Federal agriculture minister Marie-Claude Bibeau has completed a successful trade trip to the U.K. and Germany. She spoke in London at the International Grains Council forum, reaffirming Canada’s support for Ukraine’s agricultural sector and called for further stability in the global grains value chain. She was involved in a roundtable discussion with U.K. agriculture and […]
Farm Credit Canada says farm cash receipts reached a record 94.5 billion dollars last year across the country. Chief agriculture economist at FCC, J.P. Gervais, says the estimate is a jump of 14 percent from the previous year. He says 2023 will see continued growth in farm cash receipts, but at a more moderate pace […]
The molecular lab manager at Discovery Seed Labs in Saskatoon says seed quality for the 2023 crops is good, with not a lot of bad news to deliver. Sandy Junek released fall germination and vigour statistics at the Saskatchewan SeedGrowers Association annual general meeting in Saskatoon this month. Junek says wheat germination was 95 percent, […]
The provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta are partnering with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to remove barriers to interprovincial food trade in the city of Lloydminster. The two year pilot is designed to help other similar border towns throughout Canada. The pilot project, administered by the Lloydminster Chamber of Commerce, will ease the challenges faced […]
Some major changes are coming for Sasktel customers. Currently Sasktel customers receive free email addresses as part of subscription to internet services. But in April that is going to change. The telecom crown sent out a message to customers at the start of January saying the previously free email addresses would now cost $1.95 per […]
The Saskatchewan government and SaskPork are investing one million dollars to be prepared for a possible outbreak of African Swine Fever. Agriculture minister David Marit says an outbreak of the deadly hog disease could disrupt major exports. He says the province is providing 700 thousand dollars and SaskPork 300 thousand to support a cull line […]
Canadian exporters shipped another 477 thousand tons of wheat during the first week of this month. SaskWheat market analyst Michael Wilton says wheat shipments total 8.6 million tons since the start of the crop year August first, 66 percent more than last year. Wilton suggests farmers consider selling another quarter of their spring wheat at […]
The government of Saskatchewan, along with Manitoba, is in federal court Tuesday to intervene in a judicial review of the Vancouver Port Authority’s new gateway fees. The province says these fees could significantly increase costs for Saskatchewan goods moving through the port of Vancouver. The fees range from 8 to 40 cents per ton for […]
After Air Canada Announced it was scaling back operations and cutting direct flights to Calgary from Regina and other Canadian centers – WestJet has moved in to fill that void. James Bogusz President and CEO of Regina Airport Authority says the move is a boon for the city. “We have been working with West Jet […]
Rural municipalities are expressing support for Saskatchewan’s proposed firearms act. SARM president Ray Orb says SARM is supporting the provincial legislation to help insulate rural residents from misguided federal policies. He says Ottawa’s new gun law proposals go too far and would ban use of some rifles and shotguns in use on the farm. Orb […]
