Crops

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.

Opening grain prices Monday, August 28 Durum 523.93 Feed barley 295.61 Canola 770.62 Chickpeas 1036.17 Flax 561.54 Lentils 848.78 Oats 301.32 Yellow Peas 375.08 Feed Wheat 240.97 1 Red Spring Wheat 334.

Mexico's restrictions on products made with genetically modified corn, has lead to Canada joining the United States in a trade dispute.

There are still some areas where grasshopper levels are of concern. Flea beetles are still being noticed at high levels on the pods in some canola fields.