It has been just over one year since a Turkish-based company ---Basak Tractor, a division of ASKO holdings--purchased the vast majority of Canada's only farm tractor manufacturer. Buhler Industries makes Versatile brand tractors and tillage equipment in Winnipeg, as well as the Farm King brand grain handling equipment ...

Discovery Seed Labs made its presentation to the Saskatchewan Seed Growers Association annual general meeting in Saskatoon last Wednesday. A hot, dry July reduced potential fusarium issues while pulse crop diseases are present but manageable. There are the average rates of germination and vigour in seed samples submitt...

The National Farmers Union is speaking out about the Bunge-Viterra merger, stating that it will increase the merged company's ability to extract excess profits from Canadian farmers - and ultimately from Canadian communities and economy. A release from the NFU says the merger effectively ends competition in Canada' agr...

Federated Co-Op announced it has paused two major projects as part of its Integrated Agriculture Complex in Regina. FCL is pausing its proposed renewable diesel facility and joint venture canola crush projects with AGT Foods. FCL CEO Heather Ryan says there are several reasons for the decision, which was not made easil...

Transport Canada says the conditions are meant to "ensure that the acquisition will not have a negative impact on competition in Canada's grain and oilseed sector, notably for grain purchasing in Western Canada and the sale of canola oil in Central and Atlantic Canada." Among the 20 conditions are Bungee sell...

Producers across the province could benefit from a new funding announcement in the crop research industry. Today, Canada's Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Lawrence MacAulay and Saskatchewan's Minister of Agriculture Daryl Harrison announced that $9.4 million would be invested into crop-related research. This fund...

Two generations of Bourgaults will be honoured during the April 26th induction ceremony in Saskatoon. The late Frank Bourgault founded the company in 1973 and his son Gerry Bourgault grew the St. Brieux farm equipment manufacturer to a name known by farmers around the world. Frank's son Claude spoke on behalf of his fa...

Thousand of farmers, as well as the people and companies that supply the agricultural sector, are in Saskatoon this week. The Western Canadian Crop Production runs Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at Prairieland. Equipment, new technology, crop inputs, marketing specialists and other agricultural services are on display...

A farmer and agricultural input dealer from west-central Saskatchewan has written a book for the average grocery shopper. Dennis Bulani from Biggar wrote "What a farmer wants you to know about food" after attending a major entrepreneurs conference in Arizona. One of the speakers made several remarks denigrati...

December was warmer than normal despite two Arctic cold snaps and everyone was happy with the weather leading into and out of Christmas. Precipitation was below normal in most areas, except for west-central and southwest. The following information was compiled by Danielle Desjardin, an Environment and Climate Change Ca...