Saskatchewan Agriculture

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, […]

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. […]

Durum                           509.23 Feed barley                   277.58 Canola                           668.02  Chickpeas                     1036.17 Flax                                611.54 Lentils                            814.50 Oats                               294.32 Yellow Peas                   387.89 Feed Wheat                   235.46 1 Red Spring Wheat       322.27 Below are today’s closing future price quotations with Adam Pukalo of P.I. Financial.

Durum                           509.23 Feed barley                   277.58 Canola                           670.72 Chickpeas                     1036.17 Flax                                611.54 Lentils                            814.50 Oats                               294.32 Yellow Peas                   387.89 Feed Wheat                   235.46 1 Red Spring Wheat       326.57  Below are today’s opening future price quotations with Adam Pukalo of P.I. Financial.

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 […]