Category Archives: CKRM Agriculture
Price projections for pulses are up, while wheat, barley and oats are lower: AAFC Outlook Report
Each month the Market Analysis Group of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada publishes an outlook report for principal field crops. The March report released this week shows improved price prospects...
Mar 21, 2024
Provincial Budget gets a positive response from APAS and SARM
The agriculture section of the 2024-25 Provincial Budget was well received by a group representing agricultural producers and a group that represents rural municipalities. The Budget, released Wednesd...
Mar 21, 2024
101 Agriculture Research Projects to be Funded in Manitoba
The governments of Canada and Manitoba are providing $16.3 million in grant funding under the Sustainable Canadian Agriculture Partnership (Sustainable CAP) to support 101 projects under the Research ...
Mar 21, 2024
Budget 2024: Increased funding for Ag Ministry to support risk management programs & research
Agriculture is getting a boost as the 2024-25 Provincial Budget, released Wednesday afternoon, increases funding for the Ministry by 4.1 percent to $570.6-million. Expenses for the Ministry of Agricul...
Mar 20, 2024
Tuesday was Agriculture Awareness Day in Manitoba
The Manitoba government is celebrating Agriculture Awareness Day by partnering with Agriculture in the Classroom Manitoba (AITC-M) to deliver programming to 7,400 Manitoba students about the importanc...
Mar 20, 2024
Fertilizer Merchant expects prices to rise before seeding, then decrease afterward
Fertilizer prices are increasing as spring approaches. However, a large price drop is anticipated after seeding. Matthew Krutzfeld, Senior Fertilizer Merchant with Federated Co-op was a speaker ...
Mar 19, 2024
Cattle prices up compared to earlier this month: Cattle Market Update
Prices for feeder steers and heifers in the province were up compared to the last reported price differences on March 1, according to the latest Cattle Market Update for the week ending March 15. Star...
Mar 19, 2024
With many big announcements made, Budget Day shaping up to be quiet for ag sector
The provincial budget will be released Wednesday and one cattle group leader believes there won't be anything new in the budget for the agriculture sector. CEO of the Saskatchewan Cattlemen's Associat...
Mar 19, 2024
Major Canadian Railways Continue to Have Trouble Delivering Grain: Ag Transport Coalition
CN and CPKC Rail supplied a combined 56% of hopper cars ordered in grain week 32, a notable deterioration from the 67% order fulfillment performance seen in week 31. CN saw a significant decline in pe...
Mar 18, 2024
Sask Ag Today Roundtable Episode 26
Author note: Due to technical difficulties on Friday, the video version of the SaskAgToday.com Roundtable is unavailable. Below is the audio version of the Roundtable, recorded Friday, March 15. Topic...
Mar 18, 2024
