Crops

The Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, is in Italy to take part inthe biennial conference of the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). During heroutreach, she will also work with stakeholders to advance Canadian agriculture and agri-food trade,and promote the safety and quality of Canadian exports.Minister Bibeau is expected to be […]

Closing grain prices Friday, June 30 Durum                           396.61 Feed barley                   340.61 Canola                           744.82 Chickpeas                     1036.17 Flax                                501.98 Lentils                            732.50  Oats                               245.32 Yellow Peas                   351.61 Feed Wheat                   270.97 1 Red Spring Wheat      363.92 

A potential strike of B.C. port workers is looming. Yesterday (Wed), members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union voted in favour of strike action and could walk off the job on Saturday, if a deal can’t be reached with the B.C. Maritime Employers Association. The potential strike would affect about 7,400 workers and 49 […]

Closing grain prices Thursday, June 29 Durum 396.61Feed barley 340.61Canola 724.42Chickpeas 1036.17Flax 501.98Lentils 732.50Oats 245.32Yellow Peas 351.61Feed Wheat 270.971 Red Spring Wheat 370.42

The majority of the province has continued to be dry, however some areas received heavy rain showers this past week with some isolated flash floods. Some of these areas also received hail; the size and amount of hail varied between storms and damage varied. While moisture was needed, a slow, soaking rain would have allowed […]

2023 is shaping up to be a dry year and consequently won’t be a bin buster. That’s according to agricultural consultant Kevin Hursh, who says where he farms in the Cabri area of southwest Saskatchewan it’s dry. “Things are going backwards quickly in my part of the world,” Hursh said. “Increasingly there’s a lot of […]

Canadian pulse exports continue at a solid pace through nine months of the 2022-23 marketing year, with old-crop prices trending higher over the past month as the market rations demand ahead of the new-crop harvest. Canada has exported 1.713 million tonnes of lentils during the crop year to date, with Turkey the top destination at […]

Ottawa’s decision to ban the use of lambda-cyhalothrin insecticides on any crops destined for feed use has now led at least one Canadian miller to prohibit any deliveries of oats treated with the chemical. Grain Millers, whose Canadian operations include its oat mill at Yorkton, said in a memo yesterday (Tue) to growers that the […]

Statistics Canada released highlights of the June 2023 Field Crops survey pertaining to the 2023 seeding areas of principal field crops. Saskatchewan farmers indicated they planted more canola, spring wheat, durum wheat, barley, and mustard seed, and less lentils, dry field peas, oats, flax seed, and canary seed. Producers planted 12.4 million acres of canola […]

Closing grain prices Wednesday, June 28 Durum 396.61Feed barley 340.61Canola 713.92Chickpeas 1036.17Flax 501.98Lentils 732.50Oats 245.32Yellow Peas 351.61Feed Wheat 270.971 Red Spring Wheat 366.95