that stalled operations for about four days. Mark Hemmes is the President of Quorum Corporation, which manages the federal government’s grain monitoring program. He says getting caught up is going […]

China released more details of its anti-dumping probe into Canadian canola, but a farm leader believes it’s all politics and wants to see the Chinese and Canada come to a resolution before it escalates. The anti-dumping investigation will be year-long process, according to the Chinese government, looking into canola imports from January 1st to December […]

Canola groups await more information from China after its announcement last week of two investigations into Canadian canola imports and tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, steel, and aluminium. Canada announced it will impose a 100 per cent tariff on Chinese EVs coming into the country, and a 25 per cent tariff on Chinese steel and […]

It took a team effort from farmers and volunteer firefighters from Davidson and Craik to put out a field fire south of Davidson on Friday. The fire departments were called out to the blaze at 2:25 p.m. wrote the Davidson Volunteer Fire Department on its Facebook page, and upon arrival “found a large fire burning […]

Crop yields in Saskatchewan are better than last year, but the decline in prices will mean lower overall returns. Using Statistics Canada estimated yields and comparing them to the estimated yields from one year ago, all crops are showing a significant increase. It should be noted that the Statistics Canada yields do vary from those […]

GRAVELBOURG — Teamwork, stewardship, commitment and generosity are just some of the words to describe those who have committed to the Wiwa Growing Project, near Gravelbourg. Operating since 2003 as a local community growing project, each year’s harvest is dedicated the Canadian Foodgrains Bank. For 11 years, the quarter being farmed was donated by the […]

Harvest in the province remains ahead of schedule, as progress is at 42 per cent complete, up from 25 per cent last week. It’s also ahead of the 5-year average of 34 per cent and the 10-year average of 31 per cent for this time of year. Meghan Rosso, Crops Extension Specialist with the Saskatchewan […]

Farm cash receipts from crops decreased in the first six months of the year as compared to 2023 while livestock receipts were higher. According to Statistics Canada, farm cash receipts for Canadian farmers totalled $47.4 billion in the first two quarters of the year, down $1.6 billion from the previous year. Crop receipts fell $3.3 […]