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By farmnewsNOW Staff

Exporting

Sask. ag equipment continuing to see strong global demand

May 18, 2023 | 5:25 PM

The province is seeing a significant jump in demand on the global market for agricultural products made in Saskatchewan.

Shipments for ag products have increased in value by around 135 per cent over the past five years, going from $359 million to $843 million.

Total agri-food exports from Saskatchewan hit $18.5 billion in 2022, accounting for around 35 per cent of the total investment made on all exports.

“Our province is known internationally as a source of safe, reliable, and sustainably produced food, but we’re also being recognized for the quality equipment we use to grow it,” said David Marit, Saskatchewan’s Agriculture Minister. “The made-in-Saskatchewan equipment our businesses design and create has a market that extends around the world, and these products are clearly in demand.”

Saskatchewan’s agricultural manufacturing sector specializes in short-line production of equipment for precision dryland farming. This includes equipment designed for zero-till seeding, spraying, and fertilizing, livestock and forage, rock removal, and grain handling, storage, and transportation.

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“Canada’s agricultural manufacturing sector is ingenious and resilient, and our Saskatchewan manufacturers have proven themselves as export powerhouses with significant contributions to producing the highest quality and most sought-out agricultural equipment in the world,” said Donna Boyd, President of the Agricultural Manufacturers of Canada (AMC).

The U.S. and Australia are the province’s two largest markets for its products, followed by Lithuania, France, Uruguay, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and Bulgaria.