Insights and Stories on Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan wheat crop enters crucial phase

May. 13, 2016 at 4:16 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– Freezing temperatures are raising tensions for wheat growers in Saskatchewan as this year’s crop looks to survive a late blast of winter weather. The mercury dipped below 0 C in Saskatchewan on Thursday morning and Friday morning. Speaking Thursday afternoon, a regional crop specialist with the Saskatchewan […]

Saskatchewan lentil acres seen rising

Apr. 7, 2016 at 7:03 pm CDT

By Dave Sims

Canary seed demand tepid, prices moving lower

Mar. 29, 2016 at 5:42 pm CDT

By Jade Markus

Mild winter, poor snow cover watched in Alberta, Saskatchewan

Mar. 2, 2016 at 8:37 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Saskatchewan to halt winter weights early in southwest

Feb. 19, 2016 at 6:08 pm CST

By Staff

Saskatchewan expects mainly below-normal spring runoff

Feb. 9, 2016 at 3:01 pm CST

Barring any weather surprises, most of Saskatchewan outside of east-central regions can expect below-normal runoff this spring. The province’s Water Security Agency on Tuesday released a preliminary outlook which, based on a “warmer- and drier-than-normal winter” and a resulting snowpack below normal levels, points to below-normal spring runoff. Exceptions include […]

By Staff

Saskatchewan farmland off limits for pension plans next month

Dec. 21, 2015 at 6:14 pm CST

Reuters/Staff — New rules for buying farmland in Saskatchewan, Canada’s biggest wheat- and canola-growing province, will take effect Jan. 4, and toughen its ban on pension plans investing, the provincial government said Monday. The changes make more explicit an existing ban on pension plans and trusts from buying land and […]

By Reuters

BHP Billiton to cut 76 Sask. potash jobs

Dec. 4, 2015 at 5:34 pm CST

Reuters — Anglo-Australian miner BHP Billiton will cut 76 jobs from its Canadian potash operations due to low commodity prices, a company spokesperson said on Friday. Work continues on sinking and lining shafts at BHP’s potash mine near Jansen, Sask., about 60 km southeast of Humboldt, according to the spokesperson. […]

By Reuters

Sask. widens wolf harvest pilot area

Dec. 3, 2015 at 9:20 pm CST

Last winter’s pilot project to push wolves back from ranches and farms in northeastern Saskatchewan will expand west this winter. Saskatchewan’s environment ministry on Wednesday announced a wolf hunt will run from Dec. 15 this year until March 31, 2016 in wildlife management zones (WMZs) 49 and 53. The wolf […]

By Staff

Sask. seeks price protection in altering potash taxes

Nov. 20, 2015 at 7:29 pm CST

Winnipeg | Reuters –– Potash-rich Saskatchewan hopes to revise its taxes on production of the crop fertilizer to avoid big revenue drops in years when prices sag, the Canadian province’s economy minister said Friday. Saskatchewan, home to mines operated by PotashCorp, Mosaic Co. and Agrium, is conducting its first full […]

By Rod Nickel