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Durum wheat is going to be at a premium. It appears highly unlikely that this year’s durum crop in Canada and the U.S. will be large enough to meet the demands of the countries that normally import durum for their pasta needs. In the July 12 Crop Production report, USDA said durum production in 2023 was […]

From this week’s Manitoba Crop Report. Harvesting of winter wheat and fall rye continued over the past week.  Harvest in the Dauphin and Swan Valley area is approximately 80% complete. Early yield reports on winter wheat were averaging around 65 bushels an acre. Most spring cereal crops are in the intermediate to hard dough stage.     Overall, […]

Central Butte is the site of today’s (Wed) townhall meeting hosted by the Saskatchewan Cattlemen’s Association. It’s the 5th meeting over the last few weeks, taking in producer’s thoughts on the drought conditions and what can be done to provide immediate and long-term relief for them. CEO of the Cattlemen’s Association Grant McLellan has been […]

What can be done to help cattle producers facing another year of drought and serious feed shortages? The Saskatchewan Cattlemen’s Association has held well attended meetings in Kindersley, Perdue, Cabri and Cadillac to address the issue. I attended the meeting in my hometown of Cabri and I was impressed by how well the town hall […]

For the longest time, if you wanted to look at a soil survey map of any piece of land in Saskatchewan, you’d have to get an actual map of it or a survey book. However, accessibility has been made easier thanks to the development of a website called sksis.ca; the full name of the acronym […]

The talk of drought on the Canadian Prairies has been everywhere, from the municipal level, to provincial, and even federal. Federal Agriculture Critic, and Alberta Conservative MP for the Foothills constituency , John Barlow acknowledged farmers and ranchers in B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba have been feeling anxiety. “I know a lot of the municipalities […]

USDA reports the spring wheat harvest is now 11% complete. That is 3% behind the five-year average of 14%. South Dakota leads the way at 38% harvested, while North Dakota is at 2%. USDA said 41% of the spring wheat crop was rated good to excellent.   Winter wheat harvest in the U.S. is now 87% complete. That […]

A strong close to the 2022-2023 crop year by both CN and CPKC Rail. The Ag Transport Coalition reports the two major railways supplied a combined 98% of hopper cars ordered in grain week 52, up from 96% in grain week 51.   CN supplied 98% of hopper cars ordered for week 52 matching the performance seen in […]

The President of the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) has been busy this summer working on the drought issue. Ray Orb has been touring areas affected by dry conditions, talking with Rural Municipality officials and attending townhall meetings hosted by the Saskatchewan Cattlemen’s Association (SCA). The conditions have been forcing R.M.’s to declare agricultural […]

The U-N Food and Agriculture Organization is concerned global food prices are rising since Russia pulled out of a deal allowing Ukraine to ship grain out of Black Sea ports. Vegetable oil prices jumped 12.1 per cent between June and July and sunflower oil prices surged 15 per cent on fresh uncertainties about supplies following […]