GX94 Agriculture

The Agriculture side of the Provincial Budget includes investments to keep producers competitive and profitable, especially in international markets. $37 million has been set aside for agricultural research, including projects, and the crop and livestock research facilities. The Ag Budget is $625 million, up $54.6 million from the previous year. The majority of it, $483.8 […]

A not-for-profit organization that facilitates investments in startup Canadian companies has formed a partnership with Farm Credit Canada (FCC). Jesse Wiebe, Community Develop Lead with Startup TNT, made the announcement at the Launch Pad at Canada’s Farm Show Tuesday afternoon. He says FCC will support their Agri-Food programming with the goal of raising $500-thousand for […]

A winner of one of the Innovation Awards at Canada’s Farm Show was aware of being nominated but wasn’t expecting to win at all. Jeremy Matuszewki, the CEO and Founder of Thunderstruck Ag, received the Emerging Innovator Award, which recognizes, “an up-and-coming Innovator to the agricultural sector who has made significant contributions to innovation in […]

With spring thaw beginning, weight restrictions start March 21 on secondary highways to protect key links of Saskatchewan’s road network. “This annual measure keeps key transportation infrastructure ship shape for the long run so that our highways can move goods to support our export-based economy, which helps sustain our quality of life,” Highways Minister David […]

Farm Credit Canada’s chief economist JP Gervais says the average value of cultivated farmland recorded a “robust” increase in 2024, even though the numbers are lower than they were in 2023. FCC released its annual Farmland Values Report this morning. The national number showed a 9.3 percent increase in average farmland values—compared to 11.5 percent […]

Switching the dates for Canada’s Farm Show to March from June is hoped to be the change that does the trick for attendance. Last year’s announcement was made with the hope more people come to REAL District in Regina to check out Canada’s Farm Show. June is typically when farmers are busy spraying and can’t […]

CN and CPKC Rail supplied a combined 58% of hopper cars ordered in grain week 31, representing a very modest improvement from the 57% order fulfillment performance seen in week 30.  The railways still have been unable to fulfill more than 58% of shipper orders over the last six weeks.  That’s according to the Ag […]

The canola market appeared to be heavily impacted by tariffs imposed by China. It was the top item of discussion on the SaskAgToday.com Roundtable, as Kevin Hursh provides his thoughts on the ongoing trade issue not only with China, but the on-again, off-again tariffs from the U.S. The tariffs were also mentioned at the SARM […]

Today, the Water Security Agency (WSA) released the Spring Runoff Report for 2025. A normal to above normal runoff is forecast for most of central and southern Saskatchewan due to an above normal snowpack. Runoff across most of the north and parts of the southeast is expected to be below normal due to dry fall […]

The Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) plans to work more with the provincial government on the issue of tariffs from the U.S. and China rather than alongside the federal government. That was the main message from President Bill Huber as he gave a speech to delegates Thursday morning on the third and final day […]