Canadian Ag News

The agriculture section of the 2024-25 Provincial Budget was well received by a group representing agricultural producers and a group that represents rural municipalities. The Budget, released Wednesday afternoon at the Legislature in Regina, increased funding by 4.1 percent for a total of $570.6-million. Much of the money is allocated towards enhancing current federal-provincial risk […]

Fertilizer prices are increasing as spring approaches. However, a large price drop is anticipated after seeding.  Matthew Krutzfeld, Senior Fertilizer Merchant with Federated Co-op was a speaker at the Cropportunities 2024 event held Thursday in Swift Current. Krutzfeld told Kevin Hursh, Chief Agricultural Editor of SaskAgToday.com, prices vary from one retail to the next depending […]

Statistics Canada released results of a survey asking what farmers intend to seed this season. The 2024 seeding intentions for principal field crops surveyed 3,239 Saskatchewan farmers between December 14th to January 22nd. Farmers plan on seeding more durum wheat, lentils, dry field peas, oats, and canary seed, but less canola, spring wheat, barley, mustard […]

Women take on important roles within the agriculture industry from the farm gate to the board room, and that’s no different for Sara Shymko and Sarah Leguee. Both were highlight on Friday’s edition of SaskAgToday as part of International Women’s Day. You can find Friday’s show in the podcasts section of SaskAgToday.com. Sara Shymko is […]

Most of the cattle prices in Saskatchewan, that had enough data to report on, were up last week. According to the Cattle Market Update for the week ending March 1, prices for feeder steers in the 600-700 and 800-900 lb weight category increased week-over-week except for the 500-600 lb category which declined by 33 cents […]

The Commissioner of the Canadian Grain Commission says he intends to retire from the role next month when his appointment extension wraps up. In a message to grain sector stakeholders, Doug Chorney says he was “humbled and honoured to have the opportunity to serve” in the role, calling it the highlight of his professional career. “During […]

A decrease to the average coverage per acre and average premium, as well as enhancements made to the weather-based support programs, highlight Tuesday’s morning’s announcement of the 2024 Crop Insurance Program. In a conference call from the Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation Head Office in Melville, Provincial Agriculture Minister David Marit noted the 2024 multi-peril crop […]

Canada’s industry minister was defending the government’s actions on trying to force the country’s big grocers to help stabilize food prices.   The Commons Ag Committee is almost done studying the issue for a second time, and on Tuesday Francois Philip Champagne spent an hour trying to convince the committee, progress is being made. “This is […]

About $19.2-million is being invested into a research & development project that will aid in creating new oat and pulse ingredients and products. Avena Foods will be doing most of the heavy lifting on the R&D side, with the new ingredients being used by Big Mountain Foods, Danone Canada, and Old Dutch to replace several […]

The feeder market in Saskatchewan remained strong last week, according to the latest Cattle Market Update from Canfax. The update for the week ending February 23 showed prices for all feeder steer categories, and all but one feeder heifer category, week-over-week increases. Steer prices ranged from $313 per cwt in the 800-900 lb category to […]