Insights and Stories on Saskatchewan

Pulse weekly outlook: Lower lentil yields predicted

Aug. 28, 2018 at 6:42 pm CDT

CNS Canada — After a year of market woes for lentils, it looks as though the Saskatchewan lentil yield won’t be the best either. “I think overall we would be expecting lentil yields lower than average this year, but it’s hard at this point to put a figure or a […]

Sask. crop proceeds well ahead of average pace

Aug. 23, 2018 at 1:40 pm CDT

By MarketsFarm Team

Richardson to retail in west-central Saskatchewan

Aug. 22, 2018 at 5:38 pm CDT

By Staff

Nutrien steers potash recovery as BHP waits in wings

Aug. 20, 2018 at 8:09 pm CDT

By barbara-lewis Rod Nickel

Durum markets rattled as harvest set to start

Aug. 16, 2018 at 5:36 pm CDT

By Terry Fries

Feed weekly outlook: Shortages expected for Prairie barley

Aug. 16, 2018 at 4:23 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Sales have slowed for feed grain buyers in Western Canada, as concerns continue to mount about feed shortages. “The confidence from the farmer is not (there anymore). He just wants to see some crop come into his bin. So we’ve definitely slowed in our buying,” said Brandon […]

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

Saskatchewan highways minister moves to ag file

Aug. 15, 2018 at 7:18 pm CDT

Saskatchewan’s highways and infrastructure minister is going off-road in his next cabinet assignment as minister of agriculture. David Marit, the MLA for the southwestern riding of Wood River since 2016, was named Wednesday by Premier Scott Moe to pick up the ag portfolio from Lyle Stewart. Stewart, the MLA for […]

By GFM Staff

Saskatchewan ag minister to exit cabinet

Aug. 13, 2018 at 4:19 am CDT

Saskatchewan’s premier expects to name a new minister of agriculture within days, as the incumbent minister steps aside to focus on cancer treatments. Lyle Stewart announced Thursday he will remain as ag minister until Premier Scott Moe names a new minister, a decision to be announced sometime this week. “I […]

By GFM Staff

Saskatchewan harvest underway: Report

Aug. 2, 2018 at 12:55 pm CDT

CNS Canada – Harvest operations are underway in parts of southern Saskatchewan, according to the weekly crop report from Saskatchewan Agriculture. Crops were reportedly rapidly drying down across the province, with many pulse crops being desiccated. Most crops remain in fair to excellent condition, although later-seeded crops need rain to […]

By MarketsFarm Team

Prairie crop tour sees slightly bigger wheat, canola yields

Jul. 26, 2018 at 4:15 pm CDT

Saskatoon | Reuters — Canadian farmers were on track to reap slightly larger wheat and canola yields, despite dry conditions and a wide discrepancy in growth rates, a crop tour estimated on Thursday. The inaugural Grain World crop tour, organized by FarmLink Marketing Solutions, toured the Prairie provinces on Tuesday […]

By Rod Nickel