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The cattle sector is hoping satellite technology will be the answer for providing forage insurance comparable to how multi-peril insurance works for grain farmers.

CN and CPKC Rail supplied a combined 91% of hopper cars ordered in grain week 5, a decline from the previous week's 98% order fulfillment performance.

Canadian canola ending stocks edged higher in 2022-23, while wheat carryout was slightly lower. That's according to the latest stocks data from Statistics Canada, released Friday.

Three nominees have been acclaimed to the Saskatchewan Pulse Growers Board of Directors following the close of nominations in early September. BJ Haubrich of Hazenmore will join the Board of Directors in January.

The Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission will welcome one new and three incumbent directors to its board following a summer-long nomination period.

Producers have crossed the half-way point of harvest this week at 51 per cent complete. This is up from 33 per cent last week, ahead of the five-year average (2018-2022) of 34 per cent and the 10-year (2013-2022) of 33 per cent.

Feeder cattle prices were mixed but strong, according to the Provincial Cattle Specialist, Fonda Froats. Froats broke down the latest Cattle Market Update, issued by Canfax, for the week ending September 1.

The Saskatchewan Minister of Agriculture is settling into his added responsibility of being the head of the Water Security Agency.

Harvest progress sits at 37% complete across the province, which is ahead of the 5-year average (31%). Winter wheat and fall rye harvest is complete (100%). Yield reports are averaging about 60 bu/acre for winter wheat and 70 bu/acre for fall rye.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said after talks with Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Monday that it would soon be possible to revive the grain deal that the United Nations says helped to ease a food crisis by getting Ukrainian grain to market.