CKRM Agriculture

  Closing grain prices Tuesday August 20 Durum                         239.51 Feed Barley                172.63 Canola                        410.26 Flax                             464.93 Oats                            168.93 Yellow Peas                220.47 Feed Wheat                127.78 1 Red Spring Wheat   202.92

Opening grain prices Tuesday August 20 Durum                         239.51 Feed Barley                172.63 Canola                        409.76 Flax                             464.93 Oats                            167.56 Yellow Peas                220.47 Feed Wheat                127.78 1 Red Spring Wheat   202.80

  A cold low pressure northern air mass brought record low temperatures to several locations in Saskatchewan early Sunday and Monday. The weather office says Last Mountain Lake hit minus zero point 6 degrees early Sunday and 1.3 degrees Monday, setting new records. North Battleford also had half a degree of frost early Sunday, breaking […]

Opening grain prices Monday August 19 Durum                         239.51 Feed Barley                172.63 Canola                        409.26 Flax                             464.93 Oats                            167.54 Yellow Peas                220.47 Feed Wheat                127.78 1 Red Spring Wheat   202.81

Closing grain prices Friday August 16 Durum                         239.51 Feed Barley                172.63 Canola                        410.76 Flax                             464.93 Oats                            169.96 Yellow Peas                220.47 Feed Wheat                127.78 1 Red Spring Wheat   203.10

  The federal government has announced 1.75 billion dollars for almost 11 thousand dairy Canadian farmers over the next 8 years. The money is compensation for the new TPP and European trade agreements. In the first year, dairy farmers will get 345 million dollars in direct payments in proportion to their dairy quota. The policy […]

Opening grain prices Friday August 16 Durum                         239.51 Feed Barley                172.63 Canola                        410.96 Flax                             464.93 Oats                            167.10 Yellow Peas                220.47 Feed Wheat                127.78 1 Red Spring Wheat   202.69

Many Saskatchewan cattle producers are checking their livestock water supplies for high sulfate levels. Free water testing is available through regional Agriculture ministry offices. Provincial cattle specialist Leah Clark says the busiest location is Moose Jaw with 450 requests, followed by Swift Current, Outlook and Kindersley. Livestock water quality testing results are showing higher than […]

  G3 Canada has officially opened a new high throughput grain elevator in Maidstone, about 425 kilometers northwest of Regina. G3 Canada says the terminal has fast truck-unloads and a railway loop track that can quickly fill a 150-car train and keep grain moving to market. G3 Canada president Don Chapman says the terminal has […]

Closing grain prices Thursday August 15 Durum                         239.51 Feed Barley                172.63 Canola                        409.56 Flax                             464.93 Oats                            164.32 Yellow Peas                220.47 Feed Wheat                127.78 1 Red Spring Wheat   202.27