Category Archives: CKRM Agriculture
Flax straw plant to be open in Regina in April
A Saskatchewan company is building a million dollar flax straw processing plant in Regina. Prairie Clean Energy president Mark Cooper says the waste straw would be processed into pellets and so...
Jan 24, 2022
Closing grain prices Friday Jan 21
Closing grain prices Friday Jan 21 Durum 698.55 Feed barley 383.64 Canola 956.22 Flax 1470.59 Lentils 887.50 Oats 471.53 Yellow Peas 632.89 Feed wheat 261.65 1 Red Spring Wheat 427.38
Jan 21, 2022
Federal government efforts to reduce food waste take next step
Agriculture minister Marie-Claude Bibeau has announced 18 semi-finalists to find new solutions to food waste in Canada. Every year, the agriculture ministry says over half of Canada’s foo...
Jan 21, 2022
Opening grain prices Friday Jan 21
Opening grain prices Friday Jan 21 Durum 698.55 Feed barley 383.64 Canola 954.72 Flax 1470.59 Lentils 887.50 Oats 471.53 Yellow Peas 632.89 Feed wheat 261.65 1 Red Spring Wheat 428.63
Jan 21, 2022
Sask livestock producers welcome extension to government farm water development program
The president of the Saskatchewan Stock Growers welcomes an extension to the farm and ranch water development program deadline. The March 31st deadline has been extended to the end of September, but p...
Jan 21, 2022
Closing grain prices Thursday Jan 20
Closing grain prices Thursday Jan 20 Durum 670.99 Feed barley 383.64 Canola 960.12 Flax 1470.59 Lentils 887.50 Oats 471.53 Yellow Peas 632.89 Feed wheat 261.65 1 Red Spring Wheat 426.53
Jan 20, 2022
Sask government takes steps to reduce federal carbon tax on more businesses
The Saskatchewan government says it is expanding the provincial Output-based Performance Standards program to protect workers and businesses from the harmful effects of the federal carbon tax. Effecti...
Jan 20, 2022
Opening grain prices Thursday Jan 20
Opening grain prices Thursday Jan 20 Durum 670.99 Feed barley 383.64 Canola 949.12 Flax 1470.59 Lentils 887.50 Oats 471.53 Yellow Peas 632.89 Feed wheat 261.65 1 Red Spring Wheat 423.44
Jan 20, 2022
Livestock research in Sask gets 5.1 million dollars in government funding
The Saskatchewan government has announced over 5 million dollars in federal-provincial funds for livestock research in 2022. Agriculture Minister David Marit says the 5.1 million dollars will go to 28...
Jan 20, 2022
Closing grain prices Wednesday Jan 19
Closing grain prices Wednesday Jan 19 Durum 670.99 Feed barley 383.64 Canola 943.52 Flax 1470.59 Lentils 947.85 Oats 471.53 Yellow Peas 632.89 Feed wheat 261.65 1 Red Spring Wheat 423.12
Jan 19, 2022
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