Crops

As more producers are finishing up harvest, an Agronomy Specialist with the Canola Council of Canada is encouraging farmers to look for signs of verticillium stripe in their fields as part of their post-harvest work. The soil-borne disease that causes yield loss in canola crops was first reported on the Prairies a decade ago, and […]

Harvest continues in spring cereals and canola. Yield reports range from 25 to 90 bu/acre in spring wheat, 80 to 180 bu/acre in oats, and 90 to 115 bu/acre in barley. Canola harvest continues and is approximately 55% complete. Corn crops continue to develop rapidly with cobs in the dent growth stage and milk lines […]

Durum                        301.96  Feed barley                 211.57       Canola                         561.72 (up 2.60) Chickpeas                    837.75  Flax        […]

Durum                        301.96  Feed barley                 211.57       Canola                         559.12 (up 5.10) Chickpeas                    837.75  Flax        […]

Four cereal based producer commissions in Saskatchewan, Alberta, Manitoba and Ontario have announced plans to contribute a total of $13.4 million dollars to the proposed Global Agriculture Technology Exchange in Winnipeg. The project, known by the acronym GATE, will contain state-of-the-art equipment for milling, baking, pasta and noodle making, malt and brewing as well as […]

Durum                        301.96  Feed barley                 211.57       Canola                         554.02 (up 5.00) Chickpeas                    837.75  Flax        […]

Trade export data from Statistics Canada show Saskatchewan exports to the United Kingdom, France, and the Netherlands increased overall in 2023. Uranium was the main driver of those exports – 87.3 per cent of Saskatchewan uranium went to the Netherlands, 70.8 per cent to the U.K., and 47.3 per cent to France. The province says […]

Durum                        301.96  Feed barley                 211.57       Canola                         549.02 (up 11.03) Chickpeas                    837.75  Flax        […]

The union representing workers at terminals in Metro Vancouver issued 72-hour strike notice on Saturday and will be in a position to strike at 7 a.m. local time Tuesday. In a notice to members posted onto its Facebook Page, the Grain Workers Union Local 333 claimed its bargaining committee made the decision to strike after […]

Durum                        301.96  Feed barley                 211.57       Canola                         537.72 (down 9.60) Chickpeas                    837.75  Flax        […]