Reading Time: 2 minutes Harvest operations across Saskatchewan are complete in all but a few places, with 99 per cent of all crops harvested, according to the latest report from Saskatchewan Agriculture for the week ended October 21. Yields and quality were both reported to be average to above average for many crops given favourable harvest weather. Average yields for […] Read more
Saskatchewan harvest 99 per cent complete
Higher canola acres an 2014/15: FarmLink Marketing Solutions
Reading Time: 2 minutes FarmLink Marketing Solutions, a grain marketing company in Winnipeg, expects Canadian canola acreage to increase in 2014/15 (Aug/Jul), a news release from the company said Thursday. They estimated that canola acreage in Canada would increase to 22.05 million acres, up from 19.74 in 2013/14 (according to Statistics Canada) and the five-year average of 18.85 million. […] Read more
Higher oil content seen in Canadian canola crop: CGC
Reading Time: < 1 minute Canada’s large canola crop also had a higher than average oil content, according to preliminary sample data compiled by the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC). With 1,140 samples compiled across Manitoba (247), Saskatchewan (538) and Alberta (355) as of October 21, roughly 95.4% of the canola was grading Number 1, reported the CGC, although samples arriving […] Read more
World Wheat News: U.S. futures mixed
Reading Time: < 1 minute Wheat futures in the U.S. settled mixed on Tuesday. Minneapolis and Kansas City contracts were underpinned by weather-related planting issues in the Black Sea region and solid export demand. Chicago soft wheat contracts, meanwhile, were pulled down by declines in corn. Technical resistance also weighed on the Chicago futures. Prices in US$ per bushel: CBOT […] Read more
Most Saskatchewan crops in good condition: report
Reading Time: < 1 minute The majority of crops in Saskatchewan were rated in good to excellent condition during the week ended July 29, a crop report from the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture said Thursday. The report noted that 84 per cent of spring wheat crops, 82 per cent of canola, 81 per cent of lentils and 88 per cent of […] Read more
Southwest Manitoba crops affected by storm: report
Reading Time: < 1 minute A storm system that brought heavy rains, strong winds and hail to the Southwestern region of Manitoba caused some damage to crops during the week ended July 15, a report from Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives said. According to the report, the storm affected field and forage crops, as well as shelterbelts and farm […] Read more
CWB to begin marketing canola
Reading Time: < 1 minute CWB announced Thursday that for the first time in 63 years, it will add canola to its marketing program, a release from the organization said. The farmer sign-up for the new CWB canola pool is now open, the release said. CWB added the program to its marketing mix because farmers were interested in using the pool […] Read more
Prairie wheat commissions under construction
Reading Time: 2 minutes Efforts are underway to create provincial wheat associations in all three Prairie provinces, to focus on research and market development as the looming end of the Canadian Wheat Board’s single desk will result in a void on that front. "We know there will be the need to have a checkoff system to fund research and […] Read more
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