Crops

Pasta lovers must brace to pay even higher prices for their favorite dish, as drought in Canada and bad weather in Europe damages crops of durum wheat and reduces supplies available to flour millers and food companies.

Prolonged drought and record heat are threatening soybean yields in several key growing states across the Midwest US.

Closing grain prices Thursday, August 31 Durum 523.93 Feed barley 285.61 Canola 761.12 Chickpeas 1036.17 Flax 561.54 Lentils 867.50 Oats 301.32 Yellow Peas 382.89 Feed Wheat 240.97 1 Red Spring Wheat 321.

We're a third of the way through harvest. The Saskatchewan Crop Report says 33 percent has been combined, up from 21 percent last week, and ahead of the 5-year average of 23 percent as well as the 10-year average of 20 percent.

Opening grain prices Thursday, August 31 Durum 523.93 Feed barley 290.61 Canola 766.02 Chickpeas 1036.17 Flax 561.54 Lentils 867.50 Oats 301.32 Yellow Peas 382.89 Feed Wheat 240.97 1 Red Spring Wheat 323.

Statistics Canada released its crop production estimates yesterday (Tues).

Closing grain prices Wednesday, August 30 Durum 523.93 Feed barley 290.61 Canola 761.62 Chickpeas 1036.17 Flax 561.54 Lentils 867.50 Oats 301.32 Yellow Peas 382.89 Feed Wheat 240.97 1 Red Spring Wheat 328.

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.