Saskatchewan Program Payments Expected to Total Nearly $2 Billion

Nov 10, 2023

Program payments to Saskatchewan producers for the 2023 growing season could total almost $2 billion, the provincial and federal governments said Thursday.

With approximately 30% of the 2023 Crop Insurance Program claim payouts already paid to producers, forecasts indicate that total program payments may reach $1.85 billion, according to a joint release.

Most producers are eligible for advance payments on claims, allowing money to flow to producers before claims are completely verified. Meanwhile, total Crop Insurance claim payouts could continue to move higher as the deadline for Crop Insurance customers to report their detailed net production and register a claim is not until Nov. 15, 2023.

Dryness and drought plagued portions of Saskatchewan again this year, slashing crop yields and leaving livestock producers with little feed for their herds.

"We recognize it's been another challenging year in some areas of our province," Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister David Marit said.

Source : Syngenta.ca

Video: New research chair appointed to accelerate crop variety development

Funded by Sask Wheat, the Wheat Pre-Breeding Chair position was established to enhance cereal research breeding and training activities in the USask Crop Development Centre (CDC) by accelerating variety development through applied genomics and pre-breeding strategies.

“As the research chair, Dr. Valentyna Klymiuk will design and deploy leading-edge strategies and technologies to assess genetic diversity for delivery into new crop varieties that will benefit Saskatchewan producers and the agricultural industry,” said Dr. Angela Bedard-Haughn (PhD), dean of the College of Agriculture and Bioresources at USask. “We are grateful to Sask Wheat for investing in USask research as we work to develop the innovative products that strengthen global food security.”

With a primary focus on wheat, Klymiuk’s research will connect discovery research, gene bank exploration, genomics, and breeding to translate gene discovery into improved varieties for Saskatchewan’s growing conditions.