Agriculture

Canada is about to officially mark its 150th anniversary. It is, of course, a significant milestone for our country.

Richardson International Limited has expanded its oat milling business with the acquisition of European Oat Millers. The acquisition closed on June 15, 2017.

Kids on the farm live in a workplace, their friends come visit a workplace, they help out in that workplace and they experience all the dangers inherent of a place filled with big machines, construction and other dangers.

Seeding is advancing quickly in the province thanks to warm, dry weather. Producers now have 60 per cent of the provincial crop in the ground, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s Weekly Crop Report.

It is a rare situation when a group of countries can come to a single agreement on anything.

Saskatchewan producers now have 81 per cent of the 2017 crop in the ground, right in line with the five-year (2012-2016) seeding average for this time of year of 82 per cent.

The numbers don’t seem to be quite adding up. Or, if they do, they seem to be running counter to conditions, and earlier expectations.

Seeding is advancing quickly in the province thanks to warm, dry weather. Producers now have 60 per cent of the provincial crop in the ground, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s Weekly Crop Report.

There are two manufacturers of special purpose Ag Aviation planes in North America, Thrush Aircraft being one of them. The planes are manufactured in Albany Georgia. Yorkton Aircraft Service is the Canadian Authorized Dealer for Thrush .

The numbers are in, and there are not a lot of surprises as long term trends hold. The numbers, in the case of the Canadian Census of Agriculture, with a document released every five years.