Insights and Stories on Saskatchewan

Pulse weekly outlook: Saskatchewan production, yields ‘slightly lower’

Sep. 12, 2023 at 6:31 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Dale Risula, Saskatchewan’s provincial specialist for pulses, forages and specialty crops, said that while this year’s harvest is progressing well, he expects average-at-best pulse production this year. As of Sept. 4, the province’s dry pea harvest was 92 per cent complete, while 91 per cent of the lentil […]

Prairie cash wheat: Prices for reds rise, amber eases back

Sep. 8, 2023 at 12:54 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Feed weekly outlook: Harvest pressure keeps lid on prices

Sep. 7, 2023 at 7:21 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Prairie Forecast: Summer trying to hang on

Sep. 7, 2023 at 2:39 pm CDT

By Daniel Bezte

Rest of September to be warmer than normal for Prairies

Sep. 6, 2023 at 6:04 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Klassen: Feeder market shrugs off lower barley production

Sep. 4, 2023 at 11:26 pm CDT

Compared to last week, western Canadian yearling markets traded $2-$3/cwt on either side of unchanged. Prices for calves were also unchanged from average values seven days earlier. Calf markets are becoming more defined as volumes increase. There also appeared to be larger volume of high-quality yearlings available, which was a […]

By Jerry Klassen

Prairie cash wheat: Bids, futures take tumbles

Sep. 2, 2023 at 4:45 am CDT

MarketsFarm — Western Canadian wheat bids were lower throughout during the week ended Thursday, with Canada Western Red Spring wheat seeing the largest declines. Statistics Canada (StatCan) released its first model-based production estimates for 2023-24 on Tuesday. Based on data compiled up to July 31, StatCan estimated total Canadian wheat […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Feed weekly outlook: Feed barley, wheat prices coming down

Aug. 31, 2023 at 6:42 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Despite a hot and dry summer across much of the Prairies, prices for feed barley and feed wheat have fallen off over the past month. The high-delivered bid for Alberta feed barley was $8.06 per bushel, $1.42 less than one month ago, according to Prairie Ag Hotwire. Those […]

By Adam Peleshaty

ICE weekly outlook: Harvest pressure, farmer selling to guide canola

Aug. 30, 2023 at 3:46 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Any fanfare from the long-awaited production estimates from Statistics Canada released on Tuesday was gone by the next day. ICE canola futures initially jumped by double digits that morning, but throughout that session the gains faded. By the end of Wednesday’s session, canola was down. “The StatCan report […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Prairie Forecast: Mostly sunny and warm

Aug. 30, 2023 at 2:06 pm CDT

It’s a straightforward forecast for this period as the general weather pattern looks to be pretty quiet. It starts with a large area of high pressure centred over the Great Lakes with a weak area of low pressure over Alberta. The Great Lakes high will put sunny skies and warm […]

By Daniel Bezte