Seeding

The 620 CKRM Country Cookout for the spring season is in the books and our last winner was Greg Kistner from the Bethune area. Thursday was perfect weather for a cookout after consecutive days of rain. Following the festivities, 620 CKRM Agri-News Director Ryan Young talked to Kistner about how seeding and calving have gone […]

Seeding is way ahead of schedule in Saskatchewan and rain this past week kept topsoil moisture at adequate levels sum up Thursday’s provincial crop report. Progress is currently 72%, an increase of 23% from last week’s crop report and ahead of the five-year average of 60% and the ten-year average of 64% for this time […]

Rain came down in varying amounts around Saskatchewan leading up to Friday’s edition of the SaskAgToday.com Roundtable. The moisture is welcome and some producers got seeding done prior to the rainfall. Elsewhere, a new Federal Agriculture Minister was sworn in with P.E.I. Liberal MP Heath MacDonald taking on the role, which was a surprise to […]

The Rowan family from the Young area are the 5th winners of the spring 620 CKRM Country Cookout. 620 CKRM Agri-News Director Ryan Young talked to Brennan and Jadi Rowan about the history of the farm and whether their two young kids have helped out with seeding this spring.

The SaskAgToday.com Roundtable takes a look at seeding progress in Saskatchewan and Manitoba, as it got well underway this past week. Elsewhere, Prairie Clean Enterprises announced it will be setting up a flax straw processing facility in Weyburn; a look at grain and livestock prices; and an early look at who could be named Federal […]

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. Despite storms around the province in April, producers have been able to get in the field and […]

Michael Stein with C2 Farms was the second winner of the spring edition of the 620 CKRM Country Cookout to close out week one.  We spent the evening at one of the C2 Farms in the Lewvan area with some of the farm hands. Unfortunately, Michael wasn’t able to make it as he explained to […]

Seeding is slowly getting underway in parts of Saskatchewan. The SaskAgToday.com Roundtable shares seeding observations around the province. SaskPower reminds producers as well to be safe around power lines when operating large farm equipment. Other topics discussed include grain & oilseed prices, cattle prices, the Soil Health Network looking for farmer input for their soil […]

In its annual reminder to farmers across Saskatchewan, SaskPower says stay clear of power lines when operating farm equipment during seeding. Last year, SaskPower recorded 262 farm-related incidents involving power infrastructure such as power lines with most of them occurring in the spring. It’s also a small decrease from 268 incidents recorded in 2023. There […]

Most areas in the province are about one to two weeks away from seeding. Farmers are making sure equipment, seed, and fertilizer are ready ahead of one of the busiest times of the year. Depending on the region, farmers are still waiting or just starting to work in the field. Tyce Masich, a Crops Extension […]