Building the Future of Agriculture Together

SaskOilseeds and Agriculture in the Classroom Saskatchewan (AITC-SK) want Saskatchewan students to better understand agriculture and the role it plays in the province's future. AITC-SK and SaskOilseeds have renewed a three-year partnership to support agricultural education for students and teachers across Saskatchewan....

Canadian Agri-Business Education Foundation

Seven students from across Canada are receiving support for their post-secondary education. The 2026 recipients of the Canadian Agri-Business Education Foundation (CABEF) scholarships are from across Canada. Each will receive a $2,500 scholarship to support post-secondary studies in agriculture or agri-food at a Canadi...

mustard growers can apply

Mustard growers in Saskatchewan now have an opportunity to be more involved in the industry. Nominations are being accepted for one director position on the Saskatchewan Mustard Development Commission (Sask Mustard) Board of Directors. Sask Mustard is a producer-funded levy organization that operates under the Agrifood...

Alberta Blue book

Alberta's three largest crop commissions have launched a mobile app for Alberta's Crop Protection Guide, better known as the Blue Book, to give farmers and agronomists on-the-go access to crop protection guidance. Developed by Alberta Canola, Alberta Grains and Alberta Pulse Growers, the Blue Book app is available for ...

Renewed momentum for Sask Ranchers

The Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association (SSGA) brought together livestock producers, ranching families, industry leaders, government representatives, researchers, and partners to Swift Current for three days of learning, dialogue, and celebration of the province's livestock sector. The annual convention focused on ...

2026 Saskatchewan Crop Report

Most of Saskatchewan is nearing the finish line for seeding operations. Provincially, 93 per cent of seed is in the ground, still well behind the five and 10-year averages. The west-central region leads at 98 per cent complete, followed by the southwest at 97 per cent, the southeast at 96 per cent, the northwest at 95 ...

2026 Manitoba Crop Report

The latest Manitoba crop report suggests 93 per cent of spring seeding is complete. However, the northwest region is nowhere near finished. Weekend storms damaged fields and washed out roads and bridges in the Swan Valley and San Clara areas. James Frey is an applied research and production specialist with Manitoba Agr...

Growing Season Progress Report

With Canada's 2026 spring wheat crop underway, Cereals Canada has resumed biweekly updates to its interactive Growing Season Progress Report. The report will be updated until harvest is complete in all three Prairie provinces. Market and trade specialist Matilda van Aggelen said the information provides timely insights...

livestock traceability review

A group of livestock organizations is working together to examine the benefits and drawbacks of beef cattle traceability. The Canadian Cattle Association, National Cattle Feeders' Association and Canadian Beef Breeds Council say the Traceability Task Force was created to support disease and emergency preparedness and r...

Net-Zero Agri-Food

The Canadian Alliance for Net-Zero Agri-Food has launched the first phase of the CANZA Marketplace, a digital platform designed to help farmers adopt climate-smart agriculture and be rewarded for positive environmental outcomes. Evan Fraser, executive director of the Arrell Food Institute and a founding partner of CANZ...

Port of Churchill

Arctic Gateway Group (AGG) and a North American construction and infrastructure development company have signed an agreement to support infrastructure at the Port of Churchill. Under the memorandum of understanding, AGG and Aecon Group will explore ways to strengthen Canada's northern trade corridor and Arctic sovereig...

Mitigating risk

OTTAWA - Canada is temporarily restricting the import of livestock from Texas over concerns about a parasitic fly with flesh-eating larvae.The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said animals that are from Texas or were present in the state within 21 days of a border crossing will not be allowed into the country.It comes a...

Lending opportunites

It's a new farm lender partnership. Farm Credit Canada is investing in Farm Lending Canada to help expand financing for Canadian farmers. The investment is part of FCC's recently announced commitment to distribute $2 billion in innovation in agriculture and food by 2030 to help scale breakthrough solutions and strength...

