Livestock

Farm cash receipts from crops decreased in the first six months of the year as compared to 2023 while livestock receipts were higher. According to Statistics Canada, farm cash receipts for Canadian farmers totalled $47.

Producers continue to make progress with harvest despite scattered storms throughout the province over the past week. A few areas received severe storms producing heavy rain and hail causing some crop damage.

REGINA — Applications are open until Aug. 31 for the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan's (APAS) Young Leaders program.

Note: The SaskAgToday.com Roundtable will be taking another two week break and will return on Friday, August 16. In the meantime, enjoy today's Roundtable with Chief Agricultural Editor of SaskAgToday.

The tenth edition of Ag in Motion is in the books, and numbers provided by organizers suggest it continues to grow. Exhibitors hit an all-time high of 607 at the three-day show near Langham and attendance was on par with previous years at 30,805.

Farm & Food Care Saskatchewan is eagerly awaiting the start of the first Open Farm Days next month. Open Farm Days got its start in Atlantic Canada and has since spread to Ontario, Alberta, and now Saskatchewan.

McGill University researchers, with help from the Canadian Light Source at the University of Saskatchewan, discovered a new way to turn carbon dioxide (CO2) into methane and continuously use it as an energy source.

The annual conference of Federal, Provincial and Territorial (FPT) Ministers of Agriculture was held in Whitehorse, Yukon, from July 17 to 19, 2024.