Crops

CN and CPKC Rail supplied a combined 64% of hopper cars ordered in grain week 20, a modest improvement from the 57% order fulfillment performance seen in week 19.  That’s according to the Ag Transport Coalition. In supplying 39% of cars ordered by shippers in week 20, CN performance improved only slightly from the order […]

Durum:                    317.70  Feed Barley:         241.57       Canola:                 576.82 (up 1.50) Chickpeas:            837.75 Flax:                      605.85 Lentils:                […]

Herbicide carryover risk will not be as great as the past few years due to some decent spring rainfall. However, the risk is greater for in-season crop applications due to a sharp reduction in rainfall from July onward. The Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture has released the herbicide carryover maps for pre-seed, early in crop and […]

Durum:                   317.70  Feed Barley:         241.57       Canola:                 575.72 (up 2.60) Chickpeas:            837.75 Flax:                      605.85 Lentils:                […]

Durum:                   317.70  Feed Barley:         241.57       Canola:                 573.12 (down 1.80) Chickpeas:            837.75 Flax:                      605.85 Lentils:                […]

A three-year research project produced some promising results controlling kochia by burying the pesky weed before it could mature into a tumbleweed and move long distances. The work was led by Shaun Sharpe, an Agriculture Canada weed scientist in Saskatoon. Sharpe worked with six producers around Last Mountain Lake, about an hour north of Regina, […]

Durum:                   317.70  Feed Barley:         241.57       Canola:                 574.92 (down 6.60) Chickpeas:            837.75 Flax:                      605.85 Lentils:                […]

Durum:                   317.70  Feed Barley:         241.57       Canola:                 581.52 (up 8.90) Chickpeas:            837.75 Flax:                      605.85 Lentils:                […]

Durum:                   317.70  Feed Barley:         241.57       Canola:                 574.42 (up 50 cents)  Chickpeas:            837.75 Flax:                      605.85 Lentils:              […]

Durum:                   317.70  Feed Barley:         241.57       Canola:                 573.92 (down 1.30)  Chickpeas:            837.75 Flax:                      605.85 Lentils:                […]