Humboldt

Company works with Farming Smarter Association as it searches for options other than the century-old Russet Burbank variety.

Russet Burbank has been the go to potato variety for Canadian farmers and consumers.

This year, McCain Foods in Chin, Alta., has entered a corporate partnership with the Farming Smarter Association to explore the viability of other varieties in its food processing plant for farmers to consider.

Farming Smarter is using one of its commercial plots to do a research trial growing four varieties using six treatments.

The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan has written to the federal government asking for emergency use of strychnine to control gophers
 

The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan wants strychnine reinstated under emergency use provisions.

The organization has asked the federal agriculture and health ministers to “urgently” consider the request.

APAS said there is a significant uncontrolled increase in the population of Richardson’s ground squirrels costing about $9 million a year.

Firm behind plan to build Saskatchewan fertilizer plant had to recently deal with former CEO’s financial problems

 It is full steam ahead at Genesis Fertilizers despite a tumultuous June, say proponents of the proposed Saskatchewan mega-project.

“It’s not a matter of if, it’s a matter of when we get this project off the ground,” said Terry Drabiuk, vice-president of business development with Genesis.

The project is a proposed $2.89 billion, farmer-owned nitrogen fertilizer plant to be built in Belle Plaine, Sask.

Thomas “Tom” James Mathieson
August 11, 1950 – July 20, 2025

Saskatchewan producers will benefit from major enhancements to the AgriStability program for the 2025 program year, aimed at strengthening support amid trade uncertainty and ongoing drought conditions.

Federal, provincial, and territorial agriculture ministers met virtually last week and agreed to increase the compensation rate from 80 per cent to 90 per cent, and doubled the maximum payment cap from $3 million to $6 million per operation.

Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister Daryl Harrison announced the changes yesterday on a farm at Rush Lake.

The Town of Watrous and the Resort Village of Manitou Beach continue to use their Facebook sites to post closure notices for the Watrous Hospital’s emergency department. 

The SHA has issued a statement that the emergency service in Watrous is once again closed, the time from 4:00 pm to midnight on July 22. Patients are advised to reroute to Royal University Hospital or the Humboldt Hospital. 

Saskatchewan is moving forward in its efforts to reduce or eliminate interprovincial trade barriers with a pair of agreements. 

Premier Scott Moe and Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew signed off on a memorandum of understanding designed to enhance interprovincial trade.  

In its 2025 operational review, mining giant BHP announced a delay in entering production and for its proposed second phase startup at its Jansen potash site.  

The company, whose first venture into potash production is at the Jansen site, estimates its capital expenditure to have risen to the $7 to $7.4 billion US range, up from its original estimate of $5.7 billion. That’s part of the decision for the return to the original schedule for first production of mid-2027 as opposed to the final quarter of 2026.  

Dayna Brons was a remarkable young woman who dedicated her career to looking after the well-being of others through athletic therapy and support. Her love of sport, her family, her community and her Humboldt Broncos charges were well known. 

Local resident Alyssa Hergott stepped up in a big way over the last week, volunteering her time and efforts to support firefighting and relief operations amid the ongoing wildfires in northern Saskatchewan. 

She returned on Sunday after helping for a week.