Sask Ag News

This week was a short one due to the Labour Day Long Weekend, but a few ag news worthy items more than made up for it on the latest SaskAgToday.com Roundtable. Harvest in the province is nearly at the halfway point and ahead of the five and ten year averages for this time of year. […]

Crop yields in Saskatchewan are better than last year, but the decline in prices will mean lower overall returns. Using Statistics Canada estimated yields and comparing them to the estimated yields from one year ago, all crops are showing a significant increase. It should be noted that the Statistics Canada yields do vary from those […]

GRAVELBOURG — Teamwork, stewardship, commitment and generosity are just some of the words to describe those who have committed to the Wiwa Growing Project, near Gravelbourg. Operating since 2003 as a local community growing project, each year’s harvest is dedicated the Canadian Foodgrains Bank. For 11 years, the quarter being farmed was donated by the […]

Harvest in the province remains ahead of schedule, as progress is at 42 per cent complete, up from 25 per cent last week. It’s also ahead of the 5-year average of 34 per cent and the 10-year average of 31 per cent for this time of year. Meghan Rosso, Crops Extension Specialist with the Saskatchewan […]

A report from Farm Credit Canada (FCC) says the food manufacturing sector in Canada has an opportunity to meet the growing demand for food globally. FCC says the need to grow more food with the same or less inputs will increase as the global population expects to reach nearly ten billion people by the year […]