SaskOilseeds board of directors
SaskOilseeds Announces Results of Board Election
The election results for the newly formed Saskatchewan Oilseeds Development Commission (SaskOilseeds) have been tabulated. SaskCanola and SaskFlax amalgamated this year and became SaskOilseeds, a producer-led organization supported by 17,000 levy-paying Saskatchewan canola growers and 3,000 levy-paying Saskatchewan fla...
Dec 30, 2024
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American and EU equipment manufacturers sign MOU
Equipment manufacturers pledge to cooperate on mutually important issues
The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) and the European Agricultural Machinery Association (CEMA) will be working together on key issues relating to its industry. AEM and CEMA signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance advocacy efforts for the makers of agricultural equipment. The agreement aims to...
Dec 26, 2024
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Grain Revenue Entitlements
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The Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) has delivered its ruling on grain revenue entitlements. The Canada Transportation Act requires CTA to determine each railway company's annual maximum revenue entitlement (MRE) and whether each entitlement has been exceeded. The revenue entitlement is a form of economic regulatio...
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SaskOilseeds board of directors
SaskOilseeds Announces Results of Board Election
The election results for the newly formed Saskatchewan Oilseeds Development Commission (SaskOilseeds) have been tabulated. SaskCanola and SaskFlax amalgamated this year and became SaskOilseeds, a producer-led organization supported by 17,000 levy-paying Saskatchewan canola growers and 3,000 levy-paying Saskatchewan fla...
Dec 30, 2024
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American and EU equipment manufacturers sign MOU
Equipment manufacturers pledge to cooperate on mutually important issues
The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) and the European Agricultural Machinery Association (CEMA) will be working together on key issues relating to its industry. AEM and CEMA signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance advocacy efforts for the makers of agricultural equipment. The agreement aims to...
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Canaryseed stocks
Large canaryseed stocks could result in lower seeded acres in 2025
Canaryseed growers may be waiting a few more years for a return to higher prices. Chuck Penner with Left Field Commodity research provided the market outlook at the recent Saskatchewan Canaryseed Development Commission annual general meeting. He said current values are 32 cents a pound with some new crop contracts at 3...
Dec 24, 2024
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A cow raised in Saskatchewan has tested positive for bovine tuberculosis
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Dec 20, 2024
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Grain Revenue Entitlements
Maximum Grain Revenue Entitlements for Crop Year 2023-2024
The Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) has delivered its ruling on grain revenue entitlements. The Canada Transportation Act requires CTA to determine each railway company's annual maximum revenue entitlement (MRE) and whether each entitlement has been exceeded. The revenue entitlement is a form of economic regulatio...
Dec 31, 2024
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SaskOilseeds board of directors
SaskOilseeds Announces Results of Board Election
The election results for the newly formed Saskatchewan Oilseeds Development Commission (SaskOilseeds) have been tabulated. SaskCanola and SaskFlax amalgamated this year and became SaskOilseeds, a producer-led organization supported by 17,000 levy-paying Saskatchewan canola growers and 3,000 levy-paying Saskatchewan fla...
Dec 30, 2024
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American and EU equipment manufacturers sign MOU
Equipment manufacturers pledge to cooperate on mutually important issues
The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) and the European Agricultural Machinery Association (CEMA) will be working together on key issues relating to its industry. AEM and CEMA signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance advocacy efforts for the makers of agricultural equipment. The agreement aims to...
Dec 26, 2024
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Canaryseed stocks
Large canaryseed stocks could result in lower seeded acres in 2025
Canaryseed growers may be waiting a few more years for a return to higher prices. Chuck Penner with Left Field Commodity research provided the market outlook at the recent Saskatchewan Canaryseed Development Commission annual general meeting. He said current values are 32 cents a pound with some new crop contracts at 3...
Dec 24, 2024
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Livestock
American and EU equipment manufacturers sign MOU
Equipment manufacturers pledge to cooperate on mutually important issues
The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) and the European Agricultural Machinery Association (CEMA) will be working together on key issues relating to its industry. AEM and CEMA signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance advocacy efforts for the makers of agricultural equipment. The agreement aims to...
