Category Archives: Front Page Headlines

CN Rail says there was good grain movement in May but no new monthly record. It breaks the trend of over a year of consecutive months of new records for prairie grain shipments. CN Rail executive vice...

  The latest crop report says most Saskatchewan farmers need more rain, especially in the southern and western regions. The northeast and east central regions saw the most rain, with the highest ...

The federal and provincial governments are pumping $2.5-million into pulse crop research at the University of Saskatchewan. Agriculture minister David Marit says the goal is to find new opportunities ...

  Saskatoon-based Nutrien is expecting record potash sales this year. Nutrien has outlined stronger than expected earnings in the first half of this year because of strong global fertilizer marke...

Former premier Brad Wall sees a bright future for agriculture in Saskatchewan. In a feature interview for Canada’s Farm Show event last week, Wall says the outlook is based on prices and worldwi...

The Saskatchewan Water Security Agency is encouraging rural municipalities and Conservation and Development Areas to take advantage of the largest channel clearing grant ever offered. The province is ...

  The federal government says the new 166 million dollar Agricultural Clean Technology Program is open to applicants. The new program provides farmers and agri-businesses with access to funding t...

The Western Canadian Wheat Growers submission on Novel Food regulations focuses on plant breeding. Health Canada is holding consultations on gene-editing and the need to better understand the technolo...

  The NDP is calling on the province to protect farmers from possible drought and improve the agristability support program. Opposition critic Trent Wotherspoon says farm groups support increased...

  Raven Industries of South Dakota has announced a new brand name for its robotic farm equipment. Its called Omni, meaning all, as the equipment enables hands-free precision farming. Omnidrive re...