CKRM Agriculture

Insecticides with the trade names Matador, Silencer and Labamba are again approved for most uses in the growing season ahead. The active ingredient is lambda-cyhalothrin. Back in 2023, the Pest Management Regulator Agency (PMRA) cancelled all feed uses of lambda on crops. While human consumption of crops treated with lambda was still a registered use, […]

Most of the feeder steer prices reported in Saskatchewan this past week were up week-over-week and so were the feeder heifer prices. The latest Cattle Market Update from Canfax, for the week ending January 31, shows only the 600-700 and 800-900 pound steer weight categories as the only ones to have a week-over-week price decrease […]

Durum:                   332.40  Feed Barley:         241.57    Canola:                 612.02 (down 10 cents) Chickpeas:            837.75 Flax:                      691.04 Lentils:                […]

Durum:                   332.40 (up 5.51) Feed Barley:         241.57    Canola:                 612.12 (up 7.50) Chickpeas:            837.75 Flax:                      691.04 Lentils:              […]

CN and CPKC Rail supplied a combined 65% of hopper cars ordered in grain week 25, a modest improvement from the 64% order fulfillment performance seen in week 24, and now not having supplied 70% of shipper orders for three consecutive weeks.  That’s according to the Ag Transport Coalition. In supplying 74% of cars ordered […]

YORKTON – On Saturday United States president Donald Trump on Saturday signed an order to impose stiff tariffs – 25 per cent — on imports from Mexico, Canada, and to a lesser rate on China. Trump declared an economic emergency in order to place duties of 10 per cent on all imports from China and 25 […]

Durum:                   326.89  Feed Barley:         241.57    Canola:                 604.62 (up 8.30) Chickpeas:            837.75 Flax:                      691.04 Lentils:                  […]

Durum:                   326.89  Feed Barley:         241.57    Canola:                 596.32 (down 6.20) Chickpeas:            837.75 Flax:                      691.04 Lentils:                  […]

The SaskAgToday.com Roundtable panel discusses the incoming U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods and how that may impact the ag sector. Canada is prepared with counter-tariffs of its own. Other ag news from the past week included Peavy Mart closing all of its Canadian locations, Ottawa and Saskatchewan announce funding for 30 livestock & forage research […]

The entire agriculture community is anxiously waiting for the 25 per cent U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods. U.S. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt says President Donald Trump will impose the 25 per cent tariffs on Canada and Mexico on Saturday and a 10 per cent tariff on goods from China the same day. However there was […]