Saskatchewan farmers are making good progress mopping up the 2019 harvest. About 2-million acres of crop was left over winter, and provincial crop extension specialist Shannon Friesen says the combines have been rolling to wrap up harvest. Friesen says the spring harvested crop varies greatly, with some fields seeing little change in yield and quality […]
Saskatchewan farmers are asking snowmobilers to stay out of fields with unharvested crops. APAS president Todd Lewis says his office has received some complaints of snowmobiles being driven on unharvested cropland. He says snowmobiles can cause serious damage to standing or swathed crops. He says swaths can be scattered and standing crops shelled out by […]
The federal Carbon tax for drying grain, and, farm income safety net programs are among the issues to be raised by the president of SARM Friday in Regina. Ray Orb speaks at the Regina District RM’s meeting and is hoping the federal government will provide a carbon tax rebate to farmers for drying grain this […]
Farm income support programs will be among the issues discussed at the Regina District RM’s meeting this week in the Queen City. The president of the Regina District RM’s, John Olinik of Kelliher, says farmers faced a difficult year in 2019 and governments need to improve farm business risk programs. He says the Agristability support […]
The president of SARM says farmers faced a challenging year in 2019 and hopes for a better year in 2020. Ray Orb says a spring drought was followed by a wet summer and harvest. “We think about 2.5 million acres in this province alone has been left unharvested,” said Orb. Orb says farmers also faced […]
The latest statistics from the Canadian Grain Commission show much of the prairie spring wheat crop has been combined in the top two grades. Chief Commissioner Patti Miller says over 7,000 samples have been submitted so far this fall. She says the samples show 31 percent of the spring wheat is number 1, 42 percent […]
Topics were wide ranging at an APAS prairie farm leaders forum Thursday in Regina. The forum included farm leaders from the three prairie provinces and the Canadian Federation of Agriculture vice president from Ontario. Trade, harvest weather and farm support programs dominated the discussion. Manitoba’s Bill Campbell talked about the amount of crop severely downgraded […]
The final crop report of the year estimates 2.5-million acres remain to be combined in Saskatchewan. Weyburn regional crop specialist Sherri Roberts expects harvest to wrap up late this fall or early next spring. She says some farmers are letting cattle graze their crop but she has a warning. Roberts cautions livestock producers to be […]
Saskatchewan Agriculture’s final crop report of the year shows 93 percent of the crop has now been combined with the thought being the remaining seven percent will likely not be taken off until spring because of the weather. The east-central region has the most crop remaining as just 83 percent has been taken off while […]
The Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation (SCIC) deadline to file post-harvest claims, production declarations and request an extension of coverage is later this week. The deadline for submissions is November 15. Darby Warner, executive director of insurance with SCIC, said farmers who haven’t finished harvest can request an extension of coverage. “If the crop further downgrades, if there […]
