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Haying progress continues, crops at normal stage of development

Saskatchewan Crop Report for the week ending July 3, 2017

By Saskatchewan Agriculture July 6, 2017

Haying is progressing in the province as livestock producers now have 19 per cent of the hay crop cut and 10 per cent baled or put into silage, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s weekly Crop Report. Hay quality is rated as eight per cent excellent, 54 per cent good, 29 per cent fair and nine per […] Read more

Crops, News, Weather

Seeding in Sask. 94 per cent complete, topsoil moisture falling in southern areas

Saskatchewan Crop Report for the week ending June 5, 2017

By Saskatchewan Agriculture June 8, 2017

Seeding operations are almost complete as 94 per cent of the crop is now in the ground, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s weekly Crop Report. This is slightly ahead of the five-year (2012-2016) seeding average for this time of year of 93 per cent. While most producers in the province have wrapped up seeding, those in […] Read more

Columns

90 years of Saskatchewan farmland prices

Saskatchewan land prices have been on the move since 1968. What’s next?

By Les Henry February 3, 2017

Readers have been asking for an update on farmland prices but I was having trouble accessing the required data. Thanks to Terry Bedard of Saskatchewan Agriculture for sending me recent average price data. This data is just for Saskatchewan. Alberta land prices are changed by many factors that are not related to what is grown […] Read more

(Gloria Solano-Aguilar photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Hogs, Livestock, Markets

Hog market improving with solid exports

By GFM Network News February 3, 2017

CNS Canada — Strong U.S. exports and declining cold-storage numbers have helped push hog prices on Canada’s Prairies to better levels than a few months back. According to the latest information compiled by Saskatchewan Agriculture, the U.S. exported 173,770 tonnes of pork in November 2016, up 13.5 per cent from 153,051 in October 2016, and […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Canaryseed prices to whipsaw on weather

By GFM Network News November 9, 2016

CNSC – Saskatchewan’s canaryseed spot prices have seen short-term gains, as wet conditions stalled harvest progress, but one industry participant expects the market may drift back down in the long run. “It’s a pretty good crop, it just isn’t in the bin,” said David Nobbs, managing partner of Canpulse Foods, and current chair of the […] Read more

This plot was left unseeded intentionally. A wide variety of weeds took hold and participants were challenged to see how many they could correctly identify. Photo: Leeann Minogue

Crops

Minogue: Back to school for hands-on learning

By Leeann Minogue, GFM Network News July 27, 2016

On the first day of Saskatchewan Agriculture’s annual Crop Diagnostic School about 100 ag retailers, agronomists and farmers gathered in Swift Current to get a hands-on look at common real-world crop problems. Anyone working in agriculture today has 24/7 access to online information about crop disease and pests, but there is no substitute for seeing […] Read more

The Saskatchewan Horse Federation named a memorial scholarship for veterinarian Byrnne Rothwell two weeks after his death in 2014. (SaskHorse.ca)

Livestock

Sask. livestock sector adds three hall-of-famers

By Lisa Guenther, GFM Network News November 30, 2015

It was only proper for Byrnne Rothwell, Florian Possberg and Barry Andrew to be announced in the Saskatchewan Agricultural Hall of Fame’s next group of inductees during Canada’s biggest livestock show. The three inductees, all known for their contributions to the livestock sector, were announced Friday morning at Canadian Western Agribition in Regina. Ed McCall […] Read more

Crops, Weather

Southern harvest well-advanced, but weather creating lodging, quality issues for some

Saskatchewan Crop Report for the week ending September 7

By Saskatchewan Agriculture September 10, 2015

Forty per cent of the 2015 crop is now in the bin and an additional 33 per cent is swathed or ready to straight-cut, according the Saskatchewan Agriculture’s Weekly Crop Report. The five-year (2010-2014) average for this time of year is 25 per cent combined. Regionally, producers in the southwest are furthest advanced, having 61 […] Read more

Crops, Weather

Sask. harvest begins amidst lodged crops, flooded fields

Saskatchewan Crop Report for the week ending August 3

By Saskatchewan Agriculture August 7, 2015

Harvest has begun in some parts of the province, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s weekly Crop Report. Less than one per cent of the provincial crop has been combined, while one per cent is ready to straight-cut. Twenty-three per cent of the fall rye, 10 per cent of the winter wheat, five per cent of the […] Read more

Cereals, Features

Two good reasons for pre-harvest herbicide

Pre-harvest application can give you better weed control  and simplify harvest. But know the residue rules 

By Angela Lovell July 21, 2015

Farming decisions always seem to come back to economics, and whether to do a pre-harvest treatment for perennial weed control or harvest management is no exception. But there are many other considerations such as crop type, geographic location, weather and even trade risks that contribute to that decision, says Clark Brenzil, provincial weed specialist with […] Read more

Alberta crop conditions improve: report

U.S. grains: Corn sets contract lows on expectations for big US crop

U.S. livestock: Cattle strength continues

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