Tag Archives: Canadian Ag News
Nearly $15 million allocated to 53 crop research projects in Western Canada
The federal and Saskatchewan governments have announced a total of $9.4 million in funding for crop-related research, in addition to $5.4 million in co-funding from industry partners for a combined to...
Jan 16, 2025
Help wanted: Crop Reporters for the season
The Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture is in need of additional crop reporters for this growing season. As of November 28th, 2024, the Ministry of Ag has 209 Crop Reporters throughout the province. ...
Jan 15, 2025
Ottawa approves Bunge's acquisition of Viterra
The federal government has approved Bunge's acquisition of Viterra, with conditions attached. The conditions, Transport Canada says in a news release published on Tuesday, are meant to "ensure that th...
Jan 15, 2025
Canada Grains Council welcomes CUSMA panel ruling in U.S.-Mexico dispute over genetically-modified corn
The Canada Grains Council is glad the CUSMA dispute settlement panel ruled in favour of the U.S. regarding imports of genetically modified corn into Mexico. In February of 2023, Mexico instituted a ba...
Jan 12, 2025
SaskAgToday Roundtable: A little bit of protein and a lot of politics
On the SaskAgToday.com Roundtable with Chief Agricultural Editor Kevin Hursh, 620 CKRM AgriNews Director Ryan Young, and GX94 Agriculture Director Doug Falconer: -The week got off to a hot start with ...
Jan 10, 2025
December was a "roller-coaster" month for weather
Weather in the last month of 2024 for Saskatchewan brought a mixture of freezing rain and snow as well as cold and warm temperatures. Environment Canada Meteorologist Danielle Desjardins says December...
Jan 08, 2025
Depending on soil zone and high yield assumption, some crops are more profitable than others
Saskatchewan Agriculture's 2025 Crop Planning Guide is now available on-line. Printed versions will be available at the Crop Production Show next week in Saskatoon and also at regional offices. Some c...
Jan 08, 2025
Farm groups processing Prime Minister Trudeau's resignation announcement
Farm groups are digesting an announcement made Monday morning from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who said he is resigning as leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and Prime Minister, once the party s...
Jan 06, 2025
Reducing methane production the goal of a five-year study
A cross-Canada research project will attempt to reduce methane production by finding rumen efficiencies. Dr. Leluo Guan from the University of British Columbia was recent awarded $7.9 million from the...
Jan 03, 2025
A look at trends from 2024 Crop Prices
Crop prices varied dramatically throughout 2024. The agriculture portion of the Saskatchewan government website has graphs of farm gate grain prices over time. Note that prices vary from one location ...
Jan 02, 2025
