barley

Statistics Canada released its report on stocks of major crops as of July 31st, 2024. It shows total stocks of canola and barley were up compared to the same date a year ago, but stocks of wheat, oats, dry peas, and lentils were down compared to a year prior. Total wheat stocks as of the […]

A total of $9.6-million in funding will help the Canadian National Barley Cluster make barley a more competitive and resilient crop. $5.2-million of the funding comes from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Ssutainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (Sustainable CAP) and the remaining $4.4-million from several farm groups, including SaskBarley, Alberta Grains, Beef Cattle Research Council, Brewing and […]

Statistics Canada released results of a survey asking what farmers intend to seed this season. The 2024 seeding intentions for principal field crops surveyed 3,239 Saskatchewan farmers between December 14th to January 22nd. Farmers plan on seeding more durum wheat, lentils, dry field peas, oats, and canary seed, but less canola, spring wheat, barley, mustard […]

An announcement of the Saskatchewan Crop Insurance program details for 2024 will be made the morning of Tuesday, March 5 in Melville by Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister David Marit. However, insured prices for the various crops are now available online. You won’t find the prices on the main part of the saskcropinsurance.com website, but if you’re […]

The strike at British Columbia ports enters its fourth day after talks between the two sides stalled on Monday. More than 7,000 workers who load and unload cargo at more than 30 B.C. ports have been on strike since Saturday morning. Representatives for the BC Maritime Employers Association and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada negotiated over the […]

Canadian farmers intend to plant more wheat, canola and barley this spring while area seeded to oats and lentils will decline. Statistics Canada says Saskatchewan farmers anticipate planting 7.3 percent more wheat this year at 14.2 million acres. Spring wheat will jump 10 percent to 9.2 million acres while durum will jump almost 3 percent […]

76 percent of the crop has been seeded in Saskatchewan, with the west being a little ahead of the east. That’s below the five year average at this point of the season of 93 percent. According to the latest numbers from Sask Agriculture, some rain has slowed things down in the eastern part of Saskatchewan, […]

The Federal Government has invested close to one million dollars to expand and develop new markets for Canadian barley and barley products. The Ministry of Agriculture and Agri-Food announced an investment of over $960,000 for the Canadian Malting Barley Technical Centre (CMBTC). Through the AgriMarketing Program, CMBTC will undertake marketing and promotional initiatives in major […]

More fuel is being added to an already hot canola market. Statistics Canada has reduced its estimate of the 2020 canola crop to 18.7 million tonnes, nearly 700,000 tonnes below the last projection. “You knock out 700,000 tonnes of production and you go from moderately tight stocks to intolerably tight,” said Ken Ball, a senior […]

  After multiple years of drought, Australian farmers are going to harvest an above average crop. Barley production estimates are in the 11 million tonne range, due to increased area and good precipitation during the growing season. Matthew Madden is a grain grower and chair of the New South Wales farmers’ grain committee. He says […]