February 1, 2025 - Today, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that tariffs of 25 per cent will be applied to imports of a broad range of Canadian goods, including canola seed, oil, and meal, effective February 4, 2025. The U.S. is Canada’s number one market for canola exports and also a market that is highly integrated with the Canadian canola industry. Canola is the single largest contributor to farm crop cash receipts – grown by nearly 40,000 farmers across the country.

SaskOilseeds is celebrating its official amalgamation by launching a progressive new look!

The Government of Saskatchewan released the 2024 Clubroot Distribution Map, identifying the rural municipalities (RMs) where clubroot has been identified since the first Saskatchewan detection in 2008.

SaskOilseeds is proud to announce its commitment of $781,432 to support 8 new research projects over the next 4 years. These projects, funded through the ADF, aim to develop solutions to emerging challenges that limit production and value-added processing.

SaskOilseeds is pleased to announce the results of its recent board election. Newly elected is Patricia Lung. Re-elected directors are Dean Roberts, Codie Nagy, and Dave Altrogge.

Topics in this issue include: Voting Period Open for SaskOilseeds’ Board of Directors Registration Open for Saskatchewan Crops Forum – […]

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.

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.

Canola: YTD total canola disappearance into week 4 of the crop year amounts to 1.9 million MT compared to 1 million MT last year and is up 78% on last year. 

The latest information about canola trade with China...