Agriculture

Ceres Global Ag to build USD $350 million Canola Crush Plant at Northgate

More farmers have been able to get out into the field this week. Seeding is up from nine per cent last week to 38 per cent this week. This is well ahead of the five-year average (2016-2020) of 22 per cent.

The Arcola-Kisbey Beef Club has been a cornerstone in the southeast for nearly 100 years. The club was formed in the early 1930s as a hog club and in 1939 changed to the Arcola-Kisbey Beef Club.

The farm was calling him back. Jeff Chambers has been farming since 1989 and that doesn’t count the years he spent helping out as a young teenager.

Canadian Western Agribition's Next Gen Agriculture Mentorship Program welcomed the newest group of eight young agriculture leaders.

Due to COVID-19, the 4-H year ended a lot differently. Record books were judged by Laine Goertz Kaeding of Regina. In cloverbuds, Vanessa Cowan was first, Mardi Cowan was second and Arabella Buchanan came in third.

The next 12 months will be an interesting time, to say the least, for Arcola’s Chris Lees, who is the chairperson of the board for the Canadian Western Agribition (CWA).

The Saskatchewan Cattlemen’s Association is pleased to announce the election of Arnold Balicki as the new chairman of the board of directors. His election comes as the SCA held their AGM at the 2020 Saskatchewan Beef Industry Conference in Saskatoon.

The Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission (Sask Wheat) has committed $1.9 million to support wheat research projects funded under the Saskatchewan Agriculture Development Fund (ADF) in 2019.

Through a continuing co-funding partnership with the Agriculture Development Fund (ADF), the Canadian Agricultural Partnership, and other producer commodity groups, Western Grains Research Foundation (WGRF) announced over $2.