Category Archives: CKRM Agriculture
Farm groups processing Prime Minister Trudeau's resignation announcement
Farm groups are digesting an announcement made Monday morning from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who said he is resigning as leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and Prime Minister, once the party s...
Jan 06, 2025
Reducing methane production the goal of a five-year study
A cross-Canada research project will attempt to reduce methane production by finding rumen efficiencies. Dr. Leluo Guan from the University of British Columbia was recent awarded $7.9 million from the...
Jan 03, 2025
SaskAgToday Roundtable: A look ahead to events in the first quarter of 2025
On the first SaskAgToday.com Roundtable of 2025 with Kevin Hursh, Chief Agricultural Editor of SaskAgToday.com, Ryan Young, 620 CKRM AgriNews Director, and Doug Falconer, GX94 Agriculture Director: -C...
Jan 03, 2025
A look at trends from 2024 Crop Prices
Crop prices varied dramatically throughout 2024. The agriculture portion of the Saskatchewan government website has graphs of farm gate grain prices over time. Note that prices vary from one location ...
Jan 02, 2025
Grain Shipments by Canada's Two Major Railways Rise Slightly in Week 20: Ag Transport Coalition
CN and CPKC Rail supplied a combined 64% of hopper cars ordered in grain week 20, a modest improvement from the 57% order fulfillment performance seen in week 19. That's according to the Ag Tran...
Jan 02, 2025
Crop Specialist says risk of herbicide carryover is greater later in the season
Herbicide carryover risk will not be as great as the past few years due to some decent spring rainfall. However, the risk is greater for in-season crop applications due to a sharp reduction in rainfal...
Dec 31, 2024
2024 weather: started dry, ends with needed moisture
Saskatchewan is ending 2024 on a better note than it began. Monthly weather stats from Environment Canada showed January flip-flopped from very cold to warm, February was warmer and drier than normal,...
Dec 30, 2024
Research into kochia management showing promising results
A three-year research project produced some promising results controlling kochia by burying the pesky weed before it could mature into a tumbleweed and move long distances. The work was led by Shaun S...
Dec 30, 2024
Recent forage samples have less protein than average
There have been some notable trends in fall and winter feed test results to date. Environmental factors during the growing season such as temperature, available moisture, and soil nutrients all contri...
Dec 30, 2024
SaskAgToday.com Roundtable Episode 62
On the final SaskAgToday.com Roundtable of 2024 with Chief Agricultural Editor of SaskAgToday.com Kevin Hursh, 620 CKRM AgriNews Director Ryan Young, and GX94 Agriculture Director Doug Falconer: -The ...
Dec 27, 2024
