CKRM Agriculture

Opening grain prices Friday August 23 Durum                         239.51 Feed Barley                172.63 Canola                        409.96 Flax                             464.93 Oats                            161.99 Yellow Peas                218.54 Feed Wheat                127.78 1 Red Spring Wheat   201.04

The number of grain bags being recycled is up 25 percent in Saskatchewan this year. Clean Farms operates the recycling program and stakeholder manager Kim Timmer says farmers in this province have turned in almost 16 hundred tons of used grain bags for recycling. That’s up from almost 13 hundred tons last year. She says […]

  The latest crop report says Saskatchewan farmers have 2 percent of the crop in the bin. Provincial crops analyst Cory Jacob says harvest ranges from 3 percent in the south to less than 1 percent in the northern grainbelt. He says combining is behind the five year average of 9 percent for this date. […]

Closing grain prices Thursday August 22 Durum                         239.51 Feed Barley                172.63 Canola                        411.46 Flax                             464.93 Oats                            163.07 Yellow Peas                220.47 Feed Wheat                127.78 1 Red Spring Wheat   201.09

Opening grain prices Thursday August 22 Durum                         239.51 Feed Barley                172.63 Canola                        411.36 Flax                             464.93 Oats                            163.84 Yellow Peas                220.47 Feed Wheat                127.78 1 Red Spring Wheat   201.05  

SaskWheat is cautioning farmers to be careful when applying pre-harvest chemicals for weed management. Vice chair Scott Hepworth of Assiniboia says farmers must ensure registered products are used at the right stage of crop maturity. He says offshore markets are sensitive to any traces of chemical in the grain. Hepworth says farmers must allow for […]

  Closing grain prices Wednesday August 21 Durum                         239.51 Feed Barley                172.63 Canola                        411.46 Flax                             464.93 Oats                            166.53 Yellow Peas                218.54 Feed Wheat                127.78 1 Red Spring Wheat   201.60

Opening grain prices Wednesday August 21 Durum                         239.51 Feed Barley                172.63 Canola                        411.46 Flax                             464.93 Oats                            166.59 Yellow Peas                220.47 Feed Wheat                127.78 1 Red Spring Wheat   201.56

A market analyst says there is a lot of price uncertainty as farmers prepare to harvest the 2019 crop in Saskatchewan. FarmLink Marketing Solutions senior analyst Neil Townsend advises farmers to be patient when selling wheat because there are a lot of trade concerns. Townsend says a good target price for wheat is 6 dollars […]

Regina-based Viterra has reached an agreement to purchase the assets of Ilta Grain’s processing facility west of the Queen city at Belle Plaine. Purchase price was not disclosed. The purchase is subject to usual closing conditions, including court approval at a hearing set for Friday. Ilta filed for creditor protection last month. Viterra President Kyle […]