Canada’s farm show wrapped up Thursday in Regina with officials calling the show a huge success. Real’s vice president of Agriculture, Kurt Westgard, says attendance has been outstanding with opening day attendance up 18 percent from 2019. He believes the show will generate farm equipment sales ranging from 100 to 300 million dollars. The Farm […]
The latest crop report says much of the Saskatchewan grainbelt received rain during the past week. Provincial crops extension specialist Matt Struthers says crop development faces some issues but moisture was certainly welcome. He says producers who did not receive rain are seeing their crops starting to go backward in development. The rainfall was widespread, […]
A group of 14 farmers from Mongolia is touring Canada’s Farm Show in Regina to buy high tech seeding equipment. The president of Ensada Holding company in Mongolia, Boldoo Usukh, says his country has similar soil conditions and climate compared to Saskatchewan. He says Saskatchewan-made farm equipment is the best in the world and his […]
The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) has announced a new conservation project at the Lonetree Lake property located about an hour and 45 minutes west of Regina. The 1554 acre space consists of endangered grasslands and wetlands. Many private donors contributed to the conservation of Lonetree Lake, including members of the field of dreams Facebook […]
Prairie Clean Energy has announced go-ahead for a million dollar flax processing plant for Regina. CEO Mark Cooper says the company will be open for business this fall, buying waste flax straw and turning it into biomass pellets. Cooper says the facility will produce 60 thousand tons of pellets per year. The pellets will be […]
Canada’s Farm Show has announced three winners in the innovation awards. The first winner is VeriGrain sample acquisition and information management system. VeriGrain allows farmers to track grain quality and quantity as it is being sampled while being loaded in and out of storage. A second winner is Soileos Bioactive crop nutrients. Lucent Bio […]
One of Canada’s largest farm machinery shows opens Tuesday in Regina. Canada’s Farm Show manager Shirley Janeczko says more than 500 displays will feature the latest in high tech farm equipment. She says visitors from over 45 countries will be at the show. Attendance is expected to reach 30 thousand for the 3-day event. —-
The Saskatchewan government has proclaimed this week as Native Prairie Appreciation week, June 19-25. Native prairie grassland is one of the most diverse ecosystems on earth. Native prairie ecosystems are some of the most at-risk areas in the world. Native prairie appreciation week is an effort to draw attention to the need to conserve […]
The Saskatchewan government says the provincial economy continues to show incredible strength. Wholesale trade in Saskatchewan grew 29.4 percent between April last year and April 2022. That’s the highest increase among provinces. Trade and Export Development minister Jeremy Harrison says the top performing sectors year over year include farm products, up 26 percent, food and […]
The Saskatchewan government has announced supplemental Disaster aid for farmers who suffered significant losses from recent spring storms. The support will help producers who lost livestock in April snow storms and did not qualify under original disaster assistance. The exective director of the provincial disaster aid program Noel McAvena, says the new program assists those […]
