Canadian farmers intend to plant more wheat, canola and barley this spring while area seeded to oats and lentils will decline. Statistics Canada says Saskatchewan farmers anticipate planting 7.3 percent more wheat this year at 14.2 million acres. Spring wheat will jump 10 percent to 9.2 million acres while durum will jump almost 3 percent […]
Grain markets were showing downward movement this week. P.I. Financial commodity futures advisor Adam Pukalo says the July canola contract is down 20 dollars per metric ton, while spring wheat futures (July Minneapolis Wheat) have declined about 20 cents a bushel, at under $8.50 a bushel. There are two factors, Pukalo says, for the canola […]
Louis Dreyfus Company has announced an investment to double the capacity of its canola crushing facility in Yorkton. The new capacity will be over 2-million tonnes and construction is expected to begin later this year. About 120 people are currently employed at the facility. The province says this expansion will increase the value of exports […]
An independent agricultural consultant has been making rounds in parts of eastern Saskatchewan this past week. Brad Magnusson was in Wadena on Tuesday, and Swan River on Wednesday. He provided producers with tips on their agriculture strategy and management. Magnusson sees a pattern among commodity prices and grain. He says the price of canola is affected significantly by […]
Western Canadian farmers will seed more wheat and canola this spring and less peas and lentils. That was the forecast made this week by market analyst Chuck Penner with LeftField Commodity Research at the Western Canadian Crop Production Show in Saskatoon. Penner says bullish signs for wheat include the outlook for a poor winter […]
The Saskatchewan government has released the latest Clubroot distribution map, outlining the RM’s where clubroot has been found. The soil-borne disease can cause significant yield losses in susceptible crops like canola and when environmental conditions are favourable. Key to reducing yield losses include crop rotation, resistant varieties and sanitation practices. Last year, over 500 fields […]
Grain markets were mixed the holiday shortened week of December 30th. P.I. Financial commodity futures advisor Adam Pukalo says canola was up about 8 dollars per metric ton while spring wheat was down 7 cents a bushel. He says wheat has rallied about 30 cents a bushel at Minneapolis in December. He says cold weather […]
Premier Scott Moe is in Washington, D.C. for a trade mission. He will be trying to sell Saskatchewan’s minerals, and talk global energy concerns. Moe says the U.S. is an important market for Saskatchewan. Exports to the U.S. rose 51 percent from 13 billion dollars in 2020 to almost 20 billion dollars in 2021. […]
The southeast provincial crops extension specialist is advising farmers to check their canola fields this fall for crop diseases. Sherri Roberts, based in Weyburn, has been checking fields for clubroot and other diseases. She says some fields are showing signs of disease. Roberts suggests farmers should consider extending crop rotations and seeding disease-resistant varieties. She […]
Statistics Canada has reduced its canola production estimate by 400-thousand tonnes down to 19.1 million. The latest numbers come from satellite data gathered at the end of August. The previous estimate used information from the end of July. FarmLink Marketing Solutions senior analyst Neil Townsend believes the canola number could go lower when StatsCan releases […]
