The Latest

Drones are an up-and-coming part of the agriculture industry.  That’s according to Adrian Salahub with Sky Drones Inc, based out of Lethbridge and Taber, Alberta. He talked about the general use of drones in Canada as well as their brand new T-50 drone, which was on display during Canada’s Farm Show.

Another 24-hour AgTech Start-up contest came and went at Canada’s Farm Show. 5 teams, comprised of people from various backgrounds, had literally 24 hours to come up with a start-up ag company from scratch, with help from provided mentors. The team that won first place and 4 thousand dollars made an app called Feed Flow. […]

Statistics Canada has released a balance sheet for the agricultural sector of the country. The report details assets, liabilities and equity for agriculture in each province. Stats Canada says the value of equity in Canada’s farm sector totalled nearly $785 billion as of December 31, 2023. This is up $55 billion or 7.6 per cent […]

Canadian agriculture is set to thrive further with a $5 million investment from Farm Credit Canada (FCC) into the accelerated breeding program at the Global Institute for Food Security (GIFS) at the University of Saskatchewan. The announcement was made Tuesday at Canada’s Farm Show in Regina. The newly named FCC Accelerated Breeding Program at GIFS […]

Degelman Industries unveiled a new product at the Launch Pad during Canada’s Farm Show on Tuesday. The HDSR series of staggered ripper is being introduced in Canada after a soft launch in the United States over the last eight months, said Derek Molnar, Director of Marketing for Degelman Industries at the show. “It’s not so […]

Canada’s Farm Show has been held in June for the last 46 years, but after this year it will be moving a few months back, starting next year. It was announced on Tuesday the annual three-day event, formerly known as Canada’s Farm Progress Show, would move to March. “We did a lot of research, we […]

The Global AgTech Summit is featured in the first half of the second day of Canada’s Farm Show on Wednesday. The Summit begins at 10:15 a.m. with a panel discussion featuring alumni from the AgTech Accelerator Program, as they will share “experiences, challenges, and visions for driving innovation in AgTech” according to the description on […]

CN and CPKC Rail supplied a combined 97% of hopper cars ordered in grain week 45, a modest increase from the 96% order fulfillment performance seen in week 44.  In supplying 98% of cars ordered by shippers in week 45, CN performance improved from the 92% order fulfillment performance seen the prior week.  CN performance […]

REGINA — Farmers are getting less while consumers are paying more. This is the key finding of the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan’s 2024 Farmers and Food Prices report. This year’s update highlights a concerning trend: farmers are receiving lower prices for their commodities at the same time as consumers are shelling out for higher […]

Demand for beef is expected to stay high even though the cattle herd has declined in Canada and the United States and beef prices are relatively high. Anne Wasko, president of Cattle Trends provided a detailed Beef Market Outlook to the Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association AGM and Convention on Monday. “I really focused on the […]