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After seriously ramping up their tariff battle a few weeks ago and then not talking for a while, the United States and China say they've reached a deal to roll back most of their tariffs.

Saskatchewan-based agricultural clean-tech company Prairie Clean Enterprises (PCE) is setting up shop in Weyburn with the "world's first" flax straw processing facility.

CN and CPKC Rail supplied a combined 83% of hopper cars ordered in grain week 39, an improvement from the 77% order fulfillment performance seen in week 38.

The SaskAgToday.com Roundtable takes a look at seeding progress in Saskatchewan and Manitoba, as it got well underway this past week.

The first crop report of 2025 from the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture has seeding progress at 18% complete. It's ahead of the five year average of 10 per cent and the ten year average of 12 per cent.

Provincial seeding progress is 8% complete, sitting ahead of the 5-year average of 6%. Southwest Good weather over the past week has given producers an opportunity to accelerate their seeding operations.

Another set of benchmarks were set for Saskatchewan feeder cattle prices.

CN and CPKC Rail supplied a combined 77% of hopper cars ordered in grain week 38, an improvement from the 72% order fulfillment performance seen in week 37.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency detected the presence of Avian Influenza (AI) in Saskatchewan and Manitoba last week.

Environment Canada says other than a few cold days in the beginning and snowfall towards the end of April, last month was average for temperatures and precipitation.