CKRM Agriculture

Closing grain prices Thursday Oct 10 Durum                         260.06 Feed Barley                146.62 Canola                        413.86 Flax                             485.93 Oats                            184.96 Yellow Peas                218.54 Feed Wheat                147.79 1 Red Spring Wheat   214.20

  Saskatchewan farmers made limited harvest progress this past week due to rain and snow. Provincial crops analyst Cory Jacob says 55 percent of the crop is in the bin, up from 47 percent last week but well behind the average of 82 percent for this time of year. He says most of the crop […]

Opening grain prices Thursday Oct 10 Durum                         260.06 Feed Barley                146.62 Canola                        419.36 Flax                             485.93 Oats                            187.09 Yellow Peas                218.54 Feed Wheat                147.79 1 Red Spring Wheat   218.80

This week’s snowfall across much of the southern Saskatchewan grainbelt has put harvest on hold again. Regina has a covering of snow. The weather office says no snow in Saskatoon, 3 centimeters in Yorkton and 5 centimeters in Weyburn and Assiniboia. SaskWheat vice chair Scott Hepworth says the ground is white with snow around Assiniboia, […]

Closing grain prices Wednesday Oct 9 Durum                         260.06 Feed Barley                146.62 Canola                        418.66 Flax                             485.93 Oats                            184.48 Yellow Peas                218.54 Feed Wheat                147.79 1 Red Spring Wheat   218.07

Opening grain prices Wednesday Oct 9 Durum                         260.06 Feed Barley                146.62 Canola                        417.46 Flax                             485.93 Oats                            182.31 Yellow Peas                218.54 Feed Wheat                147.79 1 Red Spring Wheat   220.04

Farm Credit Canada’s Drive Away Hunger campaign is being held Wednesday and Thursday across Saskatchewan. The FCC will be collecting donated food at various locations in Moose Jaw and Yorkton Wednesday for local food banks. In Regina and Humboldt, the campaign goes Thursday. The goal in Regina is to raise 387 thousand meals, the number […]

Closing grain prices Tuesday Oct 8 Durum                         260.06 Feed Barley                146.62 Canola                        420.16 Flax                             485.93 Oats                            184.25 Yellow Peas                218.54 Feed Wheat                147.79 1 Red Spring Wheat   218.69

Opening grain prices Tuesday Oct 8 Durum                         260.06 Feed Barley                146.47 Canola                        419.66 Flax                             485.93 Oats                            181.70 Yellow Peas                218.54 Feed Wheat                147.79 1 Red Spring Wheat   217.79

The combines are rolling again in parts of the Saskatchewan grainbelt after being delayed by last week’s rain and snow. The regional crop specialist in Weyburn, Sherri Roberts, says harvest is 40 to 80 percent complete in southeast Saskatchewan. She says some farmers were harvesting wheat on the weekend and one producer highlighted weather downgrading. […]