The first crop report of the year says seeding has reached one percent across the Saskatchewan grainbelt. Provincial crops specialist Matt Struthers says seeding is well behind the five year average of five percent for this date. He says seeding is most advanced in the southwest at eight percent. Topsoil moisture is rated 5 percent […]
Russia’s attack on Ukraine has opened a huge opportunity for Canadian biomass production. Mark Cooper is CEO of Prairie Clean Energy in Regina. He has just returned from the ARGUS world biomass conference in England. He was an exhibitor. Prairie Clean energy is three years into a plan to process flax straw (and wood) for […]
Registration is now open for the 4th annual Empowering Women in Ag Conference, held during Canada’s Farm Show in Regina. The conference takes place on Wednesday, June 22nd at Mosaic stadium. Keynote speaker is Darci Lang, an author and entrepreneur who has a message, focus on the 90 percent, to help individuals reframe the […]
The federal government has announced support of over 400 thousand dollars to Regina-based Prairie Oat Growers Association. The chair of the Prairie Oat Growers, Chris Rundel of Foam Lake, says the funds will be used to help increase demand for high quality Canadian oats. He says efforts are underway to expand Canadian oat sales […]
The Saskatchewan Party government is announcing an increase to the provincial minimum wage. October 1st of this year will see $1.19 put into the pockets of the province’s lowest earners – not even enough to buy an extra small black coffee from the local shop. The wage will increase to $13.00 an hour on October […]
Saskatoon-based Nutrien is reporting record net earnings of 1.4 billion dollars in the first three months of 2022. Nutrien attributes the strong first quarter results to higher prices and strong retail demand, more than offsetting a reduction in fertilizer sales volumes, due to a delayed start in the North American planting season. Nutrien says […]
Environment Canada says the unusual cold weather in April in southern Saskatchewan is expected to continue in May. Meteorologist Terri Lang says last month’s average of plus 1 in Regina is almost 4 degrees colder than normal. She says the cooler than average trend is expected through this month. For moisture, Lang expects the southeast […]
Days after testing positive for COVID-19, opposition leader Ryan Meili is bringing forward frank criticism of the Saskatchewan Party’s plans to “Live with Covid”. “We do have to live with COVID – but that doesn’t mean you just “let it rip” and pretend it’s not going on. You wear masks in doors. You increase ventilation […]
In the air, on the ground, and in the water. No stone is being left unturned, as the search continues for a five year old boy on the Red Earth Cree Nation. Its now been two days, and two very cold snowy nights since five year old Frank Young was last seen. “It’s cold and […]
The Saskatchewan government has announced enhanced tax incentives to expand the farm economy. Agriculture minister David Marit says the value-added agriculture incentive tax rebate and increases in the technology start-up incentive tax credit are aimed at attracting major investment to Saskatchewan. The value-added incentive tax rebate is increased from 15 to 30 percent for the […]
