Category Archives: CKRM Agriculture

Saskatchewan farmers are making good progress mopping up the 2019 harvest. About 2-million acres of crop was left over winter, and provincial crop extension specialist Shannon Friesen says the combine...

Cargill said Wednesday it will start to reopen its beef processing plant at High River, Alta. on Monday after the plant was forced to close down because hundreds of workers had become infected with th...

Closing grain prices Wednesday April 29 Durum 266.39 Feed Barley 180.71 Canola 423.58 Flax 606.79 Lentils 667.50 Oats 217.91 Yellow Peas 269.89 Feed Wheat 182.70 1 Red Spring Wheat 218.04

Opening grain prices Wednesday April 29 Durum 266.39 Feed Barley 180.71 Canola 425.38 Flax 606.79 Lentils 667.50 Oats 218.03 Yellow Peas 269.89 Feed Wheat 182.70 1 Red Spring Wheat 219.00

SARM is considering an information campaign to rural councils to highlight conflict of interest declarations. The Ombudsman’s annual report outlines several complaints about council members misc...

Closing grain prices Tuesday April 28 Durum 266.39 Feed Barley 180.71 Canola 423.28 Flax 606.79 Lentils 667.50 Oats 219.14 Yellow Peas 269.89 Feed Wheat 182.70 1 Red Spring Wheat 223.25

Opening grain prices Tuesday April 28 Durum 266.39 Feed Barley 180.71 Canola 422.58 Flax 601.79 Lentils 667.50 Oats 218.85 Yellow Peas 269.89 Feed Wheat 182.70 1 Red Spring Wheat 221.95

Seeding is slowly getting underway in scattered pockets of Saskatchewan. The crop extension specialist in Swift Current, Shannon Chant, says there has been some seeding around Maple Creek and north of...

Closing grain prices Monday April 27 Durum 266.39 Feed Barley 180.71 Canola 422.68 Flax 598.79 Lentils 667.50 Oats 219.88 Yellow Peas 269.89 Feed Wheat 182.70 1 Red Spring Wheat 211.51

Canada’s Farm Show, formerly known as the Farm Progress Show, in Regina has been postponed because of the COVID19 outbreak. The Regina Exhibition Association and the Farm Show advisory board cal...