Crops

Limited harvest progress over the last week due to widespread rainfall across the province. Harvest progress sits at 86% complete across the province, which is ahead of the 5-year average (81%). Harvest has wrapped up for most of the spring cereal crops, with barley at 100% complete, oats at 100% complete and springwheat at 99% […]

Opening Grain Prices Wednesday Oct 11 Durum                           509.23 Feed barley                   277.58 Canola                           660.52  Chickpeas                     1036.17 Flax                                611.54 Lentils                            780.50  Oats                               294.32 Yellow Peas                   387.89 Feed Wheat                   235.46 1 Red Spring Wheat     321.92  Below are today’s opening future price quotations with Adam Pukalo of P.I. Financial.

The value of farmland has risen, despite availability for it being limited. That’s according to Farm Credit Canada’s (FCC) mid-year farmland values review, which looked at the average growth for the first 6 months of 2023. Saskatchewan had the largest increase in value at 11.4 percent, followed by Quebec at 10.6 percent, Ontario 6.9 percent, Mantioba 6.4, […]

CN and CPKC Rail supplied a combined 83% of hopper cars ordered in grain week 9, a modest increase from the previous week’s 82% order fulfillment performance. The slight improvement in overall performance reflects a significant decline in performance for CN and a notable improvement in performance for CPKC. In supplying 69% of hopper cars ordered […]

Durum                           509.23 Feed barley                   277.58 Canola                           662.02 Chickpeas                     1036.17 Flax                                611.54 Lentils                            792.50 Oats                               294.32 Yellow Peas                   387.89 Feed Wheat                   235.46 1 Red Spring Wheat      322.10  Below are today’s closing future price quotations with Adam Pukalo of P.I. Financial.

Durum                           509.23 Feed barley                   277.58 Canola                           660.52 Chickpeas                     1036.17 Flax                                611.54 Lentils                            814.50 Oats                               294.32 Yellow Peas                   387.89 Feed Wheat                   235.46 1 Red Spring Wheat      323.57 Below are today’s opening future price quotations with Adam Pukalo of P.I. Financial.

Four farm groups want the Saskatchewan government to conduct a risk assessment into the proposed merger between Viterra and Bunge. The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan, SaskCanola, SaskBarley, and SaskWheat sent a joint letter to provincial Agriculture Minister David Marit. Chairperson of SaskWheat Brett Halstead says one of the concerns is less options to sell grain. […]