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Producers have crossed the half-way point of harvest this week at 51 per cent complete. This is up from 33 per cent last week, ahead of the five-year average (2018-2022) of 34 per cent and the 10-year (2013-2022) of 33 per cent.  The southwest continues to lead harvest progress at 81 per cent complete, this […]

Feeder cattle prices were mixed but strong, according to the Provincial Cattle Specialist, Fonda Froats. Froats broke down the latest Cattle Market Update, issued by Canfax, for the week ending September 1. She notes average prices for feeder steers ranged from m $460.00 per hundred weight (cwt) for the 400-500lb weight category to $303.00 per cwt for […]

The Saskatchewan Minister of Agriculture is settling into his added responsibility of being the head of the Water Security Agency. David Marit kept the Ag file and replaced Jeremy Cockrill as minister responsible for the WSA in last week’s Cabinet Shuffle. Marit says he was informed the day before the official ceremony at Government House […]

Harvest progress sits at 37% complete across the province, which is ahead of the 5-year average (31%).Winter wheat and fall rye harvest is complete (100%).Yield reports are averaging about 60 bu/acre for winter wheat and 70 bu/acre for fall rye. Harvest continues in spring cereal crops, with barley at 65% complete, oats at 71% complete […]

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said after talks with Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Monday that it would soon be possible to revive the grain deal that the United Nations says helped to ease a food crisis by getting Ukrainian grain to market. Russia quit the deal in July — a year after it was brokered by the United Nations […]

CN and CPKC Rail  supplied a combined 98% of hopper cars ordered in grain week 4, an improvement from the previous week’s 93% order fulfillment performance. The improved performance in total reflects an improvement in performance for CN and no change for CPKC. In supplying 98% of hopper cars ordered on time in week 4, CN […]

Today, the Governments of Canada and Saskatchewan announced a record-breaking level of payments under the Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation (SCIC) Forage Rainfall Insurance Program.  “While producers face ongoing risks related to climate change and extreme weather events, the support of Business Risk Management programs provides some level of stability against income and production loss,” said […]

The Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance is applauding the Canadian government for opposing Mexico’s biotech corn ban. Back in February, Mexico announced it is banning the use of genetically modified corn in tortillas and dough by gradually substituting the use of biotech corn in all products used for human consumption or animal feed. Canada will step in as a […]

For the first time in five years, the United States Department of Agriculture forecasts national net farm income will fall nearly 23% in 2023, coming down from a record high in 2022. Net farm income, defined by the USDA as “a broad measure of profits,” has risen each of the past five years, but will […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold talks with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Monday in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi. The meeting will primarily discuss Black Sea grain exports. U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres says he sent Russia “a set of concrete proposals” aimed at reviving a deal that allowed the safe export of Ukrainian grain via the […]