Insights and Stories on Saskatchewan

Warm Prairie soils delay fertilizing ban, winter weights

Nov. 13, 2015 at 7:08 pm CST

Manitoba’s winter ban on nutrient application has been postponed, again, while Saskatchewan has postponed its move to winter weights on its highways, due to warmer-than-average soil temperatures. Manitoba’s water stewardship department announced Friday it will further extend its nutrient application window until midnight, Nov. 19. Variances to Manitoba’s winter fertilizing […]

Canaryseed prices soft, trending weaker

Nov. 12, 2015 at 2:35 pm CST

By Jade Markus

Sask. moves to toughen farmland ownership law

Oct. 21, 2015 at 4:56 am CDT

By Staff

Hay prices stabilize in Sask., Man.

Oct. 16, 2015 at 7:42 pm CDT

By Dave Sims

Malt barley prices strong despite ongoing harvest

Sep. 15, 2015 at 12:48 pm CDT

By Jade Markus

Rain in Sask., Man. stalls harvest, causes crop damage

Aug. 25, 2015 at 8:07 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Rain in Manitoba and Saskatchewan has stalled harvest and caused crop damage, but moving forward, conditions should improve, two industry specialists predict. Shannon Friesen, a regional crops specialist with Saskatchewan Agriculture in Moose Jaw, said recent rains have delayed harvest and stalled maturity in some crops. Producers […]

By Jade Markus

K+S rejects PotashCorp offer, promises on German mines

Aug. 7, 2015 at 12:41 pm CDT

Frankfurt | Reuters — German salt and fertilizer company K+S AG once again rejected PotashCorp’s takeover offer Friday, saying the Canadian company’s assurances about maintaining jobs and mine sites in Germany were unreliable. Saskatoon-based PotashCorp sent an unsolicited letter to K+S’s management and supervisory boards, K+S said in a statement. […]

By Andreas Cremer Patricia Weiss

Sask. crops get soaked, but may take yield hit

Jul. 29, 2015 at 3:01 pm CDT

(Reuters) – Two days of rainstorms in Saskatchewan, Canada’s biggest wheat- and canola-growing province, may have done more harm to crops than good, even though farms were parched, a Saskatchewan government official said on Wednesday. Much of the province received rain on Monday and Tuesday, with the capital, Regina, collecting […]

By Rod Nickel

Dry weather reducing Prairie wheat midge problems

Jul. 17, 2015 at 7:55 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Wheat midge hasn’t been causing as many problems as first anticipated in Western Canada this year, as a dry spring hindered the pests’ emergence. The Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture’s wheat midge forecast, released earlier this year, initially showed high risk levels for the insect, but the dryness […]

By Terryn Shiells

Early Sask. lentil, pea harvests likely to support prices

Jul. 16, 2015 at 6:56 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– Saskatchewan’s dryness could likely mean an earlier harvest and smaller yield for pea and lentil crops this year, according to a regional crop specialist. That means new-crop prices will be supported, said Chuck Penner, president at LeftField Commodity Research. Old crops are disappearing, he said, and the […]

By Jade Markus