Category Archives: CKRM Agriculture
Both Major Canadian Railways See Grain Delivery Decline During Week 12: Ag Transport Coalition
CN and CPKC Rail supplied a combined 82% of hopper cars ordered in grain week 12, a modest decline from the 84% order fulfillment performance seen in week 11. In supplying 80% of cars ordered by shipp...
Harvard Media Nov 05, 2024
Opinion: It's time to legalize raw milk
A recent peer-reviewed study revealed that Canadian dairy farms dispose of between 600 million to one billion liters of milk on-farm annually. This staggering waste, which should be inconceivable unde...
Harvard Media Nov 04, 2024

B.C. port employers to launch lockout at terminals as labour disruption begins
Employers at British Columbia ports say they are going ahead with locking out more than 700 foremen across the province after strike activities from union members began. The lockout will shut port ter...
Harvard Media Nov 04, 2024
SaskAgToday.com Roundtable Episode 54
On the SaskAgToday.com Roundtable with Chief Agricultural Editor Kevin Hursh, 620 CKRM AgriNews Director Ryan Young, and GX94 Agriculture Director Doug Falconer: -The Saskatchewan Party remains in pow...
Harvard Media Nov 01, 2024
2024 Farmer Recognition Award Handed Out at 35th Annual Grain Millers Harvest Showdown in Yorkton
The 35th Annual Grain Millers Harvest Showdown held its Grain and Forage Show Awards evening last (Thu) night. The highlight of the night was when the 2024 Farmer Recognition Award was han...
Harvard Media Nov 01, 2024
Op-Ed: The Great Train Robbery
November 7, 1885, a historic day in Canada's economic development with the momentous completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), marked by the driving of the last spike. This pivotal event not o...
Harvard Media Nov 01, 2024
A case of H5N1 Avian Flu detected in a pig in Oregon: USDA
H5N1 avian flu has been detected for the first time in a pig. The US Department of Agriculture says it was in a pig on a backyard farm in Oregon. Pigs represents a particular concern for the spread of...
Harvard Media Oct 31, 2024

Upward trend of Sask. Cattle Prices continues
Prices for most feeder steers and feeder heifers in Saskatchewan continued to go up. In the Cattle Market Update for the week ending October 25th, prices for feeder steers ranged from the low end of $...
Harvard Media Oct 31, 2024
"A mixed bag": Final Crop Report details conditions, average yields for crops and silage
The Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture released its final Crop Report of the year on Wednesday morning - a summary of what transpired this growing season. Tyce Masich, a Crops Extension Specialist w...
Harvard Media Oct 30, 2024
Farm groups expect to maintain working relationships with political parties following provincial election
The agriculture community wasn't surprised by the outcome of Monday night's provincial election but noticed a clear rural-urban divide among the constituencies claimed by the Saskatchewan Party and th...
Harvard Media Oct 29, 2024












