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CANOLA NOV  658.20, up 8.30 CANOLA JAN  668.50, up 8.50 MINNEAPOLIS WHEAT SEP  633-1/4, up 10-1/2 KANSAS CITY WHEAT SEP  599 even,up 15-1/2 CHICAGO WHEAT SEP  590-1/2, up 16-1/2 CORN SEP  410-1/2, up 5 SOYBEANS AUG  1166-1/4, up 8-1/2 OATS SEP  313-3/4, up 6 LIVE CATTLE AUG  186.42, up 0.50 LIVE CATTLE OCT  187.17, up […]

Crop conditions are good but still behind development, according to the Saskatchewan Crop Report released Thursday. Rain during the reporting period of June 25 to July 1 was again widespread with some areas getting an excessive amount, resulting in crop yellowing, stunting and root rot development due to moisture stress, leaf diseases in cereal crops, […]

Changes have been made to the Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation’s (SCIC) Guardian Dog Rebate Program. Under the Wildlife Damage Compensation and Prevention Program, changes to the rebate will help to make it more affordable for producers to prevent wildlife damage to livestock, by upping the maximum rebate per dog from $100 to $400 per dog. […]

June was a cool and wet month for most of Saskatchewan. Environment Canada released last month’s weather statistics on Tuesday and Meteorologist Terri Lang says temperatures were cooler than normal the further north you went, going against what they initially forecast of a warmer than average month. “Goes to show you that we don’t know […]

Programming note: The SaskAgToday.com Roundtable will be taking a two week break, and will return on Friday, July 19.

– Producers are reporting overall good crop, pasture and hay conditions throughout the province this week. – Rain was widespread, with some areas receiving significant amounts along with isolated hail events. Excess moisture in some regions of the province is continuing to contribute to flooding of crops in low lying areas. In other regions of […]

There weren’t a lot of surprises in yesterday’s seeded acreage report from Statistics Canada.  The seeded acreages for most crops were not too far from grain trade expectations. One exception may have been barley, down nearly 13 per cent as compared to last year. The drop was greatest in Saskatchewan – down 17.5 per cent. […]

Statistics Canada released an updated seeded acreage report of principle field crops for June. Looking at Saskatchewan, seeded acreage was mixed for wheat, canola, barley, oats, lentils and dry peas. Producers planted 14.2 million acres of wheat, unchanged from last year. Spring wheat acres was down 2 per cent but was offset by durum acres […]

Canada’s Farm Show is looking ahead to next year and highlighted a few things from this year’s show. While already announced, a news release from REAL mentioned the new dates for next year – March 18-20 – in an effort to attract more people to the show and to “align more with the evolving industry.” […]

CANOLA NOV  649.90, down 2.80 CANOLA JAN  660.00, down 2.50 *** U.S. markets were closed Thursday for the Independence Day holiday. ***