CKRM Agriculture

The application window is wide open for the 5th annual Community Fund, put on by the Do More Agriculture Foundation and Farm Credit Canada. Do More Ag has been accepting applications since January 18 and the deadline is February 15.

The General and Grain Services Union, which represents 436 Viterra workers between Locals 1 & 2, appear to have a new bone to pick with the company.

The pea leaf weevil (PLW) is a common pest of field peas and faba beans in its native Europe and represents a potential major threat to these crops in Saskatchewan.

Drew Lerner of World Weather Inc. was the closing speaker at the Crossroads Crop Conference Wednesday in Calgary. Lerner provided some hope that 2024 will not be a serious drought year.

The Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) commends the federal and provincial governments for including 10 more R.M.s into the Canada-Saskatchewan Feed Program. Both governments announced yesterday (Tues) the R.M.

Not a whole lot of information to chew on when it comes to the Cattle Market Update, issued by Canfax.

Changes are occurring in farm financing. At the Crossroads Crop Conference underway in Calgary, a lender highlighted some of the financing trends.

Today, the Honourable Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, announced that the Government of Canada will become a founding member of the Efficient Fertilizer Consortium (EFC).

Livestock producers considering compensation for incurring extraordinary costs related to feed and/or transportation last year, due to drought conditions, have two extra weeks to apply to the Canada-Saskatchewan Feed Program.

Producer payment security is not a top-of-mind issue for producers until suddenly a grain buyer runs into financial difficulty and they aren’t paid for their delivered grain.