Saskatchewan Beef Expo results
There was a market steer and a heifer show on Thursday morning with the grand champion in each event winning a special belt buckle as well as a $250 post-secondary scholarship. Waylon Blacklock with the Hanley 4-H Beef Club exhibited the Grand Champion Steer. The Reserve Grand Champion Steer was shown by Brady Hansen w...
Apr 05, 2024
Farmers appreciate spring runoff despite local road damage
The water was running in the Rural Municipality of Vanscoy on Wednesday afternoon. It is the first significant spring runoff in the region in five to ten years, according to Reeve Leonard Junop. The moisture comes from a wet, heavy snowfall about a month ago. Saskatoon reported up to 40 centimeters of snow and Junop s...
Apr 04, 2024
Colder and drier than normal March
While it has been a warmer than normal winter, the month of March did not follow that trend. Environment Canada statistics show the mean temperature in March was anywhere between 2.4 and 3.8 degrees below normal. Saskatoon had the 51st coldest March in 128 years, North Battleford's March was the 27th coldest in 83 yea...
Apr 03, 2024
Getting cattle ready for the show ring
Cattle in beef shows go through a lot of grooming and primping prior to an event. The Saskatchewan Beef Expo at the Prairieland Ag Centre features two days of clinics led by Kirk Stierwalt from Leedey, Oklahoma. Stierwalt has been teaching young people the tricks of the trade for 37 years. CJWW Agriculture Director Nei...
Apr 03, 2024
Carbon costs adding up for farmers
The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS) has updated the costs resulting from Monday's increase in the carbon tax from $65 per tonne of CO2 equivalent to $80 dollars per tonne. Since 2019, APAS has tracked the cost implications using a per-acre example of wheat production from the farmgate to port ...
Apr 03, 2024
Optimal seeding rates for wheat
Determining optimal seeding rates for wheat under high and low moisture conditions was the focus of a study conducted at six Agri-ARM locations. Agri-ARM is a network of producer-directed applied research and demonstration organizations located across Saskatchewan. The current seeding rate recommendation for wheat is 2...
Apr 01, 2024
UFA joins partnership with University of Saskatchewan
Alberta-based UFA Co-operative Ltd. has announced that it will be sponsoring a business start-up initiative out of the University of Saskatchewan. Established just last year, Opus is a startup incubator that provides new entrepreneurs with the tools needed to build successful ventures on the USask campus. The collabora...
Mar 27, 2024
Interest-free limit on Advance Payments Program will be $250,000 in 2024
The federal government has decided against lowering the interest-free limit on the Advance Payments Program, also known as the cash advance. The program helps farmers cover input costs until their products have been sold and the advance paid back. The cash advance had a $100,000 interest free limit until 2021. Followi...
Mar 25, 2024
Agrologists receive annual awards
Five individuals and one organization were honored by the Saskatchewan Institute of Agrologists on Thursday. Two faculty members from the University of Saskatchewan received the Distinguished Agrologist Award. Dr. Sabine Banniza is a well known plant pathologist specializing in pulse crop diseases such as aphanomyces. ...
Mar 22, 2024
Australian canola challenging Canada in some Asia-Pacific markets----but not China
Australia has been eating into Canada's canola market share in Japan---but Canadian canola remains the number one choice in China. Jarrett Beatty is the Director of Marketing (Seed Exports) for Parrish & Heimbecker. Jarrett Beatty is the Director of Marketing (Seed Exports) for Parrish and Heimbecker. He made his c...
Mar 19, 2024