Insights and Stories on Saskatchewan

Feed weekly outlook: Grains pressured by lower demand

Dec. 12, 2019 at 7:51 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Bids for feed grains have backed off previous highs as feedlots in Western Canada are covered into the New Year. “Now they’re bidding January and forward,” said Allen Pirness of Market Place Commodities in Lethbridge. Bids for feed barley and feed wheat delivered from January to March were […]

Klassen: Feeder cattle market under weight of imports

Dec. 10, 2019 at 2:15 pm CST

By Jerry Klassen

StatsCan shows corn, soy output down across board

Dec. 10, 2019 at 7:07 am CST

By GFM Staff

Prairie cash wheat: CWRS prices up, durum largely down

Dec. 6, 2019 at 3:59 pm CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Prairie cash wheat: Improved basis underpins bids

Nov. 29, 2019 at 7:11 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Some Saskatchewan crops may stay on fields over winter

Oct. 28, 2019 at 4:38 pm CDT

A harvest season bereft of good weather will result in some crops staying in the field until springtime. The exact percentage of unharvested crops, however, remains uncertain. “Some of the heaviest snowfall has fallen in the regions where most of the crop was left out,” commented Todd Lewis, president of […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

BHP sets early 2021 for decision on Jansen potash project

Oct. 16, 2019 at 9:13 pm CDT

Melbourne | Reuters — BHP Group Ltd., the world’s biggest miner, said on Thursday it will make a final investment decision on its long-delayed $17 billion Jansen potash project in Saskatchewan around February 2021. Investors have been awaiting a decision by BHP on whether to go ahead with project, which […]

By Reuters

ICE weekly outlook: Canola values stay rangebound

Oct. 16, 2019 at 8:33 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — One canola trader wouldn’t go so far as to calling the canola market lifeless, but it has remained rangebound for most of the week. That’s mainly due to pressure from harvest activity, which has carried on at an impressive pace on the Canadian Prairies despite being mired with […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

Mosaic to further curb Saskatchewan potash output

Oct. 13, 2019 at 1:42 am CDT

Fertilizer firm Mosaic Co. is dialing back production at another of its potash mines in eastern Saskatchewan as its potash inventories rise. Minnesota-based Mosaic Co. said Thursday it will “temporarily curtail” potash production at its Esterhazy mine, bringing the company’s total production curtailments up to 600,000 tonnes. The added curtailment, […]

By GFM Staff

Late North American durum faces quality downgrades

Oct. 8, 2019 at 7:11 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Cool and wet conditions delaying harvest operations across North America’s durum-growing regions are cutting into the quality of the crop in both the U.S. and Canada, with widening price spreads likely going forward. “It’s been a challenging harvest,” said Erica Olson, marketing specialist with the North Dakota Wheat […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin