Crops

CN and CPKC Rail supplied a combined 96% of hopper cars ordered in grain week 40, a slight improvement from the previous week's 95% order fulfillment performance.

Sask Wheat has approved $1.6 million in funding over two years to the eight Saskatchewan AgriARM sites.

The Government of Canada and Saskatchewan announced that 56 Agriculture Demonstration of Practices and Technologies program (ADOPT) projects and eight Strategic Field Program (SFP) projects received more than $1.4 million in funding in 2023.

The CEO of Canadian fertilizer giant Nutrien says the company may consider slowing down its previously announced plan to ramp up potash production, in light of falling prices and lower sales volumes.

A piece of legislation that would provide farmers with carbon tax relief is in front of Canadian senators.

Seeding is underway in Saskatchewan, with nine per cent of the crop in the ground, according to the first Crop Report of the season.

Turkey's Foreign Minister believes the Ukraine Black Sea grain deal could be extended for at least two more months, as officials from the parties involved held the first day of talks yesterday on an extension in Istanbul.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada will not be intimidated by China following tit-for-tat diplomatic expulsions by Ottawa and Beijing.

Saskatchewan Trade and Export Development Minister Jeremy Harrison announced that exports to the United States hit an all-time high. Exports in 2022 were valued at $29.3 billion, a 74 percent increase since 2018.

Ukrainian grain farmers in areas now free from Russian occupation are wondering if they should risk their lives to clear explosives before the critical spring planting season.