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What can be done to help cattle producers facing another year of drought and serious feed shortages? The Saskatchewan Cattlemen’s Association has held well attended meetings in Kindersley, Perdue, Cabri and Cadillac to address the issue.

For the longest time, if you wanted to look at a soil survey map of any piece of land in Saskatchewan, you'd have to get an actual map of it or a survey book.

The talk of drought on the Canadian Prairies has been everywhere, from the municipal level, to provincial, and even federal.

USDA reports the spring wheat harvest is now 11% complete. That is 3% behind the five-year average of 14%. South Dakota leads the way at 38% harvested, while North Dakota is at 2%. USDA said 41% of the spring wheat crop was rated good to excellent.

A strong close to the 2022-2023 crop year by both CN and CPKC Rail. The Ag Transport Coalition reports the two major railways supplied a combined 98% of hopper cars ordered in grain week 52, up from 96% in grain week 51.

The President of the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) has been busy this summer working on the drought issue.

The U-N Food and Agriculture Organization is concerned global food prices are rising since Russia pulled out of a deal allowing Ukraine to ship grain out of Black Sea ports. Vegetable oil prices jumped 12.

Cargill says its fiscal year 2023 revenue increased 7% from a year earlier to $177 billion, the highest ever for the 158-year-old company.

Agricultural chemical and seed company Corteva has cut its annual sales expectations as demand for its crop protection products showed signs of contraction. Corteva said it expects net sales between $17.9 billion and $18.

The Manitoba government is encouraging Manitobans to shop, cook, dine and celebrate the quality and diversity of local and Canadian foods and cuisine by participating in the 20th anniversary of Food Day Canada tomorrow.