Agriculture

A Saskatchewan First Nation is nurturing new farming operations more than a century after they were stifled. An injection of $954,000 in federal cash is making up for lost time, Cowessess First Nation Chief Cadmus Delorme said.

Provincially, topsoil moisture conditions have increased compared to the previous week due to rainfall. Cropland topsoil moisture is rated as two per cent surplus, 72 per cent adequate, 23 per cent short and three per cent very short.

The federal and provincial governments have announced $1.5 million over two years in renewed funding for Farm and Food Care Saskatchewan, Agriculture in the Classroom Saskatchewan (AITC-SK) and 4-H Saskatchewan.

The proof was on the shovel. The darkest, most porous soil Derek Axten had ever seen was on the land of a North Dakota rancher in roughly 2010. It was nothing like the dry and lumpy, light brown soil on his farm near Minton.

Five to eight plants per square foot is the Canola Council of Canada’s recommended target canola stand for maximum yield potential.

If there was a time to follow the oft-used phrase about placing proverbial eggs in many baskets, former farmer Tim Shultz figures year one of the COVID-19 pandemic was it.

Seeding is virtually complete throughout the province, with 99 per cent of the crop seeded, with a few fields being seeded for green feed and silage. This is ahead of the five-year average (2016-20) of 97 per cent.

Canary seed will soon be designated as an official grain under the Canada Grain Act .

The Government of Saskatchewan has announced it has selected Conexus Venture Capital Inc. (CVC) as the fund manager for the government's $15 million agtech venture capital investment.

The Government of Saskatchewan has announced a change to the Irrigation Development Program that will allow producers to access up to $500,000 per applicant to finance irrigation infrastructure.