CKRM Agriculture

  Closing grain prices Friday Sept 20 Durum                         248.69 Feed Barley                139.47 Canola                        405.76 Flax                             485.93 Oats                            175.26 Yellow Peas                211.47 Feed Wheat                147.79 1 Red Spring Wheat   208.25

  Opening grain prices Friday Sept 20 Durum                         248.69 Feed Barley                143.47 Canola                        407.26 Flax                             485.93 Oats                            175.65 Yellow Peas                211.47 Feed Wheat                147.79 1 Red Spring Wheat   210.12  

The combines were rolling again this week after last weeks rain delayed harvest.  The regional crop specialist in Outlook, Kaeley Kindrachuk, says harvest is at 20 percent in the Outlook district and expects an average crop. She says crop quality may be downgraded by recent wet weather. Kindrachuk says farmers need warm dry weather to […]

Closing grain prices Thursday Sept 19 Durum                         248.69 Feed Barley                143.47 Canola                        409.26 Flax                             485.93 Oats                            175.79 Yellow Peas                211.47 Feed Wheat                147.79 1 Red Spring Wheat   205.91

  Saskatchewan farmers made modest harvest progress this past week. Provincial crops analyst Cory Jacob says 23 percent of the crop is in the bin, up from 18 percent last week but well behind the average of 50 percent for this date. He says some areas had up to 6 inches or 150 millmeters of […]

  Saskatchewan ranchers have expressed concern about an A and W ad promoting the meatless burger outside Mosaic stadium at a Roughrider football game. Saskatchewan Stock Growers manager Chad McPherson says the Roughriders were open to discuss concerns about the promotion. McPherson says the meeting was cordial and productive. He says most producers are pleased […]

A farmer near Ituna says a vicious hail storm swept the area Tuesday night. Ituna area farmer Adrienne Ivey says several crops were wiped out by the hailstorm, which ran on a narrow path of destruction. She says the hail was accompanied by heavy rain. Ivey says the hail was toonie-sized and very rough, looking […]

  Closing grain prices Wednesday Sept 18 Durum                         248.69 Feed Barley                143.47 Canola                        410.66 Flax                             485.93 Oats                            177.58 Yellow Peas                211.47 Feed Wheat                164.52 1 Red Spring Wheat   200.95

Opening grain prices Wednesday Sept 18 Durum                         248.69 Feed Barley                143.47 Canola                        412.76 Flax                             485.93 Oats                            178.45 Yellow Peas                211.47 Feed Wheat                164.52 1 Red Spring Wheat   198.16

Saskatchewan farmers faced scattered hail damage during the first week of September. The chair of the Canadian Crop Hail Association, Rick Omelchenko, says there were 500 prairie hail damage claims in the first week of September, and more than 250 were from Saskatchewan. Omelchenko says the hail damage was across a wide area of the […]