The voting period for SaskOilseeds’ Board election is now open. View the candidate profiles and submit your vote by 12 PM (noon) on November 29, 2024.

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October 16, 2024 - The value of canola to the Canadian economy has more than doubled in the past decade, and now generates an average of $43.7 billion annually, according to a new independent analysis released today by the Canola Council of Canada (CCC).  The canola sector supports an average of 206,000 jobs and $16.3 billion in wages for Canadians from coast to coast.

Five nominations have been received to fill four director positions on the recently formed Saskatchewan Oilseeds Development Commission Board of Directors. An election will take place in November.

A labour disruption at the Port of Vancouver has halted operations, severely impacting Canada’s canola farmers who rely on the port to export 90% of their crop.

The latest information about canola trade with China...

Nominations to fill four positions on the newly formed SaskOilseeds’ Board opened today, with four-year director terms starting in January 2025.

SaskOilseeds will make every effort to tirelessly advocate for an end to this work stoppage.

The three Prairie, provincial canola grower associations have evaluated and selected 13 new canola research projects to receive funding under the Canola Agronomic Research Program (CARP) in 2024.

SaskCanola is seeking cooperators to participate in this year’s on-farm research trials.

SaskCanola & SaskFlax announce successful amalgamation after formal voting during both commissions’ AGMs was met with widespread approval.

Governments of Canada and Saskatchewan, and SaskCanola announce funding commitments to new research projects under the Sask Agriculture Development Fund.

The Government of Saskatchewan releases the 2023 Saskatchewan Clubroot Distribution Map outlining the RMs where clubroot has been identified since 2018.

2023 Dave Marsh, accountant, Saskatoon, SK - SaskCanola’s long-time Controller from 2010-2023 who was the strong man in the storm and a quiet leader. Dave was posthumously named the 2023 recipient of the Canola Influencer Award.

The Ministry of Agriculture has examined the implications of clubroot and its status as a declared pest and is proposing to deregulate clubroot as a pest in 2024.

SaskCrops remains supportive of a fully transparent process and notes that it is important that any transformative processes do not draw scare PMRA resources away from core PMRA work making crop protection tools available to farmers.

SaskCanola will continue to work for appropriate recognition of farm practices that reduce emissions and sequester carbon.

SaskCanola and SaskFlax address grower feedback from amalgamation survey.

SaskCanola is now offering an interactive texting service.

Farm leaders in Saskatchewan are urging the Saskatchewan government to conduct a thorough risk assessment of the proposed Bunge and Viterra merger.