Category Archives: SaskAgToday.com: CKRM Agriculture

More farmland being rented out than ever before: Census of Agriculture
The amount of rented farmland in Saskatchewan and Alberta shot upward in the 2010's. Farmland rented or leased in the two provinces went from 25.7 million acres in 2011 to 29.1 million in 2021, ac...
Doug Falconer Sep 03, 2025
Poilievre wants to replace Temporary Foreign Workers Program
Federal Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre says Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program should be scrapped and a standalone agriculture program should be created. Poilievre has announ...
Doug Falconer Sep 03, 2025

Carney to try and resolve the Chinese canola tariff issue
Prime Minister Mark Carney says he and other senior officials will work to resolve a dispute with China over tariffs that Beijing has imposed on canola. China hit Canadian canola seed imports w...
Doug Falconer Sep 03, 2025

Closing grain prices Wednesday, September 3
Durum: 276.76 Feed Barley: 203.59 Canola: &n...
Ryan Young Sep 03, 2025

Opening grain prices Wednesday, September 3
Durum: 276.76 (down 5.00) Feed Barley: 203.59 Canola:  ...
Ryan Young Sep 03, 2025

China importing less grain than usual
An analyst says China’s grain purchases are way down, and the long-term outlook is not promising. The country purchased just over 20 million tonnes of wheat, corn, barley and sorghum last year a...
Doug Falconer Sep 02, 2025

January-June farm cash receipts up due to livestock market: Statistics Canada
Farm cash receipts in the first half of the year were up 3.3 per cent over the same period last year, buoyed by livestock receipts. Statistics Canada reported on Friday that overall receipts between J...
Doug Falconer Sep 02, 2025

CN and CPKC Rail see slight declines, but remain strong in Grain Week 3
Grain Week 3 saw continued good performance from both CN and CPKC Rail, albeit with minor declines seen for each as compared to the prior week. In week 3, CN and CPKC combined supplied 95...
Doug Falconer Sep 02, 2025

Closing grain prices Tuesday, September 2
Durum: 281.76 (down 5.00) Feed Barley: 203.59 Canola:  ...
Ryan Young Sep 02, 2025

Grain prices trend downwards
While canola prices have been affected by the 75.8 per cent Chinese tariff, other crops are not doing well either. As harvest has ramped up across Western Canada, grain prices have dropped. ...
Kevin Hursh Sep 02, 2025
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