Saskatchewan Agriculture

Opening Grain Prices Tuesday, January 7

Opening Grain Prices Tuesday, January 7

Jan 7, 2025 | 9:40am
Durum:                   317.70  Feed Barley:         246.57    Canola:                 580.02 (down 6.30) Chickpeas:            837.75 Flax:                      605.85 Lentils:                  […]
Manitoba Agriculture analysis shows few crops having a good return over costs

Manitoba Agriculture analysis shows few crops having a good return over costs

Jan 6, 2025 | 5:47pm
Manitoba Agriculture has released its 2025 cost of production analysis for crops and the picture isn’t rosy. All 16 crops in the Manitoba analysis show a return over operating costs, but only pinto beans show a return over total costs. That return is small and pinto beans are a minor acreage crop with only 111,000 […]
Farm groups processing Prime Minister Trudeau’s resignation announcement

Farm groups processing Prime Minister Trudeau’s resignation announcement

Jan 6, 2025 | 5:28pm
Farm groups are digesting an announcement made Monday morning from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who said he is resigning as leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and Prime Minister, once the party selects its next leader. Speaking in front of Rideau Cottage in Ottawa, Trudeau also announced the Governor General granted his request of […]
Closing Grain Prices Monday, January 6

Closing Grain Prices Monday, January 6

Jan 6, 2025 | 1:22pm
Durum:                   317.70  Feed Barley:         246.57 (up 5.00)       Canola:                 586.32 (down 2.40) Chickpeas:            837.75 Flax:                      605.85 Lentils:            […]
Opening Grain Prices Monday, January 6

Opening Grain Prices Monday, January 6

Jan 6, 2025 | 10:07am
Durum:                   317.70  Feed Barley:         241.57       Canola:                 588.72 (up 5.30) Chickpeas:            837.75 Flax:                      605.85 Lentils:                […]
Reducing methane production the goal of a five-year study

Reducing methane production the goal of a five-year study

Jan 3, 2025 | 5:20pm
A cross-Canada research project will attempt to reduce methane production by finding rumen efficiencies. Dr. Leluo Guan from the University of British Columbia was recent awarded $7.9 million from the National Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada. She is also the Canada Research Chair in Animal Function Genomics and Microbiome. Other researchers working with Guan […]
SaskAgToday Roundtable: A look ahead to events in the first quarter of 2025

SaskAgToday Roundtable: A look ahead to events in the first quarter of 2025

Jan 3, 2025 | 4:16pm
On the first SaskAgToday.com Roundtable of 2025 with Kevin Hursh, Chief Agricultural Editor of SaskAgToday.com, Ryan Young, 620 CKRM AgriNews Director, and Doug Falconer, GX94 Agriculture Director: -Canola and wheat futures are still in a feeling out process in the early days of 2025 as prices trended sideways. -Several agriculture events are coming up in […]
Closing Grain Prices Friday, January 3

Closing Grain Prices Friday, January 3

Jan 3, 2025 | 1:15pm
Durum:                   317.70  Feed Barley:         241.57       Canola:                 582.92 (up 3.50) Chickpeas:            837.75 Flax:                      605.85 Lentils:                […]
Opening Grain Prices Friday, January 3

Opening Grain Prices Friday, January 3

Jan 3, 2025 | 9:05am
Durum:                   317.70  Feed Barley:         241.57       Canola:                 579.42 (down 70 cents) Chickpeas:            837.75 Flax:                      605.85 Lentils:              […]
A look at trends from 2024 Crop Prices

A look at trends from 2024 Crop Prices

Jan 2, 2025 | 4:12pm
Crop prices varied dramatically throughout 2024. The agriculture portion of the Saskatchewan government website has graphs of farm gate grain prices over time. Note that prices vary from one location to another each day and also vary geographically depending upon access to processing facilities. However, the graphs show the relative ups and downs. Canola hit […]