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The agriculture community wasn't surprised by the outcome of Monday night's provincial election but noticed a clear rural-urban divide among the constituencies claimed by the Saskatchewan Party and the NDP.

SASKATCHEWAN - With more than half of Saskatchewan’s 61 ridings finished counting, Scott Moe and the Saskatchewan Party have retained their majority government after the 2024 provincial election vote. Polls closed at 8 p.m.

A "burning of the brand" was held in Yorkton this (Mon) morning to kick off Agriculture Week in the city. The 35th Annual Grain Millers Harvest Showdown begins on Wednesday, and runs through Saturday, on the Yorkton Exhibition Grounds.

A coalition called Wetlands for Tomorrow is advocating for a provincial wetland conservation policy and for all political parties in the province to make it an election issue this campaign.

On the latest edition of the SaskAgToday.

On Wednesday, the Bank of Canada announced its decision to reduce its key interest rate by half a percentage point to 3.75 per cent. It's down from 4.25 per cent and the fourth rate cut this year. The inflation rate dropping to 1.

A new event will make its debut January 14th and 15th at the Western Development Museum in Saskatoon. The Sask Crops Forum is being organized by SaskOilseeds, Sask Pulse Growers, SaskWheat and SaskBarley.

Harvest progress as of October 22 sits at 95% complete across the province. Corn and sunflower harvest will continue for the next few weeks. Currently, corn is at 55% complete and sunflowers are at 39% complete provincially.

Saskatchewan cattle prices were up again last week. In the Canfax Cattle Market Update for the week ending October 18th, prices for feeder steers were up in every category except for the 900-plus pound steers, where it decreased $1.

Producers who were not paid for grain delivered to Global Food and Ingredients Inc. will not receive full compensation from the Canadian Grain Commission’s payment protection program.