CKRM Agriculture

The feeder market in Saskatchewan remained strong last week, according to the latest Cattle Market Update from Canfax.

The Canadian cattle herd has fallen to its lowest level in more than 30 years. Statistics Canada reports on January 1st, there were 11.1 million cattle and calves on farms, down 2.1 percent from the previous year.

India has extended the timeline for duty-free imports of yellow peas by one through the end of April. There have been duty-free imports on yellow peas since early December.

There are trending topics every day on social media, on Friday it was Subway and yellow mustard. A Friday morning post on X—formerly known as Twitter—by Canada’s Food Professor Dr.

Making the public aware of what invasive species are and the potential negative impacts it can have on the environment is what the Saskatchewan government is focusing on this week, as it declared Monday to Sunday Invasive Species Awareness Week.

CN and CPKC Rail supplied a combined 77% of hopper cars ordered in grain week 29, unchanged from the prior week.

Today in Churchill, Premier Wab Kinew and Dan Vandal, minister for PrairiesCan announced a joint investment of up to $60 million to the Arctic Gateway Group (AGG).

Here is a look at your Closing Grain Prices for February 23 rd : Durum 404.63 = Feed Barley 222.58 = Canola 531.22 -1.8 Chickpeas 1168.40 = Flax 606.04 = Lentils 756.50 = Oats 285.32 = Yellow Peas 419.61 = Feed Wheat 212.

Here is a look at your Opening Grain Prices for February 23 rd : Durum 404.63 = Feed Barley 222.58 = Canola 533.02 -4.3 Chickpeas 1168.40 = Flax 606.04 = Lentils 756.50 = Oats 285.32 = Yellow Peas 419.61 = Feed Wheat 212.