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Farm Credit Canada (FCC) is announcing a new FCC Replacement Heifer Program to help Canadian cattle producers in maintaining or expanding their herds. The Canadian beef cattle inventory was pegged by Statistics Canada at 10.

Limited harvest progress over the last week due to widespread rainfall across the province. Harvest progress sits at 90% complete across the province, which is ahead of the 5-year average (86%).

A Saskatchewan-based company that focuses on providing sustainable and clean prairie-based biomass fuel, wants to buy flax straw from producers.

It has become increasingly attractive for farmers to own a semi to haul their own grain to market rather than relying on custom truckers.

The Canadian Grain Commission's Harvest Sample Program is up-and-running for the 97th year.

CN and CPKC Rail supplied a combined 85% of hopper cars ordered in grain week 10, a modest increase from the previous week's 83% order fulfillment performance.

The commons ag committee will again be discussing bill C-275 early next week, when parliament resumes following the Thanksgiving break.

The latest cattle market update from Canfax, for the week ending October 6, indicates prices are starting to lose steam.

A grand opening was held this morning (Wed) for a new fertilizer production facility in Rosetown. The AGT Soileos Production Facility is the result of an ongoing partnership between AGT Foods and Lucent BioSciences.