CKRM Agriculture

While February was warm and drier than normal, March was sort of the opposite. Environment Canada Meteorologist Natalie Hazel had the weather stats for last month, and summarized March as being a little colder than normal.

AgTech is being billed as a particular focus for the 2024 edition of Canada’s Farm Show, which is back in Regina on June 18 to 20.

China remains Canada's largest wheat customer, even though purchases are down about 15 percent compared to the same point during the last crop year.

There was very limited information on feeder steer and heifer prices in Saskatchewan due to low volume.

Durum 387.37 Feed barley 232.58 Canola 605.02 Chickpeas 992.08 Flax 629.54 Lentils 732.50 Oats 255.32 Yellow Peas 474.72 Feed Wheat 233.45 1 Red Spring Wheat 310.39

The Saskatchewan Barley Development Commission (SaskBarley) is committing $856,651 towards barley research over the next five years.

Saskatchewan-based company Prairie Clean Energy (PCE) was recently approved by the provincial government for a new investor tax credit through the Saskatchewan Technology Startup Incentive Program (STSI), that would give 45 cents back for every dolla

Producers enrolled in the 2023 Canada-Saskatchewan Feed Program will be getting a top-up to help cover extraordinary costs for transportation of feed and help maintain the breeding herd.

A producer and farm leader in Saskatchewan, Jake Leguee, is optimistic for the future of farming in this province, through what he terms the “miracle of incremental progress”.