Crops

Closing grain prices Tuesday, September 19 Durum                           514.74 Feed barley                   272.58 Canola                           691.72 Chickpeas                     1036.17 Flax                                561.54 Lentils                            854.50 Oats                               311.53  Yellow Peas                   382.89 Feed Wheat                   223.56 1 Red Spring Wheat      334.89  Below are today’s closing future price quotations with Adam Pukalo with P.I. Financial.

Opening grain prices Tuesday, September 19 Durum                           514.74 Feed barley                   272.58 Canola                           695.02 Chickpeas                     1036.17 Flax                                561.54 Lentils                            867.50 Oats                               295.32 Yellow Peas                   382.89 Feed Wheat                   223.56 1 Red Spring Wheat      331.77  Below are today’s opening future price quotations with Adam Pukalo with P.I. Financial.

Like back to school for kids, it’s back to Parliament for politicians from all political stripes. Today (Monday) was the first day of the fall session for MP’s. From an agricultural perspective, what’s old is new again as it’ll be Lawrence MacAulay’s first sitting as Federal Agriculture Minister since he replaced Marie-Claude Bibeau. Vice President of the Canadian Federation […]

Closing grain prices Monday, September 18 Durum                           514.74 Feed barley                   282.58 Canola                           699.42 Chickpeas                     1036.17 Flax                                561.54 Lentils                            867.50 Oats                               310.32 Yellow Peas                   382.89 Feed Wheat                   223.56 1 Red Spring Wheat      333.89  Below are today’s closing future price quotations with Adam Pukalo with P.I. Financial.

Opening grain prices Monday, September 18 Durum                           514.74 Feed barley                   282.58 Canola                           704.12 Chickpeas                     1036.17 Flax                                561.54 Lentils                            867.50 Oats                               310.32 Yellow Peas                   382.89 Feed Wheat                   223.56 1 Red Spring Wheat      333.66 Below are today’s opening future price quotations with Adam Pukalo with P.I. Financial.

Not many years ago, the vast majority of canola crops were swathed ahead of combining. With pod shatter resistance becoming common in canola varieties, straight cutting has gained popularity. Shawn Senko, agronomy specialist with the Canola Council of Canada out of Saskatoon, says there has been an uptick in adopting straight cutting over the last 5 years. Senko noted 66 […]

About 170 people from Protein Industries Canada and industry stakeholders gathered in Edmonton this week for their Annual General Meeting. CEO Bill Greuel says government representatives and a delegation from the University of Alberta were also at the AGM on Wednesday. He says the focus was on how to make Canadian companies – from ingredient manufacturers to food companies – more competitive […]

Closing grain prices Friday, September 15 Durum                           514.74 Feed barley                   282.58 Canola                           721.32  Chickpeas                     1036.17 Flax                                561.54 Lentils                            867.50 Oats                               310.32 Yellow Peas                   382.89 Feed Wheat                   223.56 1 Red Spring Wheat      342.14  Below are today’s closing future price quotations with Adam Pukalo with P.I. Financial.

Opening grain prices Friday, September 15 Durum                           514.74 Feed barley                   282.58 Canola                           713.72 Chickpeas                     1036.17 Flax                                561.54 Lentils                            867.50 Oats                               310.32 Yellow Peas                   382.89 Feed Wheat                   223.56 1 Red Spring Wheat      341.69 Below are today’s opening future price quotations with Adam Pukalo with P.I. Financial.

Harvest has progressed nicely this past week with 68 per cent of this year’s crop now in the bin. This is up from 51 per cent last week, ahead of the five-year average (2018-2022) of 52 per cent and the 10-year average (2013-2022) of 48 per cent.  Combines continue to roll across the province with […]