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Manitoba Government Invests $36.4 Million in Rail Line and Port Of Churchill to Increase International Trade

Manitoba Government Invests $36.4 Million in Rail Line and Port Of Churchill to Increase International Trade

The Manitoba government is investing $36.
USask "Be What The World Needs" Campaign gets $15 million boost from Nutrien

USask "Be What The World Needs" Campaign gets $15 million boost from Nutrien

Nutrien has donated $15 million to the University of Saskatchewan's "Be what the world needs" campaign.
PMRA changes ruling on use of lambda in insecticides

PMRA changes ruling on use of lambda in insecticides

Insecticides with the trade names Matador, Silencer and Labamba are again approved for most uses in the growing season ahead. The active ingredient is lambda-cyhalothrin.
Cattle prices maintain high level in the last Cattle Market Update of January

Cattle prices maintain high level in the last Cattle Market Update of January

Most of the feeder steer prices reported in Saskatchewan this past week were up week-over-week and so were the feeder heifer prices.
Canada's Two Major Railways Still Struggling to Keep Up With Grain Deliveries in Week 25: Ag Transport Coalition

Canada's Two Major Railways Still Struggling to Keep Up With Grain Deliveries in Week 25: Ag Transport Coalition

CN and CPKC Rail supplied a combined 65% of hopper cars ordered in grain week 25, a modest improvement from the 64% order fulfillment performance seen in week 24, and now not having supplied 70% of shipper orders for three consecutive weeks.
American tariffs will hit oats from Yorkton processor

American tariffs will hit oats from Yorkton processor

YORKTON - On Saturday United States president Donald Trump on Saturday signed an order to impose stiff tariffs – 25 per cent -- on imports from Mexico, Canada, and to a lesser rate on China.
SaskAgToday Roundtable: Trade dispute between Canada and U.S., Peavy Mart closing all locations

SaskAgToday Roundtable: Trade dispute between Canada and U.S., Peavy Mart closing all locations

The SaskAgToday.com Roundtable panel discusses the incoming U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods and how that may impact the ag sector. Canada is prepared with counter-tariffs of its own.
$7.2 million of funding to support 30 livestock and forage research projects in Saskatchewan

$7.2 million of funding to support 30 livestock and forage research projects in Saskatchewan

The federal and provincial governments announced $6.9 million in joint funding to support 30 livestock and forage-related scientific research projects in Saskatchewan this year. Combined with funding from industry partners, the total amount is $7.
AAFC January Outlook: wheat acreage expected to increase while canola acreage is expected to slip

AAFC January Outlook: wheat acreage expected to increase while canola acreage is expected to slip

In its January Outlook for Principal Field Crops, the Market Analysis Group of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada has come out with seeded acreage predictions for the upcoming growing season.
APAS calls for pause on capital gains tax changes

APAS calls for pause on capital gains tax changes

REGINA—The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS) is expressing concern over the proposed changes to capital gains tax regulations and calling for a pause on them.