Insights and Stories on Saskatchewan

Bovine TB probe officially closed

May. 3, 2018 at 3:33 am CDT

An investigation across three provinces following the appearance of bovine tuberculosis (TB) in six Prairie cattle in 2016 has officially closed with no further cases found. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Monday reported receiving the last of the lab culture test results on about 30,000 animals tested during its […]

Pulse weekly outlook: Saskatchewan acreage ideas hold firm

May. 2, 2018 at 2:50 am CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Vet college’s full accreditation survives funding cut

Apr. 28, 2018 at 2:12 am CDT

By Staff

Farmland values rise, but interest rates curb market

Apr. 23, 2018 at 8:25 pm CDT

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

K+S expects earnings gain from Saskatchewan mine

Mar. 15, 2018 at 11:25 am CDT

By Reuters

Saskatchewan pulls sales tax off farm insurance

Feb. 26, 2018 at 6:09 pm CST

Saskatchewan’s provincial government has reinstated a provincial sales tax (PST) exemption for agriculture, health and life insurance premiums. Premier Scott Moe on Monday announced the exemption will take effect retroactive to Aug. 1 last year, when the PST was first applied to insurance. The province said the exemption will include […]

By Staff

Saskatchewan, B.C. areas up for livestock tax deferrals

Feb. 6, 2018 at 8:06 pm CST

Livestock producers in several more parched municipalities in Saskatchewan and British Columbia will be able to defer income from sales of animals on their 2017 tax returns. The federal government on Tuesday announced its final list of designated regions for 2017, including 20 more municipalities in Saskatchewan and seven in […]

By Staff

More snow lately over the Sahara than the Prairies

Jan. 12, 2018 at 1:49 am CST

CNS Canada — Parts of the Sahara Desert received rare snowfall over the past week, with up to 40 cm falling in the Algerian desert town of Ain Sefra. That freak snow — only the third time in 40 years — made for some fantastic photographs before melting, but would […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Bovine TB probe’s on-farm testing work complete

Dec. 19, 2017 at 8:22 pm CST

On-farm testing work has wrapped on all the cattle herds that supplied animals in the past five years to an Alberta herd that turned up six cases of bovine tuberculosis (TB) in the fall of 2016. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) reported Tuesday it has completed on-farm testing of […]

By Staff

Wildfire-damaged grazing areas up for Saskatchewan aid

Dec. 8, 2017 at 2:07 am CST

Saskatchewan’s provincial disaster assistance program (PDAP) will be opened up to cover southwestern grazing areas damaged by this fall’s wildfires. The province’s government relations minister, Larry Doke, on Wednesday announced producers who incurred wildfire damage on “tame and native lands” intended for grazing may now apply for assistance to get […]

By Staff