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Grain Farmers Across Canada Call for Resolution as Railway Workers Vote to Strike

Grain Farmers Across Canada Call for Resolution as Railway Workers Vote to Strike

May 2, 2024 | 2:13pm
Following the recent announcement that over 95% of railway workers at Canadian National Railway (CN) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) have voted in favour of strike action as early as May 22, Grain Growers of Canada (GGC), representing over 65,000 grain farmers across the country, calls for an urgent resolution to prevent potentially mass […]
Rumors of FCC leaving Sask. surprises political leaders

Rumors of FCC leaving Sask. surprises political leaders

May 2, 2024 | 1:40pm
 The Legislature was in full reaction mode to speculation on Thursday that Farm Credit Canada might be about to move its head office out of Saskatchewan. The issue was raised in the Legislative Assembly by Sask United Leader Nadine Wilson, with her party putting out a statement that claimed that “multiple high-level sources have told Sask […]
Manitoba Agriculture Issues First Crop Report of 2024

Manitoba Agriculture Issues First Crop Report of 2024

May 1, 2024 | 2:05pm
OverviewSeeding progress across the province has just begun with approximately 2% of the acres being seeded.Producers have begun seeding spring wheat, barley, oats, and corn. The Central region is most advanced withapproximately 10% of each of the major cereals planted. Corn planting is approximately 1% complete.Cereals (Government of Manitoba news release)
Innovation Saskatchewan Invests $170,000 in Research and Development Technologies in Composting and Crop Pathogen Testing

Innovation Saskatchewan Invests $170,000 in Research and Development Technologies in Composting and Crop Pathogen Testing

Apr 30, 2024 | 2:03pm
Innovation Saskatchewan is investing $170,000 in two industry-led research and development (R&D) technologies through the Saskatchewan Advantage Innovation Fund (SAIF) and Agtech Growth Fund (AGF). These dual R&D grant programs accelerate the commercialization of game-changing technologies in agriculture, mining, energy, manufacturing and health care and help bring them to market. “Saskatchewan companies are leaders in […]
Farm groups raise concerns over Bunge and Viterra merger

Farm groups raise concerns over Bunge and Viterra merger

Apr 30, 2024 | 10:26am
Four agriculture groups are raising concerns over the proposed Bunge and Viterra merger. The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS), Alberta Grains, SaskBarley, and Sask Wheat raised concerns about the merger, believing it would result in economic losses for producers. A recent study by Dr. Richard Gray, Dr. James Nolan, and Dr. Peter Slade from […]