New World Screwworm

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service confirmed a New World screwworm (NWS) in a bovine in Texas. NWS is a serious pest that affects livestock, pets, wildlife and, less commonly, people and birds. Its larvae burrow into the flesh of living animals, causing serious damage to liv...

traceability regulations

The CFIA has dropped proposed new traceability reporting requirements for beef cattle after strong industry opposition. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency paused the proposed changes in January after strong opposition from the beef cattle sector, which said additional reporting on cattle movement would be too burdens...

2026 Saskatchewan Crop Report

It was a productive week for Saskatchewan farmers, with significant seeding progress. About 80 per cent of the crop is in the ground, up from 52 per cent last week, according to Crops Extension Specialist Samantha Marcino. "We did make a 28 per cent jump in per cent complete, so pretty impressive, but we're still ...

2026 Manitoba Crop Report

Hot, dry conditions have helped Manitoba farmers make good seeding progress over the past week. Even with improved weather, this year's crop development remains well behind average. The latest Manitoba Agriculture report estimates 71 per cent of intended acres are seeded, compared with 95 per cent at the same time ...

Farming Smarter project to end in 2027

The Lethbridge-based group, Farming Smarter, is in its final year of a project that helps farmers measure moisture in their fields.The Smart Irrigation project provides specialized sensors to producers to track the conditions of their soil, but also offers up a five to seven-day model instructing the farmer on the best...

Seeding delays

It's been a stressful spring for some farmers as wet conditions and delayed seeding put the growing season behind schedule. A late-season snowfall in May, combined with rain and a turnaround in temperatures, led to quick snowmelt and flooding in parts of northeast and east-central Saskatchewan, delaying spring seeding ...

Shaping the future of the pulse and oilseed sectors.

Saskatchewan Pulse Growers (SPG) and SaskOilseeds (SKO) are inviting nominations for their boards of directors. Both organizations are encouraging registered producers to put their names forward and help shape the future of Saskatchewan's pulse and oilseed sectors. The SPG board has nine farmer-elected directors, while...

New disease detection technology

The Food and Agriculture Organization reported up to 40 per cent of global crop production is lost to plant pests and diseases each year. An up-and-coming Saskatoon entrepreneur is on a mission to do something about it, starting with saving crops across the province. PathoScan Technologies' Ethan Done credits national ...

Extra kick

If your mustard seems a little spicier lately, you're probably not imagining it.Researchers say hotter, drier conditions across the Prairies are changing Canadian mustard seeds - and that could be giving everything from hot dogs to salad dressings a sharper kick.The Canadian Grain Commission has been tracking the quali...

Beef imports

Canadian and Mercosur negotiators are meeting in Toronto this week for a key round of trade talks, with the Canadian Cattle Association working with the Canadian negotiating team. The association is urging the federal government to reject any expansion of beef market access in a potential trade deal with Mercosur count...

2026 Saskatchewan Crop Report

Warmer weather boosted seeding progress in Saskatchewan. Farmers are 52 per cent through seeding, up from 29 per cent last week, but still behind the five and 10-year averages. Drier conditions allowed for more time in the field. The southwest leads at 74 per cent complete, followed by west-central at 69 per cent, sout...

Upcycling spent grain

A new project will turn a food-safe byproduct of beer production into high-value ingredients through an upcycling process. Terra Bioindustries and Great Western Brewing Company are partnering on the initiative. Terra will use its proprietary technology to convert Great Western Brewing Company's brewers spent grain into...

2026 Manitoba Crop Report

Spring planting in Manitoba reached 55 per cent, according to the province's weekly crop report. That is 30 points behind last year and 13 points below the five-year average. James Frey, applied research and production specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, said weather conditions in the province's northwest have finall...

Drought conditions

Multiple rounds of precipitation improved drought conditions across Canada's Prairie region. That's according to Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's Drought Monitor for April. The map of conditions as of April 30 shows much of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta had no drought, particularly in central and northern region...

Water Well Monitoring Parameters

A new guideline is helping confined feeding owners and operators monitor water wells. The Water Well Monitoring Parameters Technical Guideline was recently developed by the Technical Advisory Group (TAG), a collaboration between the Alberta government, the Natural Resources Conservation Board and the agricultural indus...