Insights and Stories on Saskatchewan

BHP said exploring stake sale in Saskatchewan potash mine

Aug. 25, 2017 at 3:32 pm CDT

Toronto/New York | Reuters — Anglo-Australian mining giant BHP Billiton is considering selling a 25 per cent interest in its Saskatchewan potash mine project, a stake that could be worth close to US$2 billion, people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The move comes as activist investor Elliott Management Corp. […]

BHP Billiton puts off decision on Prairie potash mine

Aug. 22, 2017 at 1:56 pm CDT

By Staff

Good quality, but small caliber Canadian chickpeas expected

Aug. 1, 2017 at 4:05 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Early harvest beginning in Saskatchewan

Jul. 27, 2017 at 3:55 pm CDT

By MarketsFarm Team

Prairie soybeans growing well ahead of key pod-filling time

Jul. 19, 2017 at 6:58 pm CDT

By Terry Fries

Saskatchewan sets new cougar, bear trapping seasons

Jul. 10, 2017 at 3:33 am CDT

Saskatchewan has set up a new cougar season for trappers, plus a southern expansion of its black bear trapping season, in part to help limit livestock predation. The province on Wednesday announced a new “trapping-only” cougar season will open Oct. 15, 2017 and close March 15, 2018. It also announced […]

By Staff

Southern Saskatchewan dry, but Prairies mostly OK for now

Jul. 6, 2017 at 8:48 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Dry conditions in southern Saskatchewan are cause for vigilance, but rain could still pull out a healthy harvest, according to a provincial soil and nutrient specialist. The area of concern lies within a triangle shape, with the northern tip at Saskatoon, one arm stretching southeast to Weyburn, […]

By Terry Fries

Three shortlines to buy Saskatchewan’s grain cars

Jul. 5, 2017 at 7:53 pm CDT

The Saskatchewan government has picked the three buyers who will divvy up its provincially-owned fleet of grain hopper cars. The province, in its March budget, announced a request for offer (RFO) for the Saskatchewan Grain Car Corporation’s (SGCC) fleet of rail cars as it winds down that operation. The province […]

By Staff

Canada Day: A farm wife’s Centennial project becomes her Canada 150 quilt

Jul. 1, 2017 at 1:34 am CDT

A Saskatchewan farm wife and avid quilter’s plan to mark Canada’s centennial in her own way took an unusual turn through time. Helen Huls — who, with her late husband Bernard, had operated a mixed farm at Muenster, Sask. — died June 6 at age 84, having just recently finished […]

By Dave Bedard

Saskatchewan offers provincial pasture leases to patron groups

Jun. 15, 2017 at 5:38 pm CDT

Cattle producers using provincial pastures heading into the final three years of the Saskatchewan Pastures Program (SPP) will get the first chance at leasing them. The province announced in March it would wind down the SPP, kicking off a public consultation process. Based on those consultations, the province confirmed Thursday […]

By Staff