Insights and Stories on Saskatchewan

Pulse weekly outlook: Smaller yields than last year in Saskatchewan

Oct. 11, 2023 at 7:40 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Yields and crop conditions from this year’s pulse harvest in Saskatchewan largely varied by location, according to SaskPulse executive director Carl Potts. “Generally on the east side of the province and some areas of the south, some pretty good yields. And then in the west-central, southwest regions, some […]

Klassen: Steam evaporates off yearling market

Oct. 10, 2023 at 1:18 am CDT

By Jerry Klassen

Prairie Forecast Update: Manitoba in retrograde

Oct. 8, 2023 at 12:34 am CDT

By Daniel Bezte

Feed weekly outlook: Lack of overseas demand brings down prices

Oct. 5, 2023 at 7:20 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

Prairie Forecast: Building western ridge to bring warming trend

Oct. 4, 2023 at 3:15 pm CDT

By Daniel Bezte

Klassen: Feeder market falters at record highs

Oct. 2, 2023 at 9:38 pm CDT

Compared to last week, western Canadian yearling markets traded $2 to as much as $8 lower on average. Calf markets were relatively unchanged to $10 lower. There was moderate demand for top quality grass yearlings but plainer types experienced softer buying interest. Pre-conditioned calves held value but unweaned bawlers appear […]

By Jerry Klassen

lake winnipeg at grand beach provincial park

Prairie Forecast Update: Wet weather for southern Manitoba, southeastern Saskatchewan

Oct. 2, 2023 at 9:15 pm CDT

The strong area of low pressure that the weather models have been forecasting to impact the eastern half of the Prairies on Tuesday and Wednesday is starting to take shape. The latest model runs show the low pushing northward into western Manitoba early on Tuesday morning and then moving off […]

By Daniel Bezte

Feed weekly outlook: Barley bids near bottom post-harvest

Sep. 28, 2023 at 7:48 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — After a better-than-expected harvest across the Canadian Prairies, feed grain prices on the region either have bottomed out or soon will, according to Evan Peterson of JGL Commodities in Saskatoon. “They’ve dropped significantly in the past three to four weeks as harvest pressure kicked off,” he said, citing […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Scoular boosts flax processing capacity near Regina

Sep. 28, 2023 at 11:01 am CDT

U.S. grain handler Scoular is stepping up its Canadian Prairie flax processing game as it completes its exit from the region’s pulse crop sector. The company last year opened up a high-speed flax line at its pulse and special crops site at Richardson, Sask., just southeast of Regina — and […]

By Dave Bedard

Prairie Forecast: Summer tries to hang on

Sep. 27, 2023 at 2:20 pm CDT

For being this far into fall, the weather models have been surprisingly accurate. Heck, I didn’t even need to send an update for the last issue! Not sure if I can be as optimistic for this forecast period, as we are moving deeper into fall and starting to see the […]

By Daniel Bezte