CKRM Agriculture

Opening grain prices Tuesday Sept 3 Durum                         239.51 Feed Barley                172.63 Canola                        404.46 Flax                             464.93 Oats                            170.92 Yellow Peas                213.47 Feed Wheat                164.52 1 Red Spring Wheat   191.56

The Canadian Farmers Almanac is predicting a cold, snowy and long winter in southern Saskatchewan. The editor of the 2020 edition of the Canadian Farmers Almanac, Peter Geiger, describes the winter as a “Polar Coaster”. He also said the fall harvest weather will be less than ideal in Saskatchewan. “We’re expecting a little bit cooler […]

Closing grain prices Friday August 30 Durum                         239.51 Feed Barley                172.63 Canola                        406.36 Flax                             464.93 Oats                            166.17 Yellow Peas                218.54 Feed Wheat                164.52 1 Red Spring Wheat   193.47

Opening grain prices Friday August 30 Durum                         239.51 Feed Barley                172.63 Canola                        407.36 Flax                             464.93 Oats                            165.79 Yellow Peas                218.54 Feed Wheat                164.52 1 Red Spring Wheat   192.64  

 The federal government is pumping almost 2 million dollars into oat variety development. Public Safety minister Ralph Goodale has announced an investment of 1.98 million dollars for the Regina-based Prairie Oat Growers Association. The funds will be used to improve oat varieties for the Canadian oat industry. The goal is to develop new oat cultivars […]

Closing grain prices Thursday August 29 Durum                         239.51 Feed Barley                172.63 Canola                        405.86 Flax                             464.93 Oats                            166.72 Yellow Peas                218.54 Feed Wheat                164.52 1 Red Spring Wheat   195.21

  Despite cool wet weather, Saskatchewan farmers made some progress on harvesting the 2019 crop. Provincial crops analyst Cory Jacob says combining is 6 percent complete, up from 2 percent last week but behind the average of 16 percent for this date. He says farmers are looking for warm, dry conditions. He says hail and […]

  Opening grain prices Thursday August 29 Durum                         239.51 Feed Barley                172.63 Canola                        406.86 Flax                             464.93 Oats                            161.89 Yellow Peas                218.54 Feed Wheat                127.78 1 Red Spring Wheat   196.05

Sask Power is reminding farmers to be cautious around power infrastructure during this harvest season. The crown corporation says there have already been 240 reported incidents of farm machinery coming into contact with power poles and lines while farmers work in the fields. That is 10 more than what was reported at the same time […]

Here are the latest Viterra grain prices Durum unchanged at 239.51 Feed Barley unchanged at 172.63 Canola up1.50 to 404.76 Flax unchanged at 464.93 Oats up 72 cents to 161.81 Yellow Peas unchanged at 218.54 Feed Wheat unchanged at 127.78 1 Red Spring Wheat down 1.30 to 197.30