Insights and Stories on Saskatchewan

Prairie cash wheat: Spring wheat bids rise with U.S. futures

Oct. 22, 2023 at 5:40 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Spring wheat bids in Western Canada were mostly higher during the week ended Thursday, as gains in U.S. futures and weakness in the Canadian dollar provided support. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS, 13.5 per cent protein) wheat prices were up by $5-$10.20 per tonne across the Prairies, […]

AgriRecovery feed, freight, breeding herd aid set for Alberta, Saskatchewan, B.C.

Oct. 20, 2023 at 3:03 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

Feed weekly outlook: Grains steady, waiting on U.S. corn imports

Oct. 19, 2023 at 6:13 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Klassen: Ontario demand sets the price structure for calves

Oct. 18, 2023 at 3:12 pm CDT

By Jerry Klassen

Prairie Forecast: Warmer, colder… then snow?

Oct. 18, 2023 at 3:00 pm CDT

By Daniel Bezte

Investment firm buys Saskatchewan drying system maker

Oct. 16, 2023 at 3:59 pm CDT

A Winnipeg investment firm with ownership stakes in Canadian manufacturing and airlines has bought a Saskatchewan company that makes heating and drying systems for grain growers and other sectors. Exchange Income Corp. (EIC) announced Oct. 5 it has bought DryAir Manufacturing of St. Brieux for about $60 million in cash […]

By Dave Bedard

Prairie cash wheat: Most bids lower

Oct. 13, 2023 at 9:11 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Bids for Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat were lower in Manitoba, but higher in the rest of the Prairies, while those for Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) and Canada Western Amber Durum (CWAD) wheat also went down during the week ended Thursday. U.S. wheat futures declined for […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Prairie Forecast: Sprawling high to bring dry, seasonably warm weather

Oct. 12, 2023 at 4:33 pm CDT

For the first time in a while, the last forecast period did not play out exactly as the weather models predicted, thanks mostly to a strong area of low pressure that moved westwards from the Atlantic into central Ontario last weekend and into the first half of this week. While […]

By Daniel Bezte

File photo of moose in a Saskatchewan field.

Saskatchewan expands wildlife testing to include bovine TB

Oct. 11, 2023 at 10:37 pm CDT

Recent confirmed cases of bovine tuberculosis (TB) in a Saskatchewan cattle herd have led the province to expand its annual wildlife monitoring program for chronic wasting disease (CWD) to also include TB. The province each year since 1997 has asked hunters to submit heads from harvested deer, moose and elk […]

By Dave Bedard

Feed weekly outlook: Demand for feed grains ‘in a lull’

Oct. 11, 2023 at 7:50 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Despite prices continuing to come down for feed grains in Western Canada, demand for them is currently at a standstill, according to Susanne Leclerc of Market Master Ltd. in Edmonton. “I think we’re in that lull time right now between corn and barley (deliveries) as the (U.S.) corn […]

By Adam Peleshaty