Category Archives: CKRM Agriculture

  Saskatchewan farmers made significant seeding progress during the past week. The latest provincial crop report says 80 percent of the crop is in the ground, up from 51 percent last week. Provin...

Opening grain prices Thursday May 28 Durum 266.39 Feed Barley 193.71 Canola 428.68 Flax 592.79 Lentils 638.50 Oats 250.44 Yellow Peas 283.89 Feed Wheat 182.70 1 Red Spring Wheat 218.76

Crop production challenges and lower grain prices led to a decline in Saskatchewan realized net farm income last year. FCC chief agricultural economist J.P. Gervais says StatsCan numbers show net farm...

Closing grain prices Wednesday May 27 Durum 266.39 Feed Barley 193.71 Canola 431.08 Flax 592.79 Lentils 622.50 Oats 251.56 Yellow Peas 283.89 Feed Wheat 182.70 1 Red Spring Wheat 218.92

Opening grain prices Wednesday May 27 Durum 266.39 Feed Barley 193.71 Canola 432.58 Flax 629.79 Lentils 622.50 Oats 257.31 Yellow Peas 283.89 Feed Wheat 182.70 1 Red Spring Wheat 220.44

A new survey suggests farmers need to do more to prevent serious farm accidents. The executive director of the Canadian Agriculture Safety Association, Marcel Harcault says a new farm survey from FCC ...

Saskatchewan is one of only two provinces to record a decline in realized net farm income, which is the difference between a farmer's cash receipts and operating expenses, minus depreciation, plus inc...

Closing grain prices Tuesday May 26 Durum 266.39 Feed Barley 193.71 Canola 432.38 Flax 629.79 Lentils 622.50 Oats 260.66 Yellow Peas 285.89 Feed Wheat 182.70 1 Red Spring Wheat 220.82

Opening grain prices Tuesday May 26 Durum 266.39 Feed Barley 193.71 Canola 429.78 Flax 629.79 Lentils 638.50 Oats 259.01 Yellow Peas 285.89 Feed Wheat 182.70 1 Red Spring Wheat 220.93

The Canadian Grain Commission is asking farmers who harvested canola and flax this spring to send a sample for research. Over 2-million acres of crop were left overwinter in Saskatchewan and farmers h...