Tag Archives: Canadian Ag News
Barley research continuing in large part to funding from federal government, farm groups
A total of $9.6-million in funding will help the Canadian National Barley Cluster make barley a more competitive and resilient crop. $5.2-million of the funding comes from Agriculture and Agri-Food Ca...
Jul 08, 2024
June weather brought the opposite of initial forecast
June was a cool and wet month for most of Saskatchewan. Environment Canada released last month's weather statistics on Tuesday and Meteorologist Terri Lang says temperatures were cooler than normal th...
Jul 04, 2024
Saskatchewan has highest increase in farm equity according to Stats Canada Report
Statistics Canada has released a balance sheet for the agricultural sector of the country. The report details assets, liabilities and equity for agriculture in each province. Stats Canada says the val...
Jun 21, 2024
GIFS' Accelerated Breeding Program gets a $5-million boost from Farm Credit Canada
Canadian agriculture is set to thrive further with a $5 million investment from Farm Credit Canada (FCC) into the accelerated breeding program at the Global Institute for Food Security (GIFS) at the U...
Jun 21, 2024
"Let'r Rip": Degelman Industries introduces new line of Staggered Ripper
Degelman Industries unveiled a new product at the Launch Pad during Canada's Farm Show on Tuesday. The HDSR series of staggered ripper is being introduced in Canada after a soft launch in the United S...
Jun 21, 2024
Day one at Canada's Farm Show, in Pictures
A display outside of Canada's Farm Show at the REAL District in Regina. June 2024 Andrew Dawson Harvard Media's booth at Canada's Farm Show 2024, featuring Sask Ag Today, CKRM and GX 94 Ryan Young and...
Jun 18, 2024
Saskatchewan-based company close to reaching crowdfunding goal to expand operations
Prairie Clean Energy (PCE), a Saskatchewan-based company, is embarking on a crowdfunding campaign with a goal to raise $1.5 million. As of Friday evening, over $930-thousand has been raised through Fr...
Jun 17, 2024
Beef Market Outlook: Demand high as supplies are low
Demand for beef is expected to stay high even though the cattle herd has declined in Canada and the United States and beef prices are relatively high. Anne Wasko, president of Cattle Trends provided a...
Jun 12, 2024
Survey looks at how much farms pay employees compared to other sectors
While pay will always remain an important factor in attracting new employees to the agriculture sector, other issues such as work flexibility, vacation time and sick days could make the difference in ...
May 30, 2024
Stats Canada numbers show net farm income in Saskatchewan higher compared to other provinces
Statistics Canada has released a blizzard of farm income and expense statistics for 2022, 2023 and the first part of this year. In both 2022 and 2023, Alberta had higher farm cash receipts than Saskat...
May 29, 2024
