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Changes have been made to the Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation’s (SCIC) Guardian Dog Rebate Program. Under the Wildlife Damage Compensation and Prevention Program, changes to the rebate will help to make it more affordable for producers to prevent wildlife damage to livestock, by upping the maximum rebate per dog from $100 to $400 per dog. […]

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 the further north you went, going against what they initially forecast of a warmer than average month. “Goes to show you that we don’t know […]

Programming note: The SaskAgToday.com Roundtable will be taking a two week break, and will return on Friday, July 19.

There weren’t a lot of surprises in yesterday’s seeded acreage report from Statistics Canada.  The seeded acreages for most crops were not too far from grain trade expectations. One exception may have been barley, down nearly 13 per cent as compared to last year. The drop was greatest in Saskatchewan – down 17.5 per cent. […]

Statistics Canada released an updated seeded acreage report of principle field crops for June. Looking at Saskatchewan, seeded acreage was mixed for wheat, canola, barley, oats, lentils and dry peas. Producers planted 14.2 million acres of wheat, unchanged from last year. Spring wheat acres was down 2 per cent but was offset by durum acres […]

Canada’s Farm Show is looking ahead to next year and highlighted a few things from this year’s show. While already announced, a news release from REAL on Wednesday mentioned the new dates for next year – March 18-20 – in an effort to attract more people to the show and to “align more with the […]

Frequent rainfall across Saskatchewan is causing crops in some regions to fall behind on development, according to the provincial crop report released Thursday morning. Spring wheat and oilseed crops are furthest behind. Crops in the southwest are furthest advanced but crops in the northeast and southeast are falling behind. Crops Extension Specialist Meghan Rosso says […]

Crop progression was noted in all regions of Manitoba over the last week. Fall rye stands are at the soft dough stage. In winter wheat, heads have fully emerged and flowered. Rapid advancement in winter cereal crop development continues and crop conditions are rated as good. Spring cereals continue to advance with earliest planted fields […]

Today, Agriculture Minister David Marit joined Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) to celebrate the start of construction of a new pea protein isolate production plant at the site of the company’s existing industrial complex in Yorkton. The new production plant is expected to be operational by the end of 2025 and will employ approximately 60 people […]

The price premium for durum over spring wheat is narrowing. That’s one of the takeaways from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s June outlook report for principal field crops. Ag Canada has lowered its durum price forecast for the current crop year. The May forecast had the average price of durum at $450 a tonne for the […]