Category Archives: News
Lots to consider heading into 2025 growing season, says a market analyst
Weather and international trade top the list of concerns for grain, oilseed and pulse crop producers heading into 2025. Unfortunately, both issues are out of farmer control making it difficult to deve...
Dec 19, 2024
Sask. Cattlemen's Association willing to help CFIA with Bovine TB investigation
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 that originate...
Dec 19, 2024
Tariff threats cast a shadow over US reliance on Canada for the majority of its oil imports
NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. increasingly relies on Canadian crude oil to meet domestic demand and that relationship faces potential strain amid the threat of tariffs from President-elect Donald...
Dec 19, 2024
CFIA Investigating case of Bovine TB found in a cow from a Saskatchewan herd
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency detected a positive case of Bovine Tuberculosis in a cow originating from a herd in Saskatchewan. On November 29th, the CFIA Ottawa Laboratory Fallowfield confirmed...
Dec 18, 2024
health minister breached conflict-of-interest rules, penalty recommended
Saskatchewan's conflict of interest commissioner has found Health Minister Jeremy Cockrill breached rules when a window company with family ties did business with the government three years ago. ...
Dec 18, 2024
Canada pushes net-zero electricity target to 2050 as Alberta vows legal challenge
The federal government has pushed its target to achieve a net-zero electricity grid back 15 years to 2050 as part of new clean electricity regulations announced Tuesday - though officials maintain tha...
Dec 18, 2024
Bred cows following same trajectory as feeder cattle - high prices, high demand
Bred heifers and young bred cows are selling at record high prices, a response to the record high prices being paid for feeder calves. Brenna Grant, the Executive Director of Canfax, which is a divisi...
Dec 17, 2024
Agri-Food Exports to UAE up 19% to $322-million: Provincial Government
Saskatchewan exported more agri-food products to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the first 10 months of this year compared with the same period last year. The provincial government says between Janu...
Dec 17, 2024
Sask. Cattle Prices Decline in last Cattle Market Update of 2024
Cattle prices in Saskatchewan hit a speed bump last week after weeks of steady increases. In the Cattle Market Update for the week ending December 13th from Canfax, prices for most feeder steer and fe...
Dec 17, 2024
City of Melville passes 2025 Operating & Capital budgets
Melville City Council passed the 2025 Operating and Capital budgets during their council meeting on Monday night. Residents of Melville will see a 3.875 percent increase in taxes & 3.89 percent in...
Dec 17, 2024
