Crops

Closing grain prices Thursday, September 7 Durum                           514.74 Feed barley                   282.58 Canola                           740.32 Chickpeas                     1036.17 Flax                                561.54 Lentils                            859.50 Oats                               301.32 Yellow Peas                   382.89 Feed Wheat                   223.56 1 Red Spring Wheat      340.18 Below are today’s closing future price quotations with Adam Pukalo with P.I. Financial.

Producers have crossed the half-way point of harvest this week at 51 per cent complete. This is up from 33 per cent last week, ahead of the five-year average (2018-2022) of 34 per cent and the 10-year (2013-2022) of 33 per cent.  The southwest continues to lead harvest progress at 81 per cent complete, this […]

Opening grain prices Thursday, September 7 Durum 514.74Feed barley 282.58Canola 740.32 Chickpeas 1036.17Flax 561.54Lentils 859.50Oats 301.32Yellow Peas 382.89Feed Wheat 223.561 Red Spring Wheat 342.79 Below are today’s opening future price quotations with Adam Pukalo with P.I. Financial.

The Saskatchewan Minister of Agriculture is settling into his added responsibility of being the head of the Water Security Agency. David Marit kept the Ag file and replaced Jeremy Cockrill as minister responsible for the WSA in last week’s Cabinet Shuffle. Marit says he was informed the day before the official ceremony at Government House […]

Harvest progress sits at 37% complete across the province, which is ahead of the 5-year average (31%).Winter wheat and fall rye harvest is complete (100%).Yield reports are averaging about 60 bu/acre for winter wheat and 70 bu/acre for fall rye. Harvest continues in spring cereal crops, with barley at 65% complete, oats at 71% complete […]

Closing grain prices Wednesday, September 6 Durum                           514.74 Feed barley                   282.58 Canola                           752.62  Chickpeas                     1036.17 Flax                                561.54 Lentils                            859.50 Oats                               301.32 Yellow Peas                   382.89 Feed Wheat                   223.56 1 Red Spring Wheat      343.08 Below are today’s closing future price quotations with Adam Pukalo with P.I. Financial.

Opening grain prices Wednesday, September 6 Durum 514.74Feed barley 282.58Canola 749.32 Chickpeas 1036.17Flax 561.54Lentils 859.50 Oats 301.32Yellow Peas 382.89Feed Wheat 223.561 Red Spring Wheat 340.20 Below are today’s opening future price quotations with Adam Pukalo with P.I. Financial.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said after talks with Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Monday that it would soon be possible to revive the grain deal that the United Nations says helped to ease a food crisis by getting Ukrainian grain to market. Russia quit the deal in July — a year after it was brokered by the United Nations […]

CN and CPKC Rail  supplied a combined 98% of hopper cars ordered in grain week 4, an improvement from the previous week’s 93% order fulfillment performance. The improved performance in total reflects an improvement in performance for CN and no change for CPKC. In supplying 98% of hopper cars ordered on time in week 4, CN […]

Today, the Governments of Canada and Saskatchewan announced a record-breaking level of payments under the Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation (SCIC) Forage Rainfall Insurance Program.  “While producers face ongoing risks related to climate change and extreme weather events, the support of Business Risk Management programs provides some level of stability against income and production loss,” said […]