Category Archives: CKRM Agriculture
More canola and less wheat than expected this harvest: Statistics Canada
Statistics Canada released its crop production report today (Thu). Canadian farmers are forecast to harvest more canola in 2025/26, while there’s to be less wheat. StatCan estimated there&r...
Aug 28, 2025
Saskatchewan providing support to Crown land grazing lessees
The Ministry of Agriculture today announced it is offering the Crown Grazing Lease Rental Reduction Program for the 2025 grazing season. "Saskatchewan's livestock producers continue to face challenges...
Aug 27, 2025 Estevan Mercury/ File photo
Moe: Drop the Chinese EV Tariffs
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says as he prepares to go to China, he would like the federal government to drop its electric vehicle tariff on Beijing. But Moe says Canada would need to walk a fine li...
Aug 26, 2025
Rain stalls harvest progress in Saskatchewan
Combines didn't see much action last week due to scattered rainfall, thunderstorms, and humid mornings. The provincial crop report has harvest progress at just three per cent complete with the so...
Aug 21, 2025
Province commits to major investment in Grain Millers Drive north of Yorkton
A major transportation corridor north of Yorkton is set for long-awaited improvements as the Government of Saskatchewan announced it will cover up to half the cost of upgrading Grain Millers Drive. Th...
Aug 20, 2025
FCC extends trade disruption support to canola producers
In light of continued global trade disruptions, including new tariffs affecting Canadian canola seed, Farm Credit Canada (FCC) is reiterating its support for agribusinesses, farm operations and food p...
Aug 19, 2025
'This is our livelihood': Farmers brace for hit from new China canola tariff
Farmer Bill Prybylski says China's planned tariff on canola seed wasn't factored into his business equations this year. The president of the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan says the...
Aug 13, 2025 Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Heath MacDonald leaves a caucus meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, May 28, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
'Everything is dying': Prairie farmers, crops struggling with yearly droughts
REGINA - It's the ninth year in a row Quinton Jacksteit's farm has experienced drought. The southwest Saskatchewan farmer, who also is the reeve for the Rural Municipality of Big Stick, says his crops...
Jul 07, 2025 Red lentils are shown growing in a dry field on June 29, 2025, on Quinton Jacksteit's farm near Golden Prairie in southwest Saskatchewan. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout - Quinton Jacksteit
Viterra, Bunge $8.2B merger officially completed
Bunge announced its successful merger with Viterra Limited, forming what they anticipate will be a leading global agribusiness company specializing in food, feed, and fuel. This US$8.2-billion deal wa...
Jul 03, 2025 A booth run by Viterra at Agribition in Regina. Photo from the Viterra Social Media Page on Facebook.
APAS report claims "farmer's share continues to shrink"
The gap between the cost of groceries and what farmers, who produce those foods, receive in return is wider compared to the previous three years, according to the Agricultural Producers' Association o...
Jul 02, 2025
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