Tag Archives: Agriculture
Maximum Grain Revenue Entitlements for Crop Year 2023–2024
The Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) has delivered its ruling on grain revenue entitlements. The Canada Transportation Act requires CTA to determine each railway company's annual maximum revenue e...
Dec 31, 2024
SaskOilseeds Announces Results of Board Election
The election results for the newly formed Saskatchewan Oilseeds Development Commission (SaskOilseeds) have been tabulated. SaskCanola and SaskFlax amalgamated this year and became SaskOilseeds, a prod...
Dec 30, 2024
Equipment manufacturers pledge to cooperate on mutually important issues
The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) and the European Agricultural Machinery Association (CEMA) will be working together on key issues relating to its industry. AEM and CEMA signed a Memor...
Dec 26, 2024
Large canaryseed stocks could result in lower seeded acres in 2025
Canaryseed growers may be waiting a few more years for a return to higher prices. Chuck Penner with Left Field Commodity research provided the market outlook at the recent Saskatchewan Canaryseed Deve...
Dec 24, 2024
How does 2025 shape up for potential herbicide carryover in Saskatchewan?
Herbicide carryover risk will not be as great as the past few years due to good spring rainfall. However, the risk is greater for in-season crop applications due to a sharp reduction in rainfall from ...
Dec 23, 2024
A cow raised in Saskatchewan has tested positive for bovine tuberculosis
The Saskatchewan Cattlemen’s Association is keeping a close eye and ear to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s investigation into a positive case of Bovine Tuberculosis found in a cow th...
Dec 20, 2024
UFA opens new cardlock in northeast Saskatchewan
UFA Co-operative UFA has expanded its operations to Melfort, Sask. President and CEO Scott Bolton said the new location is equipped with state-of-the-art facilities, ensuring a seamless and efficient ...
Dec 20, 2024
Livestock producers are warned to watch for a larval disease
A disease that lives off the flesh of living mammals has been confirmed in Chiapas, Mexico. New World screwworm (NWS) is a parasitic larval disease of warm-blooded animals where the female fly will la...
Dec 19, 2024
Bovine TB detected in Alberta
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has launched an investigation into a case of bovine tuberculosis (bovine TB) in an animal originating from Saskatchewan that was slaughtered at a federally r...
Dec 18, 2024
New $1.4M fund aims to bring more veterinarians to rural B.C.
A new program is offering up to $25,000 to help clinics attract more veterinarians to rural British Columbia. Businesses can apply for a portion of the $1.4 million recruitment and retention program t...
Dec 13, 2024
