Sask Ag News

Any student going to university to study in agriculture can apply for scholarships through the Saskatchewan Barley Development Commission (SaskBarley). Each year, SaskBarley offers four scholarships to students who are taking graduate or undergraduate studies. They’re offering up to three scholarships — $6-thousand at the PhD level, $4-thousand at the Master’s of Science level, and […]

A farmer in the Humboldt area says seeding has been smooth sailing but could now use heat to aid crop development. George Hinz says this month has been the total opposite of the winter, which was drier than normal.  “If I had to venture a guess I’d say we’d probably had three inches of water […]

Seeding progress in Saskatchewan went from half-way done to three-quarters of the way through. The provincial crop report, released Thursday, has seeding at 77 per cent complete, up from 56 per cent last week. It remains behind the 5-year average of 91 per cent and 10-year average of 89 per cent for this time of […]

Statistics Canada has released a blizzard of farm income and expense statistics for 2022, 2023 and the first part of this year. In both 2022 and 2023, Alberta had higher farm cash receipts than Saskatchewan. However, Saskatchewan led all the provinces by a wide margin when it comes to net farm income. Realized net income […]

Cattle prices remain strong as the seasonal slowdown continues, according to the weekly cattle market update for the week ending May 24. The 700-800 lb feeder steers and 700-800 lb feeder heifers were the only weight categories to report prices, with the rest not available due to lack of sufficient data. The price of 700-800 […]

Canadian Western Agribition signed a pair of agreements with their Mexican and Australian counterparts to encourage more international trade, collaboration, and, from Agribition’s point-of-view, promote Canadian cattle genetics. The Memorandum of Understanding with Congreso de las Estrellas was signed on March 23 in Guadalajara, Mexico. Kindopp says will it focus on how to grow Congreso […]

Farmers are over half-way done seeding even as rain continued to fall in many areas. The Provincial crop report for the week of May 14 to 20 shows seeding at 56 per cent complete, up from 32 per cent last week. The southwest region continues to lead the way at 64 per cent complete but […]

Farm Credit Canada (FCC) and the Regina Food Bank (RFB) are joining forces to fight food insecurity and advance indoor agriculture in Saskatchewan. It was announced Wednesday morning the Regina Food Bank will have a modular produce growing container at its Winnipeg Street location in Regina, thanks to a contribution from FCC. CEO of the […]

The latest weekly cattle market update from Canfax reflects the continued seasonal slowdown of the cattle market. Four feeder steer and three heifer weight categories reported prices for the week ending May 17. Prices for steers ranged from $361.29 per cwt in the 700-800 lb category up to $469.67 per cwt. For heifers, prices ranged […]

Producers rely heavily on their GPS guidance systems for seeding and spraying equipment this time of year.  However, a couple of unique GPS problems have materialized this spring.  Kevin Hursh of SaskAgToday.com talked with Matt Yanick the president and owner of My Precision Ag based in Rocanville: