Agriculture

Weyburn’s Prairie Clean Energy secures financing to expand its flax processing facility, creating dozens of local jobs and opportunities.

Farmland rented or leased in Saskatchewan and Alberta went from 25.7 million acres in 2011 to 29.1 million in 2021, according to Census of Agriculture data.

Federal Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre says Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program should be scrapped and a standalone agriculture program should be created.

Prime Minister Mark Carney says he and other senior officials will work to resolve a dispute with China over tariffs that Beijing has imposed on canola. China hit Canadian canola seed imports with preliminary 75.

Closing cash prices from Bunge with futures prices from Adam Pukalo of Ventum Financial.

Sinclair Harrison was involved in rural municipal politics and agricultural organizations for 50 years.

Opening cash prices from Bunge.

Province announces implementation of the Crown Grazing Lease Rental Reduction Program for this grazing season.

An analyst says China’s grain purchases are way down, and the long-term outlook is not promising.

Farm cash receipts in the first half of the year were up 3.3 per cent over the same period last year, buoyed by livestock receipts. Statistics Canada reported on Friday that overall receipts between January and June totalled $49.6 billion, up $1.