CKRM Agriculture

Closing grain prices Friday Dec 27 Durum                         266.39 Feed Barley                157.68 Canola                        429.18 Flax                             521.35 Lentils                         419.50 Oats                            192.02 Yellow Peas                244.89 Feed Wheat                156.83 1 Red Spring Wheat   224.39

Opening grain prices Friday Dec 27 Durum                         266.39 Feed Barley                157.68 Canola                        432.78 Flax                             521.35 Lentils                         419.50 Oats                            197.11 Yellow Peas                244.89 Feed Wheat                156.83 1 Red Spring Wheat   225.36

The president of SARM says farmers faced a challenging year in 2019 and hopes for a better year in 2020. Ray Orb says a spring drought was followed by a wet summer and harvest. “We think about 2.5 million acres in this province alone has been left unharvested,” said Orb. Orb says farmers also faced […]

Closing grain prices Tuesday Dec 24 Durum                         266.39 Feed Barley                157.68 Canola                        431.58 Flax                             521.35 Lentils                         419.50 Oats                            190.58 Yellow Peas                244.89 Feed Wheat                156.83 1 Red Spring Wheat   219.03

Opening grain prices Tuesday Dec 24 Durum                         266.39 Feed Barley                157.68 Canola                        431.68 Flax                             521.35 Lentils                         419.50 Oats                            192.78 Yellow Peas                244.89 Feed Wheat                156.83 1 Red Spring Wheat   220.19

Saskatchewan farmers are worried the price of peas may be affected by new import restrictions imposed on shipments to India. India is setting a minimum price for imported peas and limiting shipments to only one port in Northeast India. Lee Moats is an outgoing director with the Saskatchewan Pulse Growers. He says there could be […]

India has caught pulse crop exporters by surprise with plans to impose new restrictions on pea imports. The Indian government introduced stiff tariffs in November 2017, which resulted in sharply reduced Canadian sales. Tariff rates and quota levels are unchanged, but new measures were announced by the Government of India Directorate General of Foreign Trade […]

Opening grain prices Monday Dec 23 Durum                         266.39 Feed Barley                157.68 Canola                        429.58 Flax                             521.35 Lentils                         419.50 Oats                            197.42 Yellow Peas                244.89 Feed Wheat                156.83 1 Red Spring Wheat   220.28

Saskatchewan hog producers are hoping for higher prices in 2020 as China ramps up pork imports after severe losses from African Swine Fever. The president of Genesus Genetics in Oakville, Manitoba, Jim Long, says China has been buying Canadian pork because their herd has been decimated by African Swine Fever. He says it will take a […]

Closing grain prices Friday Dec 20 Durum                         266.39 Feed Barley                157.68 Canola                        430.88 Flax                             521.35 Lentils                         419.50 Oats                            197.41 Yellow Peas                244.89 Feed Wheat                156.83 1 Red Spring Wheat   217.00