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Farm Transition Appreciation Day
Celebrate Farm Transition Appreciation Day on Jan. 9
The fifth annual Farm Transition Appreciation Day (FTADay) was created to encourage and celebrate the progress Canada's farmers are making to secure the future of farming in Canada. It's a movement to motivate farmers to start, restart, and keep going on their farm transition journey with one day of the year sharing st...
Jan 03, 2025
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Sask Pork award
Environmental Stewardship recognized at Pork Conference
A central Saskatchewan hog operation was honoured for its the responsible use and protection of the natural environment to improve the well-being of humans and ecosystems.Saskatchewan Pork Development Board presented its 2024 Awards of Distinction at its recent symposium and Sunnydale Colony, northwest of Saskatoon, Sa...
Jan 02, 2025
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National Farm Leadership Program
National Farm Leadership Program builds resilience
Applications for the 2025 National Farm Leadership Program are now being accepted. Participants will learn how to perform under pressure, understanding what's behind their behavior to make an authentic, positive shift with agility and confidence. The program is led by certified Executive Coach and fourth generation far...
Jan 02, 2025
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Controlling kochia before it becomes tumbleweed
Research focuses on kochia control options
A three-year research project produced some promising results for controlling kochia.The work was led by Shaun Sharpe, an Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada weed scientist in Saskatoon, Sask. He worked with six producers around Last Mountain Lake, about an hour north of Regina, from 2021-2023. There was success when bury...
Jan 02, 2025
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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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Crops

Farm Transition Appreciation Day
Celebrate Farm Transition Appreciation Day on Jan. 9
The fifth annual Farm Transition Appreciation Day (FTADay) was created to encourage and celebrate the progress Canada's farmers are making to secure the future of farming in Canada. It's a movement to motivate farmers to start, restart, and keep going on their farm transition journey with one day of the year sharing st...
Jan 03, 2025
Read More
National Farm Leadership Program
National Farm Leadership Program builds resilience
Applications for the 2025 National Farm Leadership Program are now being accepted. Participants will learn how to perform under pressure, understanding what's behind their behavior to make an authentic, positive shift with agility and confidence. The program is led by certified Executive Coach and fourth generation far...
Jan 02, 2025
Read More
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
Read More
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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Livestock

Farm Transition Appreciation Day
Celebrate Farm Transition Appreciation Day on Jan. 9
The fifth annual Farm Transition Appreciation Day (FTADay) was created to encourage and celebrate the progress Canada's farmers are making to secure the future of farming in Canada. It's a movement to motivate farmers to start, restart, and keep going on their farm transition journey with one day of the year sharing st...
Jan 03, 2025
Read More
Sask Pork award
Environmental Stewardship recognized at Pork Conference
A central Saskatchewan hog operation was honoured for its the responsible use and protection of the natural environment to improve the well-being of humans and ecosystems.Saskatchewan Pork Development Board presented its 2024 Awards of Distinction at its recent symposium and Sunnydale Colony, northwest of Saskatoon, Sa...
Jan 02, 2025
Read More
National Farm Leadership Program
National Farm Leadership Program builds resilience
Applications for the 2025 National Farm Leadership Program are now being accepted. Participants will learn how to perform under pressure, understanding what's behind their behavior to make an authentic, positive shift with agility and confidence. The program is led by certified Executive Coach and fourth generation far...
Jan 02, 2025
Read More
Controlling kochia before it becomes tumbleweed
Research focuses on kochia control options
A three-year research project produced some promising results for controlling kochia.The work was led by Shaun Sharpe, an Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada weed scientist in Saskatoon, Sask. He worked with six producers around Last Mountain Lake, about an hour north of Regina, from 2021-2023. There was success when bury...
Jan 02, 2025
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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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bovine tuberculosis
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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