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As seeding gets underway in Saskatchewan, SaskPower isencouraging farmers to make safety a priority when operatingaround power lines.SaskPower observes an increase in line contacts involving farmequipment during both the seeding and harvest seasons. Lastyear, SaskPower reported 268 farm related power lineincidents.“We understand that spring seeding is a very busy time acrossSaskatchewan, and we urge farmers […]

Following the recent announcement that over 95% of railway workers at Canadian National Railway (CN) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) have voted in favour of strike action as early as May 22, Grain Growers of Canada (GGC), representing over 65,000 grain farmers across the country, calls for an urgent resolution to prevent potentially mass […]

 The Legislature was in full reaction mode to speculation on Thursday that Farm Credit Canada might be about to move its head office out of Saskatchewan. The issue was raised in the Legislative Assembly by Sask United Leader Nadine Wilson, with her party putting out a statement that claimed that “multiple high-level sources have told Sask […]

OverviewSeeding progress across the province has just begun with approximately 2% of the acres being seeded.Producers have begun seeding spring wheat, barley, oats, and corn. The Central region is most advanced withapproximately 10% of each of the major cereals planted. Corn planting is approximately 1% complete.Cereals (Government of Manitoba news release)

Innovation Saskatchewan is investing $170,000 in two industry-led research and development (R&D) technologies through the Saskatchewan Advantage Innovation Fund (SAIF) and Agtech Growth Fund (AGF). These dual R&D grant programs accelerate the commercialization of game-changing technologies in agriculture, mining, energy, manufacturing and health care and help bring them to market. “Saskatchewan companies are leaders in […]

Four agriculture groups are raising concerns over the proposed Bunge and Viterra merger. The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS), Alberta Grains, SaskBarley, and Sask Wheat raised concerns about the merger, believing it would result in economic losses for producers. A recent study by Dr. Richard Gray, Dr. James Nolan, and Dr. Peter Slade from […]