Crops

The Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, is in Italy to take part in the biennial conference of the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

Closing grain prices Friday, June 30 Durum 396.61 Feed barley 340.61 Canola 744.82 Chickpeas 1036.17 Flax 501.98 Lentils 732.50 Oats 245.32 Yellow Peas 351.61 Feed Wheat 270.97 1 Red Spring Wheat 363.92

A potential strike of B.C. port workers is looming. Yesterday (Wed), members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union voted in favour of strike action and could walk off the job on Saturday, if a deal can't be reached with the B.C.

Closing grain prices Thursday, June 29 Durum 396.61 Feed barley 340.61 Canola 724.42 Chickpeas 1036.17 Flax 501.98 Lentils 732.50 Oats 245.32 Yellow Peas 351.61 Feed Wheat 270.97 1 Red Spring Wheat 370.42

The majority of the province has continued to be dry, however some areas received heavy rain showers this past week with some isolated flash floods.

2023 is shaping up to be a dry year and consequently won't be a bin buster. That's according to agricultural consultant Kevin Hursh, who says where he farms in the Cabri area of southwest Saskatchewan it's dry.

Canadian pulse exports continue at a solid pace through nine months of the 2022-23 marketing year, with old-crop prices trending higher over the past month as the market rations demand ahead of the new-crop harvest. Canada has exported 1.

Ottawa’s decision to ban the use of lambda-cyhalothrin insecticides on any crops destined for feed use has now led at least one Canadian miller to prohibit any deliveries of oats treated with the chemical.

Statistics Canada released highlights of the June 2023 Field Crops survey pertaining to the 2023 seeding areas of principal field crops.

Closing grain prices Wednesday, June 28 Durum 396.61 Feed barley 340.61 Canola 713.92 Chickpeas 1036.17 Flax 501.98 Lentils 732.50 Oats 245.32 Yellow Peas 351.61 Feed Wheat 270.97 1 Red Spring Wheat 366.95