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Cattle prices in the province were mostly down last week. The cattle market update from Canfax for the week ending October 4th shows prices were down in the 6-to-7, 7-8, and 8-9 hundred pound feeder steer categories.

The value of farmland across Canada for the first six months of 2024 increased by 5.5 per cent.

Many regions experienced their first frost during the overnight hours on Oct. 3 to 4. Canola harvest is nearing completion and is estimated to be 94% complete across the province.

Tracy Robinson, the president and CEO of Canadian National Railway, is making a visit to Regina, and its a homecoming of sorts. Robinson was born in Bethune, and went to Lumsden High School.

Last year's Canadian Western Agribition created lots of positive economic activity for the province. Agribition shared stats from an economic impact study conducted by Praxis Consulting. It showed the 2023 event generated $116.

Canada's organic farming sector is the focus of recent federal funding. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada announced $6.

CN and CPKC Rail supplied a combined 77% of hopper cars ordered in grain week 8, a slight deterioration from the 85% order fulfillment performance seen in week 7.

An economic development agency in northeast Saskatchewan wants to get regular grain shipments moving through Churchill once again.

Harvest continues in spring cereals and canola. Spring cereals are nearing completion, and canola harvest is estimated at 78% complete. Soybean harvest progressed rapidly throughout the week, with 29% estimated as complete across the province.