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The Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission will welcome one new and three incumbent directors to its board following a summer-long nomination period.

Producers have crossed the half-way point of harvest this week at 51 per cent complete. This is up from 33 per cent last week, ahead of the five-year average (2018-2022) of 34 per cent and the 10-year (2013-2022) of 33 per cent.

Feeder cattle prices were mixed but strong, according to the Provincial Cattle Specialist, Fonda Froats. Froats broke down the latest Cattle Market Update, issued by Canfax, for the week ending September 1.

The Saskatchewan Minister of Agriculture is settling into his added responsibility of being the head of the Water Security Agency.

Harvest progress sits at 37% complete across the province, which is ahead of the 5-year average (31%). Winter wheat and fall rye harvest is complete (100%). Yield reports are averaging about 60 bu/acre for winter wheat and 70 bu/acre for fall rye.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said after talks with Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Monday that it would soon be possible to revive the grain deal that the United Nations says helped to ease a food crisis by getting Ukrainian grain to market.

CN and CPKC Rail supplied a combined 98% of hopper cars ordered in grain week 4, an improvement from the previous week's 93% order fulfillment performance.

Today, the Governments of Canada and Saskatchewan announced a record-breaking level of payments under the Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation (SCIC) Forage Rainfall Insurance Program.

The Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance is applauding the Canadian government for opposing Mexico's biotech corn ban.

For the first time in five years, the United States Department of Agriculture forecasts national net farm income will fall nearly 23% in 2023, coming down from a record high in 2022.