Category Archives: CKRM Agriculture

  Opening grain prices Friday August 20 Durum 552.43 Feed barley 354.65 Canola 866.02 Flax 899.76 Lentils 1025.59 Oats 308.53 Yellow peas 477.63 Feed wheat 261.65 1 Red Spring Wheat 375.44

Details are coming together for this year’s version of the “Hay West” program, as farmers on the Prairies face a severe hay shortage due to drought. The First Vice-President of the C...

  Closing grain prices Thursday August 19 Durum 552.43 Feed barley 354.65 Canola 872.22 Flax 899.76 Lentils 981.50 Oats 308.53 Yellow peas 477.63 Feed wheat 261.65 1 Red Spring Wheat 374.83

Saskatchewan harvest is progressing very quickly with 20 percent of the crop in the bin. Thats up from seven percent last week and well ahead of the average of four percent. The latest provincial crop...

  Opening grain prices Thursday August 19 Durum 552.43 Feed barley 354.65 Canola 869.22 Flax 809.21 Lentils 981.50 Oats 308.53 Yellow peas 477.63 Feed wheat 261.65 1 Red Spring Wheat 375.54

Hail insurance adjustors are looking at more than 327 crop damage claims in the first 10 days of August. The president of the Canadian Crop Hail Association, Scott McQueen, says the early August storm...

  Closing grain prices Wednesday August 18 Durum 552.43 Feed barley 354.65 Canola 886.22 Flax 809.21 Lentils 942.50 Oats 298.53 Yellow peas 472.12 Feed wheat 261.65 1 Red Spring Wheat 371.71

The University of Saskatchewan is using cutting edge technology to improve crop breeding. Researchers at the Global Institute for Food Security along with researchers in Quebec are using laser synchro...

  Opening grain prices Wednesday August 18 Durum 552.43 Feed barley 352.65 Canola 895.12 Flax 809.21 Lentils 919.50 Oats 298.53 Yellow peas 472.12 Feed wheat 261.65 1 Red Spring Wheat 373.14

Farmers in Saskatchewan are being advised to take precautions to avoid combine fires during harvest. Weyburn crop extension specialist Sherri Roberts says there have been some combine fires during har...