Category Archives: CKRM Agriculture

  The National Farmers Union has renewed a call on the federal government to investigate farm fertilizer pricing. President Katie Ward told the Commons agriculture committee last week fertilizer ...

Opening grain prices Friday Feb 25 Durum 551.16 Feed barley 377.37 Canola 940.22 Flax 976.53 Lentils 859.80 Oats 501.53 Yellow Peas 632.32 Feed wheat 261.65 1 Red Spring Wheat 426.04

  The Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities is encouraging RM’s to set up more crime watch initiatives. SARM president Ray Orb says there are 22 rural crime watch areas in the 29...

Closing grain prices Thursday Feb 24 Durum 551.16 Feed barley 377.37 Canola 960.22 Flax 976.53 Lentils 859.80 Oats 501.53 Yellow Peas 632.32 Feed wheat 261.65 1 Red Spring Wheat 440.20

  The federal government announced this week 12 projects have been approved to help farmers fight climate change. Here is more detail on the program announced earlier. Federal funding totals 183 ...

Opening grain prices Thursday Feb 24 Durum 551.16 Feed barley 377.37 Canola 966.12 Flax 976.53 Lentils 859.80 Oats 551.53 Yellow Peas 632.32 Feed wheat 261.65 1 Red Spring Wheat 444.87

Political tensions between Russia and Ukraine is spilling over into the grain markets. SaskWheat analyst Marlene Boersch of Mercantile Consulting says concerns about supply disruptions from Russia and...

  Closing grain prices Wednesday Feb 23 Durum 551.16 Feed barley 377.37 Canola 960.12 Flax 976.53 Lentils 859.80 Oats 551.53 Yellow Peas 632.32 Feed wheat 261.65 1 Red Spring Wheat 455.37

  A new angus Reid survey says four in five Canadians have changed food buying habits due to rising costs. Three in five or 62 percent are eating out less and one quarter are drinking less alcoho...

Opening grain prices Wednesday Feb 23 Durum 551.16 Feed barley 377.37 Canola 960.42 Flax 976.53 Lentils 859.80 Oats 551.53 Yellow Peas 632.32 Feed wheat 261.65 1 Red Spring Wheat 449.01