Crops

The looming harvest may keep a lid on the upside in the ICE Futures canola market over the next month as participants wait to get a better handle on the size of this year’s crop.

Closing grain prices Thursday, August 17 Durum 532.93 Feed barley 310.61 Canola 747.62 Chickpeas 1036.17 Flax 561.54 Lentils 782.50 Oats 301.32 Yellow Peas 365.89 Feed Wheat 270.97 1 Red Spring Wheat 353.

Opening grain prices Thursday, August 17 Durum 532.93 Feed barley 310.61 Canola 753.12 Chickpeas 1036.17 Flax 561.54 Lentils 782.50 Oats 301.32 Yellow Peas 365.89 Feed Wheat 270.97 1 Red Spring Wheat 352.

The Saskatchewan NDP is joining the Saskatchewan Cattlemen's Association (SCA), Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association (SSGA), and producers in a call for the provincial and federal governments to get supports to the livestock sector as quick as poss

Russian drones pounded grain storage facilities and ports along the Danube River that Ukraine has increasingly relied on as an alternative transport route to Europe, after Moscow broke off a key wartime shipping agreement using the Black Sea.

Statistics Canada says wholesale sales, excluding petroleum, petroleum products and other hydrocarbons and excluding oilseed and grains, fell 2.8 per cent to $80.5 billion in June.

Harvest progress sits at 3% complete across the province, which is on-par with the 5-year average harvest progress. Winter wheat and fall rye harvest continues, with 67% of acres harvested.

Closing grain prices Wednesday, August 16 Durum 532.93 Feed barley 310.61 Canola 743.12 Chickpeas 1036.17 Flax 561.54 Lentils 759.50 Oats 301.32 Yellow Peas 365.89 Feed Wheat 270.97 1 Red Spring Wheat 337.

Opening grain prices Wednesday, August 16 Durum 523.73 Feed barley 310.61 Canola 736.62 Chickpeas 1036.17 Flax 561.54 Lentils 759.50 Oats 301.32 Yellow Peas 365.89 Feed Wheat 270.97 1 Red Spring Wheat 336.

The Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association has launched its first ever young farmer mentorship program. The program was established with support from Canadian Pacific Kansas City Rail (CPKC).