Agriculture News

Winter wheat gives better bird nesting habitat, improving biodiversity and may cost farmers less in seed than typically thought.

Harvest is progressing, albeit slowly, canola prices continue to drop, and a rumour about Peavy Mart coming back were covered on the SaskAgToday.com Roundtable.

Canadian cattle producers are awaiting new federal traceability regulations following a two-year consultation process. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) released an “owner’s guide” based on early industry consultation.

Policies that help farmers adopt precision technology and maintain their right to repair are among priorities for the Association of Equipment Manufacturers ahead of the fall parliamentary session.

Charges stemmed from an incident on Aug. 23, 2023, near Walpole. A worker drowned as a result of entering a dugout on horseback. 

Canada changed its BSE surveillance after lower global incidence of ‘mad cow disease’ led to international standards shift.

Elford Ranch named regional nominee for the Environmental Stewardship Award.

U.S. soybean exporters risk missing out on billions of dollars worth of sales to China this year as trade talks drag on and buyers in the top oilseed importer lock in cargoes from Brazil for shipment during the key U.S. marketing season.

Emerging research suggests a troubling twist in canola disease management. When verticillium stripe is present in a field, the resistance to blackleg built into many canola cultivars appears to break down.

Statistics Canada released its crop production report today (Thu). Canadian farmers are forecast to harvest more canola in 2025/26, while there’s to be less wheat. StatCan estimated there’s about 19.