CKRM Agriculture

Closing grain prices Tuesday Jan 7 Durum                         266.39 Feed Barley                177.68 Canola                        439.18 Flax                             521.35 Lentils                         482.50 Oats                            202.33 Yellow Peas                246.89 Feed Wheat                156.83 1 Red Spring Wheat   224.78

Opening grain prices Tuesday Jan 7 Durum                         266.39 Feed Barley                177.68 Canola                        439.28 Flax                             521.35 Lentils                         482.50 Oats                            200.87 Yellow Peas                246.89 Feed Wheat                156.83 1 Red Spring Wheat   225.23

Saskatchewan farmers will receive over 11 million dollars in compensation for unpaid grain deliveries last year to Ilta Grain. Remi Gosselin at the Canadian Grain Commission says all 222 eligible claims will be paid in full. He says those claims total over 11 million dollars. However, Gosselin says 49 claims totalling 1.5 million dollars will […]

  Weather stats for December in southern Saskatchewan show a month that was relatively mild and very dry. The average mean temperature in Regina last month was minus 10.6 degrees, 1.8 degrees warmer than usual. Regina had its 39th warmest December in 126 years. Most centres in southern Saskatchewan were 2 degrees warmer than usual […]

Closing grain prices Monday Jan 6 Durum                         266.39 Feed Barley                157.68 Canola                        436.88 Flax                             521.35 Lentils                         469.50 Oats                            201.71 Yellow Peas                246.89 Feed Wheat                156.83 1 Red Spring Wheat   226.32

Opening grain prices Monday Jan 6 Durum                         266.39 Feed Barley                157.68 Canola                        436.98 Flax                             521.35 Lentils                         469.50 Oats                            198.74 Yellow Peas                246.89 Feed Wheat                156.83 1 Red Spring Wheat   225.50

A cold snap is coming to southern Saskatchewan later this week. Environment Canada senior climatologist David Phillips said unusually warm Pacific Air will be replaced by cold Arctic air in the middle of the week. “We’ll see temperatures cool off, but not brutally cold, Phillips said. “It will cool off to close to seasonal for […]

Closing grain prices Friday Jan 3 Durum                         266.39 Feed Barley                157.68 Canola                        436.98 Flax                             521.35 Lentils                         469.50 Oats                            198.94 Yellow Peas                246.89 Feed Wheat                156.83 1 Red Spring Wheat   226.07

Opening grain prices Friday Jan 3 Durum                         266.39 Feed Barley                157.68 Canola                        440.88 Flax                             521.35 Lentils                         469.50 Oats                            206.20 Yellow Peas                246.89 Feed Wheat                156.83 1 Red Spring Wheat   225.83

The president of APAS has guarded optimism for farming in 2020. Todd Lewis says 2019 was a tale of extreme weather, from drought to excessive moisture. He is hoping for a better year in 2020. He says its hard to be optimistic when many farmers have crop left to harvest in the spring. But he […]