Unfiltered

620 CKRM AgriNews Director Ryan Young had a chat with Jake Leguee, Chair of the Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission (SaskWheat) on a variety of topics, from the appointment of a new Commissioner at the Canadian Grain Commission, to his thoughts on the Competition Bureau’s report on the proposed merger between Bunge and Viterra, to being […]

The President of the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS) Ian Boxall weighed in on the Competition Bureau’s report of the merger between Bunge and Viterra, which cited concerns of a lack of competition as a result of the merger.

Farm Credit Canada’s Manager of Community Investment Carla Warnyca chats with 620 CKRM AgriNews Director Ryan Young on the application window being open for the AgriSpirit Fund, how to apply, and how important it is for rural communities across Canada.

Farmers will be affected by the changes to capital gains tax announced in last week’s federal budget. The changes will make it more complicated to navigate capital gains tax when selling farmland.  Kevin Hursh, Chief Agricultural Editor of SaskAgToday.com, talked with Ryan Kehrig, the national leader for agricultural tax with MNP:

Over $850-thousand from the Saskatchewan Barley Development Commission is going to aid barley research projects over the next five years. Mitchell Japp with SaskBarley explains what kind of research will be conducted and how it will help barley growers in the long-term.

Prairie Clean Energy is encouraging people to invest in the company, after they were approved for a 45 percent new investor tax credit through the Saskatchewan Technology Startup Incentive Program (STSI). Chief Strategy Officer and Co-Owner Brita Lind explains how significant the approval is for the company and how they will use the funds raised.

Spraying crops with drones is catching on rapidly in the United States. However, in Canada, applying crop protection products with drones is technically not allowed, because the Pest Management Regulatory Agency has not approved any products for drone application.  Kevin Hursh of SaskAgToday.com is attending a venture capital summit in Silicon Valley near San Francisco […]

For many years, farmers and farm organizations have lobbied for a system that would reward producers for the sequestration of carbon in the soil. Dr. Lenore Newman is the director of the Food and Agriculture Institute at the University of the Fraser Valley. She researches agricultural land use policy, ag technologies, and bio engineering in […]

For Environment Canada Meteorologist Terri Lang, January was definitely one for the record books in regards to weather. She provides an overview of temperature and precipitation stats.

Late Friday afternoon, the union representing 436 Viterra workers claimed that members were not getting full, retroactive wage increases from the company, as agreed upon in an agreement ratified in mid-January. The head of the General and Grain Services Union, Steve Torgerson, explains the latest development from his perspective.