Agriculture News
Rural municipalities want changes to provincial road program
The Rural Integrated Roads for Growth program---also known as RIG---has been around for a couple of decades. The provincial government provides up to 50 percent of each project's total cost to a maximum of $500,000. Each individual RM covers the rest and program administration is handled by SARM. Last year, the provinc...
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SARM President will not seek re-election in 2025
Ray Orb from Cupar has led the association representing 296 rural municipalities for the last nine years. Orb was first elected to the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities Board of Director in 2004. Orb and his wife Val, who is the mayor of Cupar, plan to spend more time at their seasonal campsite along Lak...
Mar 15, 2024
Average Saskatchewan farmland increase highest in the country last year
The Farm Credit Canada annual farmland values report says the national increase was 11.5 percent last year---just a bit less than the 12.8 per cent reported in 2022. There were four provinces that had average farmland value increases in the double digits: Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and Saskatchewan. The average farmland...
Mar 12, 2024
Water Security Agency runoff forecast improves following recent snow
The spring runoff potential has improved in some areas, but the majority of Saskatchewan remains in the below normal or well below normal categories. Snowstorms during the first weekend of March delivered up to 40 centimetres of snow in some locations, such as Saskatoon and Yorkton. These areas can now anticipate a nea...
Mar 12, 2024
Provincial government renews funding commitment to GIFS
The Global Institute for Food Security (GIFS) at the University of Saskatchewan is part of the agri-science hub at Innovation Place. Founded in 2012, GIFS works with its partners to provide expertise and leadership in the discovery, development and delivery of innovative solutions to produce globally sustainable food. ...
Mar 12, 2024
Saskatchewan farmers planning on seeding more durum, lentils, peas and oats in 2024
Falling grain and oilseed prices have more farmers gravitating towards pulses, but the traditional canola and spring wheat still remain number one and two in Saskatchewan. Statistics Canada surveyed over 3,200 provincial farmers from mid-December through mid-January. Durum is pegged to rise more than five per cent to 5...
Mar 11, 2024
Smart sprayers---economically and environmentally friendly
Sprayer development has been progressing rapidly in recent years. The next step is spot spraying using cameras mounted on the sprayer boom. The technology is being used on corn and soybeans in the United States. Research and testing continues on crops with more narrow row spacing, such as canola and wheat. CJWW Agricul...
Mar 08, 2024
Ottawa announces new round of funding for Clean Agriculture Technology
Over $97-million is being invested to help farms and agri-businesses invest in the latest equipment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Examples of projects receiving funding are soil sensors, lower emission grain dryers, solar panels electric heating systems, biomass boilers and precision ag equipment. Federal Agricul...
Mar 07, 2024
Well-above normal temperatures in February
Well-above normal temperatures during the first half of February allowed all reporting centres to have monthly mean temperatures anywhere from 2.3 to 5.6 degrees above normal. Meadow Lake topped the list at 5.6 degrees above normal making it the fifth warmest February in the last 62 years. Saskatoon recorded the 13th ...
Mar 06, 2024
Errors contained in some individual Crop Insurance packages---improvements made to forage insurance
Saskatchewan Crop Insurance found an oversight in premiums for some customers late last week, according to provincial Agriculture Minister David Marit. The premiums were higher than they should be in both the printed package and on Crop Connect. Crop Insurance has been working to resolve the issue. New printed packages...
Mar 05, 2024