Federal emergency management and community resilience minister Eleanor Olszewski made the announcement at the Global Institute for Food Security in Saskatoon Photos: Janelle Rudolph

Sask. agriculture sector receives federal funding

Funds through PrairiesCan will assist in the continued growth of the province’s ag research and manufacturing

PrairiesCan funding will assist in the continued growth of Saskatchewan's ag research and manufacturing sectors.


Steven R. Webb, Karen Churchill, Rebecca Paszt, Eleanor Olszewski, Tom Dooley, and Mehmet Tulbek pose for a group photo at a funding announcement for four Saskatchewan-based agricultural projects.

Saskatchewan agriculture sector receives federal funding

Funds through PrairiesCan will assist in the continued growth of the province’s ag research and manufacturing

PrairiesCan funding will assist in the continued growth of Saskatchewan’s ag research and manufacturing sectors.

A diagram of a grain bin including a close-up view of how Wavcor's Manhole system is mounted.

A new easy conversion of hopper bins to aeration

The removable Wavcor Manhole aeration attachment is designed as a low-cost upgrade for farmers to add to their grain handling systems

The Wavcor Manhole aeration attachment, made by a Canadian company, is designed as a low-cost upgrade for farmers to add to their grain handling systems.



A large AGI grain storage system on the Ag in Motion show site near Langham, Sask.

Bigger bins change the storage game

In the 1970s, a standard bin was 14 feet in diameter, with a capacity of 1,350 bushels. If you were a high roller, you’d add an extra ring and stretch that another 300 bu. You could get a bin that was 19 feet in diameter, with a 2,700 bu. capacity but few farmers bought them […] Read more

Derek Johnson of AGI in front of his company’s display site at Ag in Motion.  |  Ed White photo

Be optimistic with your storage system plans

LANGHAM, Sask. — Planning a storage system means being optimistic, future-focused, and strategic. It isn’t something you should do when you realize you’ve got a big crop coming and not enough room to store it. “It starts with a plan,” said Derek Johnson in the lee of the giant grain bin system AGI has built […] Read more