Crops

Closing grain prices Thursday, July 6 Durum 387.42 Feed barley 335.61 Canola 765.52 Chickpeas 1036.17 Flax 501.98 Lentils 702.50 Oats 255.32 Yellow Peas 335.92 Feed Wheat 270.97 1 Red Spring Wheat 389.77

SaskCanola and SaskFlax have been exploring options for amalgamating the two organizations. SaskCanola Executive Director Tracey Broughton explained it got started last fall when SaskFlax was looking for an Executive Director.

Closing grain prices Wednesday, July 5 Durum 387.42 Feed barley 335.61 Canola 766.52 Chickpeas 1036.17 Flax 501.98 Lentils 702.50 Oats 255.32 Yellow Peas 335.92 Feed Wheat 270.97 1 Red Spring Wheat 387.02

Opening grain prices Wednesday, July 5 Durum 387.42 Feed barley 340.61 Canola 759.72 Chickpeas 1036.17 Flax 501.98 Lentils 702.50 Oats 245.32 Yellow Peas 335.92 Feed Wheat 270.97 1 Red Spring Wheat 380.09

Updates have been made to the Canadian Grain Commission's Grain Grading Guide.

Saskatchewan growers went against the grain when they planted this year's canola crops.

Canada's all-wheat exports for Grain Week 47, the week ending June 25 were 424,400 metric tons, down from the previous week while above the four-week average of 388,050 mt. Canada's cumulative licensed all-wheat exports at over 22.

After falling for three weeks in a row, corn conditions in the U.S. improved slightly last week. That is according to the USDA weekly Crop Progress report released yesterday. Soybean condition, on the other hand, logged its fourth weekly decline.

CN and CPKC Rail supplied a combined 90% of hopper cars ordered in grain week 47, a decline from the previous week's 94% order fulfillment performance.

Closing grain prices Tuesday, July 4 Durum 387.42 Feed barley 340.61 Canola 742.82 Chickpeas 1036.17 Flax 501.98 Lentils 702.50 Oats 245.32 Yellow Peas 335.92 Feed Wheat 270.97 1 Red Spring Wheat 361.86