SARM has launched a campaign to attract young people to join rural municipal councils. President Ray Orb says more young families are calling rural Saskatchewan home. He says having more young people on council ensures a vibrant rural municipal government. Orb says getting involved on council helps young people gain knowledge and advance rural development […]
Adama Canada has announced it will continue to provide lambda products available to retailers and farmers across Canada. The decision comes after several months of consultations with retailers, farmers and industry organizations. Farm organizations expressed concern new label requirements were prompting suppliers to stop shipping lambda products to Western Canada. The Saskatchewan and Alberta governments […]
The province of Saskatchewan has a diverse group of spirited women creating change across the prairies every single day. Regardless of identity, faith, culture, class or occupation women in Saskatchewan are making a difference at, local, national and international levels. Today women and girls are involved heavily in industry, sport, and humanitarian efforts. Driving at […]
Premier Scott Moe has returned from a successful week-long trade mission to India. Last year, Saskatchewan shipped exports worth 1.4 billion dollars to India. Saskatchewan supplies more than half the lentils shipped to India. Moe says there was good interest in Saskatchewan-grown food and manufactured farm equipment, particularly seeding equipment. Moe also promoted Saskatchewan potash […]
Saskatchewan feeder cattle prices were on the upswing this past week. The latest cattle market update from the Saskatchewan ministry of Agriculture says steers ranged from 352 dollars 40 cents for the 300 to 400 pound weight category to 236 dollars for the over 900 pound weight category. Saskatchewan feeder heifer prices ranged from […]
Farm Credit Canada sees ongoing strong prices for cattle this year. FCC economist Des Sobool says prices are continuing upward as part of a two year trend to rising prices. He says cattle prices are about 12 percent higher than last year’s average. He says prices should remain quite good due to strong demand and […]
The provincial governent is encouraging municipalities to apply for project funding under the newest intake for the Targeted sector support initiative. The initiative provides cost-shared grants of up to 75 percent of project costs and are funded under one of the following streams, dispute resolution and relationship building, capacity building, regional co-operation, and municipal transition. […]
CN Rail says last month was the best February ever for prairie grain movement on the CN network. Grain shipments reached 2.4 million metric tons last month, exceeding the record set in February 2021 by over 200 thousand tons. CN attributes the record performance in February to increased collaboration between supply chain partners, enabling strong […]
Agriculture minister David Marit says the province is taking steps to ensure a healthy cattle industry remains in Saskatchewan. SARM joined forces this week with the Saskatchewan Cattlemen’s Association and Stock Growers, expressing concern about veterinarian shortages, low profitability, drought, and farm support programs. Marit says steps are being taken to provide help during difficult […]
Alberta RCMP have charged a Wheatland County man with causing unnecessary suffering to animals and selling un-inspected meat, after they were called to look into reports of someone who was slaughtering sick and injured cattle. Mounties say when they got onto the property, they found employees actively slaughtering cattle. During the investigation, they say […]
