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General, Machinery

Mandatory Saskatchewan farm trucker training planned

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The training exemption offered in Saskatchewan for semi truck drivers in agriculture operations is now set to be phased out within two years, the province said Wednesday. The provincial government in late 2018 announced it will require a minimum of 121.5 hours of training before a driver can obtain a Class 1 commercial driver’s licence, […] Read more
Precipitation percentiles on the Prairies for the period of April 1 to May 23, 2019. (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Drought Watch)
Crops, Pasture, Weather

Prairie dryness concerns to persist

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MarketsFarm — Large areas of Western Canada remain on the dry side, with little moisture in the immediate forecasts. And while it’s still early in the growing season, the interplay of conflicting patterns from the south and north will determine whether the dry areas receive timely precipitation during the growing season. “We are looking at […] Read more
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Crops, Weather

Mustard acres to decrease, but yield outlook strong

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MarketsFarm — The most recent principal field crop acreage report from Statistics Canada predicts mustard seed area will drop from approximately 500,000 acres to 400,000 in 2019, concentrated mainly in southwestern, south-central, and west-central Saskatchewan. Although fewer acres are expected to be seeded, prime mustard-growing areas in Saskatchewan and Alberta saw precipitation in recent weeks, […] Read more
The new bridge replaces the ferry.
History, Our History

History: Buffalo Bridge

Reprinted from the October 1951
 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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Buffalo Bridge By Freda Smith Mudiman, Swift Current, Sask.  ‘Streams flowing eastward from the Rocky Mountains from the North and South Branches of the great Saskatchewan River as it swiftly slips down to the sea. Thought the years many bridges have spanned these streams since the day when the first was built across the Sturgeon, […] Read more
Emerging corn plants in Canada. (Sophie-Caron/iStock/Getty Images)
Corn, Crops, Weather

Saskatchewan offers up corn rainfall insurance plan

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Saskatchewan’s crop insurance offerings for 2019 will include a new program allowing corn growers to insure against a substantial drop in moisture. The provincial and federal government on Feb. 26 rolled out Saskatchewan’s 2019 crop insurance program, in which coverage levels on average are to reach a record $230 per acre, up from $216 last […] Read more
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s final map of designated areas for the livestock tax deferral provision for the 2018 tax year, as of Jan. 30, 2019. (Agr.gc.ca)
Livestock, Weather

Livestock tax deferral map expands again for 2018

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Some northern and southwestern Ontario producers who had to sell breeding livestock due to drought in the 2018 tax year can now defer chunks of the income from those sales when filing their income taxes. The federal government on Wednesday rolled out its final list and map of designated regions for 2018 under its livestock […] Read more
Saskatchewan to change trespass laws
News, News Roundup

Saskatchewan to change trespass laws

Legislation: News Roundup from the January 2019 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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On November 27 the Saskatchewan government introduced legislation that puts the onus on those seeking access to private land to ask permission, whether or not the land is posted. The changes include amendments to the Trespass to Property Act, the Snowmobile Act and the Wildlife Act, 1998. Prior to the amendments, the three acts contained […] Read more
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Crops

Viterra closes deal for Gardiner Dam Terminal

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Central Saskatchewan’s Gardiner Dam Terminal is expected to go full Viterra within months, now that the Regina grain firm has completed its deal for full control of the facility. Shareholders in GDT voted Dec. 13 in favour of the deal announced last month in which Viterra buys the half of GDT it doesn’t already own […] Read more

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