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The latest weekly cattle market update from Canfax focused more on Alberta cattle prices as there weren't enough head marketed in Saskatchewan to get an accurate report.

Provincial seeding progress is about 57% complete, as compared to the five-year average of 45%. Southwest A major rainfall event hit most of the southwest region last week, delaying seeding in most areas.

2024 was the third-highest year for exports for Saskatchewan, according to the annual State of Trade report from the Saskatchewan Trade and Export Partnership (STEP). Total value of exports last year reached $45.4 billion.

CN and CPKC Rail supplied a combined 84% of hopper cars ordered in grain week 40, a modest improvement from the 83% order fulfillment performance seen in week 39.

Rain came down in varying amounts around Saskatchewan leading up to Friday's edition of the SaskAgToday.com Roundtable. The moisture is welcome and some producers got seeding done prior to the rainfall.

New farm equipment sales usually follow a cycle and it seems they are down right now. Ben Voss has tracked equipment sales for years. He says the peak for new equipment sales was around 2021 and 2022 before declining the next two years.

Seeding is close to the half-way mark in Saskatchewan, according to Thursday's provincial crop report. Progress is 49% complete, up 31% from last week and is ahead of the five-year average of 32% and the ten-year average of 34%.

Anthrax was confirmed by laboratory results on Tuesday as the cause of death in cattle in the R.M. of Paynton No. 470, the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture confirmed in a news release Wednesday afternoon. Dr.

There were no prices available for the feeder steer and feeder heifer weight categories in the weekly Cattle Market Update for the week ending May 9.

Cereals • Winter wheat and fall rye survival looks average to above-average in most regions. • Spring wheat, oat, and barley acres are almost complete in the Southwest, Central, Eastern and Interlake Regions.