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Manitoba Harvest Over 90% Complete:  Crop Report

Manitoba Harvest Over 90% Complete: Crop Report

Oct 17, 2024 | 2:11pm
Canola harvest is nearing completion and is estimated to be 98% complete across the province. Soybean harvest progressed rapidly throughout the week, with 93% estimated as complete across the province. Flax harvest is complete in the Central and Eastern regions, with 89% complete across the province. Corn harvest has started in the Central and Eastern […]
Limited precipitation helped farmers wrap up harvest

Limited precipitation helped farmers wrap up harvest

Oct 17, 2024 | 10:25am
This year’s harvest is virtually complete in Saskatchewan, sitting at 99 per cent complete. Little to no rainfall last week allowed farmers to wrap up combining. Producers in the southwest, southeast, and west-central regions are completely done, while producers in the northeast are virtually done at 99 per cent, and farmers in the east-central and […]
September weather brought lightning and the thunder to most of Saskatchewan

September weather brought lightning and the thunder to most of Saskatchewan

Oct 16, 2024 | 2:35pm
September was warmer than normal and not a lot of rain fell except in the west-central and southwest areas of Saskatchewan. The monthly weather stats from Environment Canada show much of September was above average for temperatures. Danielle Desjardins, a Meteorologist at the national weather office, says all weather stations were in the top 5 […]
Pulse Canada confident Canada-India trade relationship can overcome latest political obstacle

Pulse Canada confident Canada-India trade relationship can overcome latest political obstacle

Oct 15, 2024 | 3:22pm
While tensions rose again between Canada and India, Pulse Canada is confident the trading relationship between the two countries is strong enough to overcome the latest dispute. In an emailed statement, Pulse Canada Chair Greg Cherewyk says “Canada’s pulse industry has developed a strong trading relationship with businesses in India built on mutual respect and […]
APAS reveals policy priorities for the Saskatchewan Election

APAS reveals policy priorities for the Saskatchewan Election

Oct 13, 2024 | 9:27am
The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS) released an eight-page document outlining key policy priorities they would like to see addressed in the Provincial Election campaign. The three priorities focus on farm program enhancements, business competitiveness, and infrastructure development. APAS said the priorities “aim to position Saskatchewan agricultural producers, rural communities, and farm and ranch […]
Financially troubled grain broker leaves producers unpaid

Financially troubled grain broker leaves producers unpaid

Oct 11, 2024 | 2:13pm
A grain broker operating in Western Canada has hit a financial squeeze resulting in a number of producers being unpaid for grain deliveries made many months ago. The broker is not licensed to buy grain and therefore unpaid producers have no protection through the Canadian Grain Commission. Grain brokers typically arrange deals between buyers and […]
SaskAgToday.com Roundtable Episode 51

SaskAgToday.com Roundtable Episode 51

Oct 11, 2024 | 2:06pm
Two-thirds of the SaskAgToday.com Roundtable panel have put on a lot of kilometres lately. 620 CKRM AgriNews Director Ryan Young has been visiting Community Pastures as part of the 620 CKRM Ranch Roundup and shares how livestock producers have fared this season. Meanwhile, the Chief Agricultural Editor of SaskAgToday.com Kevin Hursh was in Nova Scotia […]
Harvest inching closer to 100 per cent complete

Harvest inching closer to 100 per cent complete

Oct 10, 2024 | 12:38pm
Harvest is basically done in Saskatchewan, as progress is at 97 per cent complete. Producers in the southwest are done; the southeast and west-central are wrapping up at 98 per cent, and farmers in the east-central, northeast and northwest regions are in the homestretch at 93 per cent. Crops that are in the bin are […]
Cattle prices down to start October: Cattle Market Update

Cattle prices down to start October: Cattle Market Update

Oct 9, 2024 | 7:39pm
Cattle prices in the province were mostly down last week. The cattle market update from Canfax for the week ending October 4th shows prices were down in the 6-to-7, 7-8, and 8-9 hundred pound feeder steer categories. Prices were also down in the 5-6, 6-7, and 7-to-8 hundred pound feeder heifer categories. The largest week-over-week […]
Farm land value increases in first half of 2024: FCC report

Farm land value increases in first half of 2024: FCC report

Oct 9, 2024 | 7:28pm
The value of farmland across Canada for the first six months of 2024 increased by 5.5 per cent. That’s according to a mid-year farmland values review done by Farm Credit Canada, which cited elevated borrowing costs and lower commodity prices as factors. FCC says over the last 12 months from July 2023 to June 2024 […]