Category Archives: News
Cattle prices down to start October: Cattle Market Update
Cattle prices in the province were mostly down last week. The cattle market update from Canfax for the week ending October 4th shows prices were down in the 6-to-7, 7-8, and 8-9 hundred pound feeder s...
Oct 09, 2024
Farm land value increases in first half of 2024: FCC report
The value of farmland across Canada for the first six months of 2024 increased by 5.5 per cent. That's according to a mid-year farmland values review done by Farm Credit Canada, which cited elevated b...
Oct 09, 2024
CN Rail President and CEO In Regina for the Hill Business School Dinner.
Tracy Robinson, the president and CEO of Canadian National Railway, is making a visit to Regina, and its a homecoming of sorts. Robinson was born in Bethune, and went to Lumsden High School. After att...
Oct 09, 2024
Study shows Agribition has major impact
Last year's Canadian Western Agribition created lots of positive economic activity for the province. Agribition shared stats from an economic impact study conducted by Praxis Consulting. It showed the...
Oct 08, 2024
Oct. 7th Melville City Council Highlights
Melville City council approved a new Memorial Tree and Bench program. The program allows the public to pay tribute to a loved one by donating and dedicating a tree or trees or a bench to be plan...
Oct 08, 2024
Over $6.8-million allocated to enhance organic farming sector in Canada
Canada's organic farming sector is the focus of recent federal funding. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada announced $6.8-million of funding for the Organic Federation of Canada (OFC) over five years th...
Oct 07, 2024
MOU signed between Arctic Gateway Group, Invest Tisdale to restore two-way rail traffic in Churchill
An economic development agency in northeast Saskatchewan wants to get regular grain shipments moving through Churchill once again. The Arctic Gateway Group, which owns the port and the lengthy Hudson ...
Oct 04, 2024
Crop yields and quality of wheat vary as farmers get closer to wrapping up harvest
Warm and drier weather this past week allowed farmers to make more progress on harvest. The provincial crop report has progress at 91 per cent complete, up from 79 per cent last week and way ahead of ...
Oct 03, 2024
Cattle prices up, more marketed in latest Cattle Market Update
Prices for Saskatchewan Feeder Steers and Heifers were up in the latest Cattle Market Update for the week ending September 27th. Steer prices were available in every category except for the 300-400 po...
Oct 03, 2024
Shipments to resume as Montreal port strike wraps up as scheduled
The union representing Montreal dockworkers has ended a three-day strike at two terminals as scheduled. The Maritime Employers Association confirmed the work stoppage came to an end at 7 a.m. at the t...
Oct 03, 2024
