Insights and Stories on Saskatchewan

Dairy farmer, advocate Bettina Schuurmans, 55

Jul. 22, 2018 at 4:24 am CDT

Funeral services will be held Wednesday in Elmira, Ont. for well known dairy farmer Bettina Schuurmans, who with her husband took to the road this summer in support of Canada’s dairy sector. Schuurmans and husband Henk, who owned and operated Milky Wave Farms near Elmira with their sons, had been […]

Prairie hay crops look thin in many areas

Jul. 19, 2018 at 7:56 pm CDT

By Terry Fries

Trade uncertainty hitting canary seed markets

Jun. 30, 2018 at 2:08 am CDT

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

Pulse weekly outlook: Lentil crop prospects look good, market down

Jun. 19, 2018 at 7:30 pm CDT

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

Klassen: Weaker corn, barley prices support feeder market

Jun. 11, 2018 at 9:00 pm CDT

By Jerry Klassen

Mustard looking to rebound, if weather co-operates

Jun. 5, 2018 at 7:56 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Canadian mustard acres may be up on the year, but key growing regions missed out on recent rain and will need more moisture as the season progresses, in order to prevent a repeat of 2017’s drought-stricken crop. “Mustard was offering some profit potential compared to some of […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Flea beetles take advantage of late seeding

Jun. 1, 2018 at 10:38 am CDT

CNS Canada — A heat wave in late May and a slow start to the planting season have created some ideal conditions for flea beetles. Pest specialists in Saskatchewan and Manitoba say farmers have already begun to spray for the beetle in certain locations. “They’ve been getting good conditions to […]

By Dave Sims

Pulse weekly outlook: Good start despite dry conditions

May. 15, 2018 at 8:04 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Dry soil conditions persist across many areas of Western Canada but the outlook for pulse crops seems fairly promising in one specialist’s view. “For the pulses, seeding has been going fairly well,” said Daphne Cruise, crops extension specialist with Saskatchewan’s provincial Agriculture Knowledge Centre in Moose Jaw. […]

By Dave Sims

Pulse weekly outlook: Sector hopes for more fababeans

May. 8, 2018 at 8:18 pm CDT

CNS Canada — While Statistics Canada is predicting a drop in fababean acres this year, an agronomist with Saskatchewan Pulse Growers hopes that isn’t the case. “We had about 50,000 acres for the last three years here in Saskatchewan. And we’re thinking that we’ll be maybe slightly below that,” said […]

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

Chickpeas seen making Prairie comeback

May. 4, 2018 at 7:31 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Chickpeas should see a resurgence in Western Canada this spring, as farmers who hadn’t seeded the crop for a number of years shift some acres back from other pulses. “We sold a sizeable amount of chickpea planting seed,” said Colin Young of Midwest Grain at Moose Jaw. […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin