Saskatchewan

Nathan Simington, a Commissioner for the Federal Communications Commission, recently spoke out on the continued importance of AM radio to public safety.  He said the issue of continuing to include AM radios in electric vehicles deserves urgent attention.  ...

Statistics Canada has released it’s third-quarter results for the Prairie provinces harvest, and there were some surprises from September’s estimates.  Bruce Burnette, chief markets analyst with Markets Farm based in Winnipeg, said nearly all Canadian Prairie harvest numbers where improved from last year’s drought-affected results.  Some of the largest ...

Farm Credit Canada has just released its mid-year National Farmland Values Report.  The report analyzes farmland purchases from January through June of this year.  Better known as FCC within the farming community, Farm Credit Canada is a federal government agency and the country’s largest agricultural lender for farm cropland, large machinery purchases, and commercial livestock operators. J.P. Ger

Cargill is building a new $350 million canola plant in Saskatchewan, to take advantage of the booming demand for the oilseed. Canola futures recently hit record highs, and soybeans reached multi-year highs as demand for canola to process into vegetable oil and animal feed is greater than the available supply ...

Statistics show across the U.S., and across the Northwest, farmers are struggling with mental health, with some cases having deadly consequences.  And many are calling for the Ag industry, and farmers, to shed light on the real struggles of mental health.  ...