GX94 Agriculture

Prices for most feeder steers and feeder heifers in Saskatchewan continued to go up. In the Cattle Market Update for the week ending October 25th, prices for feeder steers ranged from the low end of $309.33 per hundred weight in the 900-plus category, to the high end of $551.13 in the 300-400 pound category. Only […]

The Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture released its final Crop Report of the year on Wednesday morning – a summary of what transpired this growing season. Tyce Masich, a Crops Extension Specialist with the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture based in Outlook, described it as a mixed bag. Seeding time in May and June got off to […]

CANOLA JAN  640.20  down 7.00CANOLA MAR  648.10  down 6.70MINNEAPOLIS WHEAT DEC  6.09  up 2 1/2KANSAS CITY WHEAT DEC  5.75 3/4  up 1 1/2CHICAGO WHEAT DEC  5.73 1/4  up 2 3/4CORN DEC  4.11 1/2  down 2 1/4                                 SOYBEANS JAN  9.91 1/4  […]

The agriculture community wasn’t surprised by the outcome of Monday night’s provincial election but noticed a clear rural-urban divide among the constituencies claimed by the Saskatchewan Party and the NDP. As of Tuesday afternoon, the Saskatchewan Party has 35 out of a possible 61 seats with the majority in rural constituencies and the rest from […]

CANOLA JAN  647.20  up 7.50CANOLA MAR  654.80  up 5.70MINNEAPOLIS WHEAT DEC  6.06 1/2  up 11 1/4KANSAS CITY WHEAT DEC  5.74 1/4  up 12 3/4CHICAGO WHEAT DEC  5.70 1/2  up 11 3/4CORN DEC  4.13 3/4  up 3                                 SOYBEANS JAN  9.79  down […]

A “burning of the brand” was held in Yorkton this (Mon) morning to kick off Agriculture Week in the city.  The 35th Annual Grain Millers Harvest Showdown begins on Wednesday, and runs through Saturday, on the Yorkton Exhibition Grounds.    The special guest who burned the brand was well-known Yorkton resident Merve Kuryluk, who played […]

CN and CPKC Rail supplied a combined 84% of hopper cars ordered in grain week 11, a modest improvement from the 79% order fulfillment performance seen in week 10.  In supplying 82% of cars ordered by shippers in week 11, CN performance saw a slight decline from the 85% order fulfillment performance seen the prior […]

CANOLA JAN  639.70  down 15.20CANOLA MAR  649.10  down 14.50MINNEAPOLIS WHEAT DEC  5.95 1/4  down 10KANSAS CITY WHEAT DEC  5.61 1/2  down 10 1/2CHICAGO WHEAT DEC  5.58 3/4  down 10 1/4CORN DEC  4.10 3/4  down 4 1/2                                SOYBEANS JAN  9.86  down 11 […]

A coalition called Wetlands for Tomorrow is advocating for a provincial wetland conservation policy and for all political parties in the province to make it an election issue this campaign. However, timing of the call though comes during the homestretch of the campaign with only a few days left until election day on Monday (28th). […]

On the latest edition of the SaskAgToday.com Roundtable with Chief Agricultural Editor Kevin Hursh, 620 CKRM AgriNews Director Ryan Young, and GX94 Agriculture Director Doug Falconer: -The 2024 Saskatchewan Election Campaign is in the homestretch with the last day to vote on Monday, October 28th. The guys share their election predictions. -Farmers who dealt with […]