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Producers can now submit applications for the 2023 Canada-Saskatchewan Feed Program through the Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation website. This Program covers 70 per cent of extraordinary costs related to feed and freight, incurred after May 1, 2023, through to the application deadline of March 1, 2024. Producers will need to submit their receipts or appropriate […]

The Underused Housing Tax is meant to curtail foreign ownership of housing through trusts in Canada’s large cities. However, in some circumstances, farmers are being hit with the need to file a return for the Underused Housing Tax. Although in most cases they are exempt from paying the tax, which is 1 per cent of […]

Harvest progress as of October 24 sits at 96% complete across the province, which is ahead ofthe 5-year average (90%).2023 seeding progress on May 16 the first crop report of the season was at 25% compared to the five yearaverage of 63% for week 20. With good seeding conditions producers were able to wrap up […]

Now that harvest is complete, farmers are turning their attention to next season. Part of the decision-making process is looking at which crops to plant based on prices. Chief Agricultural Editor of SaskAgToday.com Kevin Hursh looked at prices now compared to the same time a year ago, and noted most prices for crops are down but a […]

The Yorkton Brick Mill Heritage Society has unveiled a new fundraising project that will target farmers in the area.  Board member Thom Weir says it’s to help make the Yorkton Flour Mill’s Interpretive Centre a reality. For your $5,000 contribution paid through your delivery to theelevator, a 11-inch by 14-inch framed photo of your farm, and ashort […]

The President of Pulse Canada is optimistic there won’t be any disruptions to the flow of products to India, despite ongoing tensions between India and Canada. Greg Cherewyk believes that based on connections made over the past 30 years. “The people-to-people ties, the business-to-business ties, and even the industry-to-industry relationships that we’ve developed at Pulse […]

Saskatchewan cattle prices appeared to rebound last week, according to the latest cattle market update, issued by Canfax, for the week ending October 20. Prices for most feeder steers increased week-over-week except for the 400-500lb and 900+lb categories. Feeder heifer prices were mixed with increases in the 300-400lb, 500-600lb, and 600-700lb categories, and decreases in the 400-500lb, […]

The Farming for Health Committee has presented a cheque to the Health Foundation of East Central Saskatchewan.  Foundation Chair Ross Fisher says the total amount was 278-thousand 956 dollars. All of the money raised this year will be used to purchase new medical equipment for the Yorkton Regional Health Centre. The two crops seeded this year […]

CN and CPKC Rail supplied a combined 85% of hopper cars ordered in grain week 11 matching the performance seen the previous week. While overall performance was unchanged, this reflects an improvement in performance for CN and a decline in performance for CPKC. In supplying 89% of hopper cars ordered on time in week 11, CN […]

The President and CEO of the Saskatchewan Cattlemen’s Association says a few things from Friday’s AgriRecovery announcement surprised him. The federal government announced a $77-million investment into Saskatchewan’s AgriRecovery program to help producers financially impacted by drought this season. Grant McLellan says he hoped the announcement came around the same time as the province’s in August, […]