Agriculture

Today, Agriculture Minister David Marit is announcing $10 million in additional funding to help livestock producers manage the impacts of COVID-19 related market disruptions.

More farmers were able to get out into the field this week, with many seeding or planning to seed within the next week or two. Seeding progress in the province is at 18 per cent, up seven per cent from last week.

Michael Brown is excited to be back into the field and begin seeding, even though the wet field conditions are going to pose a challenge this year. Brown has nearly 5,000 acres of land nine kilometres south of Carlyle.

Despite all the changes and challenges, life goes on and the Alameda 4-H club would traditionally be getting ready for their annual show and sale.

Today, Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister David Marit awarded four scholarships to Saskatchewan students pursing an agriculture-related education.

Recently a herd of cattle belonging to Chad and Amanda Burback, who farm near Togo, escaped from a corral located north of Togo.

Sage Valley Farm is located on a grid road east of Lisieux, a community 42 kilometres south of Assiniboia. Dustin Miller and his wife Amy purchased the farm from his parents in 2011.

To say we are living in unusual times is an understatement. That is particularly true for the food sector.

Seeding is underway in many parts of the province this week, with seven per cent of the 2020 crop now in the ground. This is just below the five-year average (2015-2019) of nine per cent for this time of year.

On May 5, Prime Minister Trudeau announced initial emergency relief measures for the agriculture sector totaling $252 million.