The Canadian Light source at the University of Saskatchewan has helped research efforts to develop a green method of producing fertilizer. The standard method of converting nitrogen gas to ammonia is energy intensive. But researchers have recently developed a new green process for converting the nitrates in industrial wastewater into ammonia. The method added […]
The latest market outlook from SaskWheat says the supply of quality wheat will be low this year but there is no shortage of wheat. The outlook says the issue of quality wheat is growing because of issues in Canada, Russia and Kazakhstan. The outlook remains optimistic about spring wheat prices. Small U.S. stocks, low U.S. […]
The Saskatchewan government has announced immediate steps to help producers facing shortages of livestock feed and water due to drought. Agriculture minister David Marit says he is asking Ottawa to implement a tax deferral on livestock sales. He says the Crop Insurance Corporation will ensure damaged crops can be put to alternate use for livestock […]
Some Saskatchewan farmers have been forced to spray to control grasshoppers this summer. Provincial insect control specialist, James Tansey, says there is a low forecast threat from grasshoppers, but there have been several localized outbreaks. Tansey says farmers have taken steps to control grasshoppers in the southwest and the northeast near Tisdale. He adds there […]
The Saskatchewan ministry of agriculture has confirmed a case of anthrax in the RM of South Qu’Appelle, east of Regina. Anthrax was confirmed as the cause of death in one animal in a flock of sheep and is the suspected cause of death of four additional sheep on the same farm. Anthrax is a […]
Parrish and Heimbecker has made it official and announced a new concrete grain elevator for the Yorkton area. Two years ago P&H opened a new fertilizer blending and distribution site near Ebenezer – just 10 miles north of Yorkton and more recently began other ground work such as spur line development – that will become […]
Environment Canada says June ended with a sizzle across Southern Saskatchewan, with many locations in the top 10 for warmest June. In Regina, the temperature was 1.7 degrees warmer than normal and the 15th warmest ever. Swift Current was 2.8 degrees warmer than usual, its 8th warmest on record. Yorkton was 3.1 degrees hotter than […]
CN Rail says there was good grain movement in May but no new monthly record. It breaks the trend of over a year of consecutive months of new records for prairie grain shipments. CN Rail executive vice president Sean Finn says over 27 million tons of grain have been moved so far this crop year. […]
The latest crop report says most Saskatchewan farmers need more rain, especially in the southern and western regions. The northeast and east central regions saw the most rain, with the highest amount of 32 millimeters in Spruce Home and Rhein. Crop development is normal for this time of year, with oilseeds behind other crops. […]
The federal and provincial governments are pumping $2.5-million into pulse crop research at the University of Saskatchewan. Agriculture minister David Marit says the goal is to find new opportunities to use the starch by-product in pulse crop processing. He says Saskatchewan is a big player in the world market, with exports 60 percent of the […]
