CKRM Agriculture

Closing grain prices Wednesday Jan 15 Durum                         266.39 Feed Barley                177.68 Canola                        433.98 Flax                             521.35 Lentils                         482.50 Oats                            211.36 Yellow Peas                246.89 Feed Wheat                156.83 1 Red Spring Wheat   231.91

Opening grain prices Wednesday Jan 15 Durum                         266.39 Feed Barley                177.68 Canola                        436.18 Flax                             521.35 Lentils                         482.50 Oats                            213.56 Yellow Peas                246.89 Feed Wheat                156.83 1 Red Spring Wheat   230.38

Agriculture minister David Marit has announced crop research funding of $11-million for this year. Marit says the federal-provincial funding will cover 47 crop-related research projects. He says the projects include clubroot management, herbicide resistance and improving crop yields. Marit says grain research has a payback of almost $9for every dollar put into it. Various provincial […]

Closing grain prices Tuesday Jan 14 Durum                         266.39 Feed Barley                177.68 Canola                        438.48 Flax                             521.35 Lentils                         482.50 Oats                            218.77 Yellow Peas                246.89 Feed Wheat                156.83 1 Red Spring Wheat   231.26

Opening grain prices Tuesday Jan 14 Durum                         266.39 Feed Barley                177.68 Canola                        439.58 Flax                             521.35 Lentils                         482.50 Oats                            217.65 Yellow Peas                246.89 Feed Wheat                156.83 1 Red Spring Wheat   233.42

A Saskatoon-based organization has been given federal approval to develop a vaccine for deadly African Swine Fever. The disease has wiped out over half the pigs in China or almost one third of all hogs in the world. The director of Vido-InterVac, Dr. Volker Gerdts, says developing a vaccine will take several years. He says […]

Closing grain prices Monday Jan 13 Durum                         266.39 Feed Barley                177.68 Canola                        439.48 Flax                             521.35 Lentils                         482.50 Oats                            216.38 Yellow Peas                246.89 Feed Wheat                156.83 1 Red Spring Wheat   230.43

  The Saskatchewan government has released an updated version of the Clubroot Distribution Map, outlining the areas where clubroot has been found. Agriculture minister David Marit says clubroot has been confirmed in 51 commercial canola fields, a rise of 8 since last January. In addition, he says the clubroot pathogen was detected in 5 fields […]

Open grain prices Monday Jan 13 Durum                         266.39 Feed Barley                177.68 Canola                        441.08 Flax                             521.35 Lentils                         482.50 Oats                            213.99 Yellow Peas                246.89 Feed Wheat                156.83 1 Red Spring Wheat   230.88

A report from Agriculture Canada says the Canadian prairies will be one of the few regions of the world where crop yields will benefit from global warming. The report says prairie crops like canola and wheat will benefit from improved water use efficiency with elevated carbon dioxide levels. Global warming is also expected to boost […]