CKRM Agriculture

This year's Canadian Western Agribition recorded the highest attendance since 2005. There were 142,807 people who came to the 2023 show, a 19 percent increase from 2022, and event CEO Shaun Kindopp is proud of that.

There’s more evidence of just how quickly farm equipment costs have escalated. Manitoba Agriculture updates its Farm Machinery Guide every two years.

An amendment to remove barn and greenhouse heating and cooling from a bill that would exempt propane and natural gas from the carbon price was passed yesterday in the Senate by a narrow margin.

Farm Credit Canada is projecting new farm equipment sales in 2024 to slow down, based on a variety of factors.

The weekly Cattle Market Update issued by Canfax shows prices for feeder steer and heifers in Saskatchewan were mixed once again.

Statistics Canada boosted 2023 canola and wheat production estimates as crops finished better than expected in part of the Prairies.

The Executive Director of the Do More Ag Foundation says a virtual mental health session for men that was held earlier this month was a great one.

The need for a wetland conservation policy in Saskatchewan was a key topic covered in Question Period yesterday (Wed).

Plenty of debate among Senators but no progress made on Bill C-234, an exemption of the carbon tax for natural gas and propane used for grain drying and heating & cooling of barns.

Feeder steer and heifer prices in Saskatchewan were mixed, according to the Canfax Cattle Market Update for the week ending November 24.