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Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd. (CPKC) and Canadian National Railway Co. (CN Rail) and the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference, union representing about 9,300 workers, are gearing up for a potential work stoppage later this week.

Ottawa has announced up to $6.5 million in funding to Bio-industrial Innovation Canada (BIC) through the AgriScience Program – Clusters Component, an initiative under the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership.

It's a new chapter for Ray Orb, as he is now adjusting to life after being the president of the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) for the last ten years, and twenty overall with the Board. Thursday was his last day in the role.

In a one-on-one interview with host of SaskAgToday and 620 CKRM AgriNews Director Ryan Young, Provincial Agriculture Minister David Marit talked about a variety of topics.

Harvest progress went up a little bit in Saskatchewan, as six per cent has been combined.

Provincial Highways Minister Lori Carr wrote to the federal government, urging them to use available measures to prevent a work stoppage of CPKC and CN Rail while the railways and union negotiate a new collective agreement.

There will be a change in leadership at the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM).

The newly formed Saskatchewan Oilseeds Development Commission (SaskOilseeds) is looking for nominations for four open spots on the Board of Directors.

CN and CPKC Rail supplied a combined 87% of hopper cars ordered in grain week 53, a modest improvement from the 83% order fulfillment performance seen in week 52.