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Tracy and Myles Pawliw talk logistics as they finish combining the last of their 2016 crop near Glaslyn, Sask.

Spring harvests in effect, but “don’t get stuck”

Lisa Guenther visits a Glaslyn-area farm working to harvest last year's wheat

By Lisa Guenther May 11, 2017

On a mild spring afternoon, with clouds overhead bluffing rain, the Pawliw family was harvesting the last of the 2016 crop. “We had about 100 acres of canola we took off earlier,” said Tracy Pawliw, as he took a brief break from combining a field of hard red spring wheat near Glaslyn, Sask. Glaslyn is […] Read more

K+S Potash Canada CEO Ulrich Lamp and members of the RCMP unveil a new highway sign on May 2, 2017, to announce the K+S Legacy mine’s name change to “Bethune.” (KS-PotashCanada.com)

Crops, Reuters

K+S vows new Saskatchewan mine won’t undermine prices

By Reuters, GFM Network News May 9, 2017

Frankfurt | Reuters — German potash miner K+S vowed it would not have to undercut rivals on price as it brings two million tonnes of new potash capacity to the North American market next year. Faced with the gradual depletion of its domestic reserves over the next 35 to 40 years, K+S built its new […] Read more

A rail car from SGCC’s fleet. (Dave Bedard photo)

Crops, Machinery, Pasture, Weather

Saskatchewan budget seen as costly touch for farms

By Leeann Minogue, GFM Network News April 17, 2017

Saskatchewan’s general farm organization is consulting its farmer members on less-discussed features of last month’s provincial budget, while warning them to brace for impact from new budget-related costs. The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan last Monday wrapped up its latest round of spring district meetings, at all six of which APAS general manager Duane Haave […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Canpotex aims for ‘material’ potash price bump from China

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News April 12, 2017

Winnipeg | Reuters — Canadian potash exporter Canpotex is pressing Chinese buyers to pay a “material” price increase for the fertilizer in their annual supply contract, as spot values in other markets rise off multi-year lows, Canpotex’s chief executive said on Monday. “We’re not interested in some kind of ratcheting down. That is for sure,” […] Read more

Crops

G3 to build two more Saskatchewan elevators

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News March 28, 2017

The grain company formerly known as CWB has picked sites and plans to start construction next month on two new grain elevators in Saskatchewan. G3 Canada on Tuesday announced it will build primary elevators about five km north of Melville on Highway 10 and seven km west of Saskatoon on Highway 14, to be ready […] Read more

Livestock

Saskatchewan tightens up powers on Crown land

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News March 13, 2017

New legislation giving the Saskatchewan government more powers to prevent misuse of Crown land, and more leeway in dealing with leaseholders, is now in effect. The province on Monday announced its new Provincial Lands Act and related regulations, introduced in the legislature last June, have been formally proclaimed and are now in effect, updating rules […] Read more

Southeastern Saskatchewan’s accumulated snowpack, as shown here east of Weyburn on March 9, i expected to lead to above-normal runoff in the area. (Leeann Minogue photo)

Crops, Weather

Runoff levels up in Saskatchewan’s forecast

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News March 9, 2017

Saskatchewan has raised its expectations for spring runoff across the board, now predicting “near normal” levels for much of the province and “above normal” to “well above normal” levels in its southeast. The province’s Water Security Agency on Thursday released a March spring runoff forecast pointing to two “areas of concern” — the province’s far […] Read more

Crops

Saskatchewan ponders changes to ag extension model

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News March 7, 2017

Saskatchewan’s agriculture ministry is considering an overhaul of its delivery system for ag extension services, in time for a new federal/provincial funding framework next year. Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart on Tuesday announced a new online survey on the subject for farmers, ranchers and agribusiness operators, running until the end of the month. Extension delivery in […] Read more

Crops, Features

Replace that pencil with an online calculator

Take your homework from page to screen. Online calculators can help you add up production costs and estimate profits

By Angela Lovell March 6, 2017

If you need help planning for the upcoming crop year, there are plenty of online tools on provincial government websites to help. Some of them are in downloadable, customizable Excel spreadsheet format; and others are downloadable software that can producers can save to their computer and customize. With different soil and climate conditions, each Prairie […] Read more

Machinery

Five uses for provincial machinery rate guides

By Dilia Narduzzi February 28, 2017

The new provincial Machinery Guides for 2016-17 have been published on each Prairie province’s website. These guides show rental or custom rates for commonly used machinery. Dan Schmeiser, manager of the farm business management services section in the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture, says “the purpose of the Guide is to provide approximate costs for renting […] Read more

Daily Network News

Trump tells farmers that tractor companies should lower prices

Get farmers in on federal water security strategy planning, CFA says

U.S. finalizes biofuel blending quotas for 2026-27, cuts RINS for foreign feedstocks

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