Category Archives: CKRM Agriculture

The federal agency is forecasting a smaller wheat crop now than in its last report in late August. The September 14th numbers were gathered using satellite technology and vegetative growth index maps....

Closing grain prices Monday Sept 14 Durum 268.22 Feed Barley 178.70 Canola 472.87 Flax 552.85 Lentils 550.50 Oats 173.53 Yellow Peas 248.89 Feed wheat 166.16 1 Red Spring Wheat 215.68

  Opening grain prices Monday Sept 14 Durum 268.22 Feed Barley 178.70 Canola 468.67 Flax 552.85 Lentils 550.50 Oats 173.53 Yellow Peas 248.89 Feed wheat 166.16 1 Red Spring Wheat 217.10

More than 800 crop damage hail claims have been made across the prairies in the first week of September. The president of the Canadian Crop Hail Association, Rick Omelchenko, says more than 2 dozen Sa...

Closing grain prices Friday Sept 11 Durum 268.22 Feed Barley 178.70 Canola 466.97 Flax 552.85 Lentils 550.50 Oats 173.53 Yellow Peas 248.89 Feed wheat 166.16 1 Red Spring Wheat 216.81

  Opening grain prices Friday Sept 11 Durum 268.22 Feed Barley 178.70 Canola 462.47 Flax 552.85 Lentils 550.50 Oats 173.53 Yellow Peas 248.89 Feed wheat 166.16 1 Red Spring Wheat 217.49

Federal agriculture minister Marie-Claude Bibeau says work is underway to improve farm business risk programs. Bibeau says she will be discussing proposals with her provincial counterparts this fall. ...

  Closing grain prices Thursday Sept 10 Durum 268.22 Feed Barley 178.70 Canola 459.37 Flax 552.85 Lentils 550.50 Oats 173.53 Yellow Peas 248.89 Feed wheat 166.16 1 Red Spring Wheat 218.14

Saskatchewan farmers made significant harvest progress during the past week. The latest crop report says 43 percent of the crop is in the bin, up from 28 percent last week and well ahead of the averag...

  Opening grain prices Thursday Sept 10 Durum 273.73 Feed Barley 178.70 Canola 456.37 Flax 552.85 Lentils 550.50 Oats 173.53 Yellow Peas 248.89 Feed wheat 166.16 1 Red Spring Wheat 221.50