Saskatchewan farmers made some harvest progress despite rain this past week. Provincial crops analyst Shannon Friesen says 39 percent of crops are in the bin, up from 23 percent last week but well behind the average of 62 percent for this date. She says rainfall ranged from a trace to 94 millimeters near Ituna […]
Opening grain prices Thursday Sept 26 Durum 248.69 Feed Barley 141.47 Canola 406.16 Flax 485.93 Oats 169.68 Yellow Peas 214.54 Feed Wheat 147.79 1 Red Spring Wheat 222.63
Saskatchewan livestock producers have a new financing option. The manager of the Saskatchewan Livestock Finance Co-operative, Terry Wensley, says the new SK co-op is designed to help provide loans to livestock producers to expand herd size He says there has been a lot of support for the new co-op and new members are welcome. Wensley says […]
Closing grain prices Wednesday Sept 25 Durum 248.69 Feed Barley 141.47 Canola 407.26 Flax 485.93 Oats 171.80 Yellow Peas 214.54 Feed Wheat 147.79 1 Red Spring Wheat 222.58
Opening grain prices Wednesday Sept 25 Durum 248.69 Feed Barley 141.47 Canola 407.06 Flax 485.93 Oats 172.89 Yellow Peas 214.54 Feed Wheat 147.79 1 Red Spring Wheat 223.15
Hail storm activity in Saskatchewan for the first half of September is described as moderate with minor to heavy crop damage. The president of the Canadian Crop Hail Association, Rick Omelchenko, says there were over 530 prairie hail claims in the first two weeks of this month, with about two-thirds from Saskatchewan. He says the […]
Closing grain prices Tuesday Sept 24 Durum 248.69 Feed Barley 141.47 Canola 407.66 Flax 485.93 Oats 172.66 Yellow Peas 214.54 Feed Wheat 147.79 1 Red Spring Wheat 217.54
Opening grain prices Tuesday Sept 24 Durum 248.69 Feed Barley 141.47 Canola 407.16 Flax 485.93 Oats 173.10 Yellow Peas 214.54 Feed Wheat 147.79 1 Red Spring Wheat 217.28
A new study says farmers in the Quill Lakes area have lost over a quarter of a billion dollars from flooding in recent years. Farmers in the Quill Lakes area say the local flooding crisis is far from over. The executive director of the Quill Lakes Watershed Association, Rita Marcinowski says the study from Dr. […]
Closing grain prices Monday Sept 23 Durum 248.69 Feed Barley 141.47 Canola 406.66 Flax 485.93 Oats 178.64 Yellow Peas 214.54 Feed Wheat 147.79 1 Red Spring Wheat 214.31
