Crops

Harvest is complete for most producers across the Saskatchewan grain belt. Ninety-five per cent of harvest is finished province wide, up from 91 per cent last week and ahead of the five-year average of 84 per cent. Damp weather slowed harvest activities; however, producers appreciate the rain. Canola and flax make up most of the […]

Durum                           514.74 Feed barley                   277.58 Canola                           668.62  Chickpeas                     1036.17 Flax                                611.54 Lentils                            814.50 Oats                               294.32 Yellow Peas                   387.89 Feed Wheat                   235.46 1 Red Spring Wheat      329.57  Below are today’s closing future price quotations with Adam Pukalo of P.I. Financial.

Durum                           514.74 Feed barley                   277.58 Canola                           663.72 Chickpeas                     1036.17 Flax                                611.54 Lentils                            814.50 Oats                               294.32 Yellow Peas                   387.89 Feed Wheat                   235.46 1 Red Spring Wheat      326.52  Below are today’s opening future price quotations with Adam Pukalo of P.I. Financial.

The Senate Ag Committee heard from the president of the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM). Ray Orb is the latest to speak on Bill C-234, a private member’s bill that amends the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act, which would make natural gas and propane used for grain drying and heating barns exempt from the carbon tax. […]

Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister David Marit is still awaiting word from Ottawa regarding their contribution to AgriRecovery. In late-August, the province announced $70-million towards the program to help producers who were impacted by drought conditions. Marit says the last conversation he had with his federal counterpart Lawrence MacAulay, he’d hoped to have an answer by the […]

Harvest progress sits at 85% complete across the province, which is ahead of the 5-year average (73%). Harvest has wrapped up for most of the spring cereal crops, with barley at 100% complete, oats at 100% completeand spring wheat at 99% complete. Overall, cereal crops remain in fair to mostly good condition. Many corn fields […]

Durum                           514.74 Feed barley                   277.58 Canola                           668.22 Chickpeas                     1036.17 Flax                                611.54 Lentils                            814.50 Oats                               294.32 Yellow Peas                   382.89 Feed Wheat                   235.46 1 Red Spring Wheat      320.45  Below are today’s closing future price quotations with Adam Pukalo of P.I. Financial.

Durum                           514.74 Feed barley                   277.58 Canola                           669.32 Chickpeas                     1036.17 Flax                                611.54 Lentils                            814.50 Oats                               294.32 Yellow Peas                   382.89 Feed Wheat                   235.46 1 Red Spring Wheat      322.29 Below are today’s opening future price quotations with Adam Pukalo of P.I. Financial.

The grain industry is gearing up for meetings and submissions on rail transportation. SaskAgToday.com Chief Agricultural Editor Kevin Hursh says it’s a wide-ranging review of grain transportation policy by Transport Canada, from extended inter-switching to maximum revenue entitlement. Transport Canada wants feedback from the Ag Transport Coalition, Western Grain Elevator Association, Canadian Federation of Agriculture, railway companies, among […]

CN and CPKC Rail supplied a combined 84% of hopper cars ordered in grain week 8, a decline from the previous week’s 88% order fulfillment performance and the worst performance of the year so far. This also marks the 3rd consecutive week in which we’ve seen a decline in overall system performance. The deterioration in overall […]