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
Widespread snow through central Saskatchewan
A foot or more of snow fell across much of central Saskatchewan this past weekend. While a temporary inconvenience, the additional moisture is important. Even if a lot of it ends up as runoff, it will be very welcome in drier areas. Jeremy Welter farms in the Kerrobert area, about 200 kilometres west of Saskatoon.
Mar 04, 2024
2024 Crop Insurance values on CropConnect
Usually during the final week of February, Saskatchewan Crop Insurance announces details of that year's new programs and the insured prices for each crop. Saskatchewan Agriculture Ag Minister David Marit will be having that news conference at the SCIC head office in Melville next Tuesday, March 5th. However, SaskAgTo...
Feb 29, 2024
Snow will improve runoff more than topsoil moisture
Snowfall on Sunday and Monday ranged between 10 and 20 centimetres across the central and northern grainbelt, with Saskatoon receiving 18 centimetres, or about seven inches. A lot more snow is required to improve the well below normal spring runoff projections, but Nutrien senior agronomist Lyle Cowell says every littl...
Feb 28, 2024
Canadian cattle herd is the smallest since 1989
There were 11.1 million cattle and calves on Canadian farms as of January 1st, according to Statistics Canada. Drought conditions and tight feed supplies, plus good prices, resulted in some breeding stock going to feedlots. Canadian cattle producers held 0.7 per cent fewer feeder heifers and three per cent fewer calves...
Feb 26, 2024
I want my yellow mustard
There are trending topics every day on social media . . . on Friday it was Subway and yellow mustard. A Friday morning post on X---formerly known as Twitter---by Canada's Food Professor Dr. Sylvain Charlebois at Dalhousie University in Halifax started the ball rolling. He said Subway has told its Canadian franchisees ...
Feb 23, 2024
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