CKRM Agriculture

Two of Canada’s major railways, Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd (CPKC) and Canadian National Railway (CN), are playing catch-up following a labour disruption last month that stalled operations for about four days. Mark Hemmes is the President of Quorum Corporation, which manages the federal government’s grain monitoring program. He says getting caught up is going […]

The harvest of spring and winter wheat around the world is either progressing or almost done with conditions and yields being mixed. The spring wheat harvest in Saskatchewan is at 28 per cent complete with an average yield of 45 bushels an acre, according to the Ministry of Agriculture. Alberta’s wheat crop is 36 per […]

Harvest continues in winter cereals, spring cereals, and peas. Yield reports range from 40-110 bu/acre for fall rye and winter wheat, 25-90 bu/acre in spring wheat, 80-180 bu/acre in oat, and 90-115 bu/acre in barley. Canola harvest has started in all regions with Central regions at 45% complete. Pea yields range from 30-65 bu/acre. Corn […]

Durum                        292.77  Feed barley                 206.57    Canola                         519.72 (up 2.10) Chickpeas                    837.75  Flax          […]

Durum                        292.77  Feed barley                 206.57    Canola                         517.62 (down 2.80) Chickpeas                    837.75  Flax          […]

China released more details of its anti-dumping probe into Canadian canola, but a farm leader believes it’s all politics and wants to see the Chinese and Canada come to a resolution before it escalates. The anti-dumping investigation will be year-long process, according to the Chinese government, looking into canola imports from January 1st to December […]

Durum                        292.77  Feed barley                 206.57    Canola                         520.42 (down 6.10) Chickpeas                    837.75  Flax          […]

CN and CPKC Rail supplied a combined 57% of hopper cars ordered in grain week 4, an improvement from the 44% order fulfillment performance seen in week 3.  In supplying 77% of cars ordered by shippers in week 4, CN performance improved significantly from the 35% order fulfillment performance seen the prior week.  CN performance […]

Durum                        292.77  Feed barley                 206.57    Canola                         526.52 (down 7.50) Chickpeas                    837.75  Flax          […]

Durum                        292.77  Feed barley                 206.57    Canola                         534.02 (up 1.30) Chickpeas                    837.75  Flax          […]