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The Saskatchewan Government is putting a spotlight on the mining industry this week. Now until Saturday is Mining Week in Saskatchewan. This year’s theme is “Critical Careers for Critical Minerals”. According to the provincial government, $13-billion in mineral sales were made last year and estimate mineral resource development spending will reach nearly $6-billion this year. […]

Canadian Western Agribition signed a pair of agreements with their Mexican and Australian counterparts to encourage more international trade, collaboration, and, from Agribition’s point-of-view, promote Canadian cattle genetics. The Memorandum of Understanding with Congreso de las Estrellas was signed on March 23 in Guadalajara, Mexico. Kindopp says will it focus on how to grow Congreso […]

This week was a short one due to the Victoria Day long weekend, but the July Canola and Minneapolis Wheat contracts made the most of it. Future Commodity Advisor with Ventum Financial Adam Pukalo says July Canola was up 3 dollars this week while July Minneapolis Wheat was up 40 cents a bushel. The July […]

Farmers are over half-way done seeding even as rain continued to fall in many areas. The Provincial crop report for the week of May 14 to 20 shows seeding at 56 per cent complete, up from 32 per cent last week. The southwest region continues to lead the way at 64 per cent complete but […]

Farm Credit Canada (FCC) and the Regina Food Bank (RFB) are joining forces to fight food insecurity and advance indoor agriculture in Saskatchewan. It was announced Wednesday morning the Regina Food Bank will have a modular produce growing container at its Winnipeg Street location in Regina, thanks to a contribution from FCC. CEO of the […]

The latest weekly cattle market update from Canfax reflects the continued seasonal slowdown of the cattle market. Four feeder steer and three heifer weight categories reported prices for the week ending May 17. Prices for steers ranged from $361.29 per cwt in the 700-800 lb category up to $469.67 per cwt. For heifers, prices ranged […]

Seeding progress has been observed in many areas of Manitoba this past week and is now at 47% complete. Producers have focused on planting corn (65% complete), cereals (70% complete) and peas (90% complete). Canola planting has just started with 20% of the acres planted. Producers are planting a variety of crops based on soil […]

CN and CPKC Rail supplied a combined 92% of hopper cars ordered in grain week 41, an improvement from the 89% order fulfillment performance seen the prior week.  In supplying 86% of cars ordered by shippers in week 41, CN performance was unchanged from the prior week.  CN performance remains below the 90% performance threshold […]

Producers rely heavily on their GPS guidance systems for seeding and spraying equipment this time of year.  However, a couple of unique GPS problems have materialized this spring.  Kevin Hursh of SaskAgToday.com talked with Matt Yanick the president and owner of My Precision Ag based in Rocanville:

Seeding kick-started the latest SaskAgToday.com Roundtable with Chief Agricultural Editor Kevin Hursh, 620 CKRM AgriNews Director Ryan Young, and GX94 Agriculture Director Doug Falconer. The guys discussed the Provincial crop report and how much rain was in the southwest, south, and Parkland Regions of the province. Other topics covered include canola and wheat prices, the […]