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A cow raised in Saskatchewan has tested positive for bovine tuberculosis
The Saskatchewan Cattlemen's Association is keeping a close eye and ear to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's investigation into a positive case of Bovine Tuberculosis found in a cow that originated from a herd in Saskatchewan. The CFIA said the six-year-old cow was slaughtered at a federally regulated abattoir in A...
Dec 20, 2024
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UFA Co-operative Cardlock opens in Melfort
UFA opens new cardlock in northeast Saskatchewan
UFA Co-operative UFA has expanded its operations to Melfort, Sask. President and CEO Scott Bolton said the new location is equipped with state-of-the-art facilities, ensuring a seamless and efficient experience for customers. "We are thrilled to expand our presence in Saskatchewan with the opening of this new loca...
Dec 20, 2024
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Livestock producers are warned to watch for a larval disease
A disease that lives off the flesh of living mammals has been confirmed in Chiapas, Mexico. New World screwworm (NWS) is a parasitic larval disease of warm-blooded animals where the female fly will lay eggs near an open wound and the larvae can infest the wound and cause significant infections. NWS can infest livestock...
Dec 19, 2024
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Bovine TB detected in Alberta
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has launched an investigation into a case of bovine tuberculosis (bovine TB) in an animal originating from Saskatchewan that was slaughtered at a federally registered abattoir in Alberta. On Nov. 29, CFIA Ottawa Laboratory Fallowfield found that tissues collected from a six-ye...
Dec 18, 2024
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More rural veterinarian in BC
New $1.4M fund aims to bring more veterinarians to rural B.C.
A new program is offering up to $25,000 to help clinics attract more veterinarians to rural British Columbia.Businesses can apply for a portion of the $1.4 million recruitment and retention program to support hiring bonuses for new veterinarians and technologists, or for highly needed services like extra staffing durin...
Dec 13, 2024
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25% tariff threatened
Canada's grain, nuclear sectors closely watching Trump tariff proposal
Industry leaders are reacting to President-elect Donald Trump's proposed 25 per cent tariff on Canadian exports, which could disrupt crucial Prairie sectors including agriculture and uranium. Last night, via social media, Trump stated both Canada and Mexico would incur the tariff sanction should neither country take in...
Nov 27, 2024
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Alberta Grains farmer meetings
Alberta barley and wheat farmers gather for regional meetings
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Oct 28, 2024
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Growing market
O&T Farms says $10M plant expansion will grow grain market in Sask.
Oleet Processing and its parent company O&T Farms announced a $10 million expansion at their plant northwest of Regina. The company says it will translate into new jobs and a bigger grain market for Saskatchewan farmers.O&T is already Canada's largest processor of flaxseed, buying 50,000 metric tonnes of flaxse...
Sep 26, 2024
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An ‘attitude of gratitude'
Redhead Equipment Tees Off in Heavy Hitter Charity Classic to Support Families in Saskatchewan
Regina, SK - To celebrate their 75th anniversary, Redhead Equipment was looking for a special way to celebrate this major milestone while also having an 'attitude of gratitude.' On Monday, June 12 they held their first, annual Heavy Hitter Charity Classic at Wascana Country Club in support of Ronald McDonald House Char...
Jul 12, 2023
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Bodnarus Auctioneering
Bodnarus Auctioneering: providing professionalism and results
Whether you are a farmer who is downsizing, relocating, retiring or someone faced with the loss of a loved one, there will come a time to decide how to handle the selling of personal assets. No matter the reason, Bodnarus Auctioneering will be on your side, to ensure your farm and belongings are looked after. "We ...
May 11, 2022
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Straight cutting your canola
These past few years, the industry has seen a variety of new traits bred into canola seed varieties. We are bombarded with a variety of terms including "Pod Shatter", "Harvest Max", and "Late Swath Potential". Canola companies have their own specific breeding program that has produced vari...
Sep 01, 2021
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