Federal agriculture minister Marie-Claude Bibeau announced in Regina Thursday a 19 million dollar project to provide a new micronutrient fertilizer for farmers. Bibeau says the project includes Protein Industries Canada, AGT Foods, Lucent BioSciences, NuWave Research, In10T, and Aberhart Ag Solutions. The micronutrient fertilizer project includes the installation of a new manufacturing process in Rosetown […]
As weather warms, Russia is using wheat rather than energy to try to end economic sanctions imposed after the invasion of Ukraine. Marlene Boersh with Mercantile Consulting Venture compiles the weekly market report for the Sask Wheat Development Commission. She says Russia refused a UN request for export corridors for Ukrainian wheat shipments. Boersch says […]
Fertilizer production at the Bethune potash mine is projected to double over the next couple decades. K plus S Group has released a global strategy for the relatively new Bethune mine northwest of Regina. The final production capacity is intended to grow continuously over the next few couple decades, and is currently targeted toward […]
Regina-based Farm Credit Canada is offering up to 2 thousand dollars to cattle producers who are certified for sustainability production. The director of sustainability programs at FCC, Curtis Grainger, says eligible producers must be customers of FCC. He says the certified program revolves around five principles, including natural resources, people and community, animal health, […]
The Mennonite Disaster Service has released final details on its Hay West program. The program provided surplus hay from Ontario to drought-stricken prairie producers last fall and during the winter. The Mennonite Disaster Service says 56 producers in Saskatchewan received hay support. Ike Epp of the Disaster Service Saskatchewan unit says its great that producers […]
APAS is accepting new applicants for its Youth Leadership and Mentorship program. President Ian Boxall says the year-long program is designed to train the farm leaders of tomorrow. He says the deadline for applications is July 31st. The program accepts five applicants between the ages of 18 and 40 to be mentored in the […]
The Regina Police Service is investigating after an adult male was stabbed while walking in the area of 13th Avenue and Lorne Street early wednesday morning of may 18th. Th victim was traveling west on 13th Avenue when he was approached by two adult males – one was on a bicycle and the other on […]
The price at the pump and the pain consumers feel is being made far worse by our governments. That is the message the Canadian Taxpayers Federation is putting forward in it’s 2022 Gas Tax Honesty Report. Franco Terrazzano the director of the CTF says both the provincial and federal governments are not doing nearly enough […]
Saskatchewan farmers made some seeding progress this past week despite rainy weather in parts of the province. Provincial crops extension specialist Matt Struthers says seeding is 33 percent complete, up from 14 percent a week ago but behind the average of 53 percent. He says several areas had a downpour of rain this past week, […]
Statistics Canada reports there was an approximate three per cent decline in the volume of wheat milled and made into flour last year. Canadian millers milled 3.1 million tonnes of wheat with flour production coming in at 2.4 million tonnes. About 94 per cent of the wheat milled between August 2020 and July 2021 […]
