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The Grain and Forage Show Awards were handed out last (Thu) night at the 34th Annual Grain Millers Harvest Showdown in Yorkton.  The evening started off with the Westland Insurance/SGI Canada Commercial Grain Show. The Cereal Champion was George Galatuik of Inglis, Manitoba. The Oilseed Championship went to Lazy K Ranch of Tullymet, Saskatchewan. The Specialty Crop […]

Young farmers across Canada looking to sharpen their skills while making connections have an opportunity to attend a series of events hosted by Farm Credit Canada. The FCC Young Farmers Summit, which is free to attend, has a total of 7 events scheduled — 6 in-person and 1 virtual — for late November into mid-February. Jason Fiske, […]

A collaborative effort is being made to conserve grasslands across the country. The Canadian Cattle Association, Ducks Unlimited Canada, and the Nature Conservancy of Canada created the Grasslands Conservation Initiative (CGI). Vice President of the CCA Tyler Fulton says it’s geared to the ranching community. “The way it would kind of work is there’d be […]

A Private Member’s Bill aimed at exempting natural gas and propane used for certain farming practices from the carbon tax, is front-and-centre again in the Senate. It’s possible, that debate over Bill 234 will resume, or be put over to another day. On Tuesday, there was debate on the bill in the upper chamber and the […]

Farm Credit Canada announced they are giving $1.5 million to 86 community groups nationwide to support rural capital projects. Through the FCC’s AgriSpirit Fund, 15 communities in Saskatchewan will receive over $246,000 to various community improvement initiatives that enrich the lives of residents in cities, towns or Indigenous communities with fewer than 150,000 people.  This includes […]

Prices for all feeder steer and heifer weight categories are down, according to the latest cattle market update from Canfax. For the week ending October 27, Canfax reported feeder steer prices ranged from $493.82 per hundred weight (per cwt) in the 300-400lb weight category down to $295.50 per cwt in the 900+lb category. Feeder heifer prices ranged […]

A new pork processing plant has been established at Moose Jaw. The plant plans to process the 200,000 cull sows that are currently exported to the U.S. Donald’s Fine Food owned by Donald Leung and his family already runs Thunder Creek Pork in Moose Jaw processing a little over 300,000 market hogs per year. Their […]

This week has been proclaimed as “Agriculture Week” in Yorkton by the Yorkton Exhibition Association and the Yorkton Chamber of Commerce.  A burning of the brand was held Monday morning as the city prepares to host the 34th Annual Grain Millers Harvest Showdown, which starts on Wednesday and runs through Saturday on the Yorkton Exhibition […]

Here is a look at your Closing Grain Prices for October 31: Durum 473.72 = Feed Barley 277.58 = Canola 638.92 -6 Chickpeas 1212.5 = Flax 641.04 = Lentils 787.5 = Oats 289.32 = Yellow Peas 399.89 = Feed Wheat 235.46 = One Red Spring Wheat 330.43 -2.88

Sharing agricultural products to the world was one of the messages sent in yesterday’s (Wed) Throne Speech as well as from Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe. The Speech noted 2022 was a record-year for agri-food exports and “is on track to set more records this year.” In the first 6 months of 2023, exports were up […]