Crops

Closing grain prices Wednesday, August 2 Durum 477.67Feed barley 330.61Canola 711.42Chickpeas 1036.17Flax 561.54Lentils 727.30Oats 262.32Yellow Peas 365.89Feed Wheat 270.971 Red Spring Wheat 356.71

Opening grain prices Wednesday, August 2 Durum 477.67Feed barley 330.61Canola 715.12Chickpeas 1036.17Flax 561.54Lentils 727.30Oats 262.32Yellow Peas 365.89Feed Wheat 270.971 Red Spring Wheat 352.33

The federal and Manitoba governments made two funding announcements related to agriculture. The first was Ottawa and Manitoba providing over $1.9 million in funding to 54 projects supporting sustainable farming in Manitoba. Federal Ag Minister Lawrence MacAulay says Manitoba farmers are prepared to embrace new, proactive on-farm projects that help mitigate the effects of climate […]

Alberta Agriculture expects crop yields this year will be down about 15% from the 5 year average.  For spring wheat, the average dryland yield estimate for this year is 38.9 bushels per acre, down from the 5 year average of 46.1.  Barley yields are expected to be just under 55 bushels an acre, down about 5 bushels from […]

U.S. corn condition fell for the first time in several weeks as intense heat baked much of the country last week. According to the USDA’s weekly crop progress report, 55% of corn was rated good to excellent, down 2 percentage points from the previous week. The condition of the U.S. soybean crop also suffered in the heat.  […]

Closing grain prices Tuesday, August 1 Durum 477.67Feed barley 330.61Canola 716.52 Chickpeas 1036.17Flax 561.54Lentils 727.30Oats 262.32Yellow Peas 352.56Feed Wheat 270.971 Red Spring Wheat 357.78 

Grain movement at Canada’s west coast ports wasn’t seriously impacted by the British Columbia port workers strike last month. But the next few months might be a different story.  Mark Hemmes is the President of Quorum Corporation.  Quorum tracks grain movement in the country.   He says the volume of grain that has been moving recently […]

The Saskatchewan Cattlemen’s Association is hosting two more townhall meetings this week in drought-stricken areas of the province. One is this afternoon (Tues) in Cabri at the Cabri Community Hall from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. The other is tomorrow (Wed) from the Cadillac Community Hall in Cadillac from 1:30 to 4:30 as well. In addition […]

Opening grain prices Tuesday, August 1 Durum 477.67Feed barley 330.61Canola 710.42Chickpeas 1036.17Flax 561.54Lentils 727.30Oats 262.32Yellow Peas 352.56Feed Wheat 270.971 Red Spring Wheat 355.61

Here is a look at your Closing Grain Prices for July 31: Durum 477.80 = Feed Barley 335.61 = Canola 721.42 -1.2 Chickpeas 1036.17 = Flax 501.98 = Lentils 727.30 = Oats 262.32 +12 Yellow Peas 335.92 = Feed Wheat 270.97 = One Red Spring Wheat 369.27 -1.3