Category Archives: CKRM Agriculture

A farmer at Shaunavon had a rare experience this month. Kelly Oberle had triplet calves twice in the span of one week. The odds of one triplet birth is 1 in 100 thousand. Oberle says the calves are in...

  Opening grain prices Friday Jan 29 Durum 299.46 Feed barley 234.70 Canola 635.37 Flax 729.37 Lentils 602.50 Oats 229.53 Yellow peas 367.89 Feed wheat 183.72 1 Red Spring Wheat 267.19

The Saskatchewan government has unveiled a new tool for farmers to track their mental health. The mobile app, Avail, was developed by Saskatoon-based Bridges Health. The phone app offers farmers a con...

  Closing grain prices Thursday Jan 28 Durum 299.46 Feed barley 234.70 Canola 630.17 Flax 729.37 Lentils 602.50 Oats 229.53 Yellow peas 367.89 Feed wheat 183.72 1 Red Spring Wheat 266.96

  Federal Agriculture minister Marie-Claude Bibeau says its time to talk about mental health and farm stress. She says there has been no shortage of stress on the farm this past year and farming ...

Opening grain prices Thursday Jan 28 Durum 299.46 Feed barley 234.70 Canola 658.57 Flax 729.37 Lentils 602.50 Oats 229.53 Yellow peas 367.89 Feed wheat 183.72 1 Red Spring Wheat 272.32

The Saskatchewan government has announced 7.5 million dollars in funding for livestock and forage-related research. The executive director of research for the ministry of Agriculture, Shawn Gibson, sa...

Closing grain prices Wednesday Jan 27 Durum 299.46 Feed barley 234.70 Canola 652.87 Flax 729.37 Lentils 602.50 Oats 229.53 Yellow peas 359.89 Feed wheat 183.72 1 Red Spring Wheat 270.01

The Saskatoon-based Western Grains Research Foundation has announced 300 thousand dollars for construction of an agronomy centre in Northern Alberta. Board chair Keith Degenhardt says the multi-use bu...

Opening grain prices Wednesday Jan 27 Durum 299.46 Feed barley 234.70 Canola 654.97 Flax 729.37 Lentils 602.50 Oats 229.53 Yellow peas 359.89 Feed wheat 183.72 1 Red Spring Wheat 271.42