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A Chief Market Analyst with Grain Fox believes durum wheat prices won't spike to 20 dollars a bushel like they did in 2021. Neil Townsend could see durum trade around 15 dollars, but it largely depends on demand around the world.

Harvest is underway in earnest in Saskatchewan, as four percent of the crop has been combined. It's ahead of the 5-year and 10-year averages of 2 percent for this time of year.

Durum wheat is going to be at a premium. It appears highly unlikely that this year's durum crop in Canada and the U.S. will be large enough to meet the demands of the countries that normally import durum for their pasta needs.

From this week's Manitoba Crop Report. Harvesting of winter wheat and fall rye continued over the past week. Harvest in the Dauphin and Swan Valley area is approximately 80% complete.

Central Butte is the site of today's (Wed) townhall meeting hosted by the Saskatchewan Cattlemen's Association.

What can be done to help cattle producers facing another year of drought and serious feed shortages? The Saskatchewan Cattlemen’s Association has held well attended meetings in Kindersley, Perdue, Cabri and Cadillac to address the issue.

For the longest time, if you wanted to look at a soil survey map of any piece of land in Saskatchewan, you'd have to get an actual map of it or a survey book.

The talk of drought on the Canadian Prairies has been everywhere, from the municipal level, to provincial, and even federal.

USDA reports the spring wheat harvest is now 11% complete. That is 3% behind the five-year average of 14%. South Dakota leads the way at 38% harvested, while North Dakota is at 2%. USDA said 41% of the spring wheat crop was rated good to excellent.

A strong close to the 2022-2023 crop year by both CN and CPKC Rail. The Ag Transport Coalition reports the two major railways supplied a combined 98% of hopper cars ordered in grain week 52, up from 96% in grain week 51.