Crops

Opening grain prices Wednesday, August 30 Durum 523.93 Feed barley 290.61 Canola 762.72 Chickpeas 1036.17 Flax 561.54 Lentils 867.50 Oats 301.32 Yellow Peas 375.08 Feed Wheat 240.97 1 Red Spring Wheat 328.

Vietnam announced it is taking Canada thistle, also known as creeping thistle, out of its revised quarantine pest list, clearing the way for Canadian wheat exports to enter the country.

North American farmers will get their first look at New Holland’s new all-electric utility tractor with autonomous features when they visit the Farm Progress show this week held at Decatur, Illinois.

A single plant that showed up this summer on the edge of a southwestern Ontario cornfield is cause for concern among Canadian farmers.

Closing grain prices Tuesday, August 29 Durum 523.93 Feed barley 290.61 Canola 764.22 Chickpeas 1036.17 Flax 561.54 Lentils 859.00 Oats 301.32 Yellow Peas 375.08 Feed Wheat 240.97 1 Red Spring Wheat 331.94

Opening grain prices Tuesday, August 29 Durum 523.93 Feed barley 290.61 Canola 772.42 Chickpeas 1036.17 Flax 561.54 Lentils 854.50 Oats 301.32 Yellow Peas 375.08 Feed Wheat 240.97 1 Red Spring Wheat 332.

CN and CPKC Rail supplied a combined 93% of hopper cars ordered in grain week 3, a decline from the previous week's 97% order fulfillment performance.

Following advocacy from Canadian government and industry, Vietnam's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has released a revised quarantine pest list, which no longer includes creeping thistle ( Cirsium arvense ).

The cattle sector is hoping satellite technology will be the answer for providing forage insurance comparable to how multi-peril insurance works for grain farmers.

Closing grain prices Monday, August 28 Durum 523.93 Feed barley 290.61 Canola 761.52 Chickpeas 1036.17 Flax 561.54 Lentils 848.78 Oats 301.32 Yellow Peas 375.08 Feed Wheat 240.97 1 Red Spring Wheat 332.