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Crops, Markets, Oats

Oat crop quality varies with moisture damage

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CNS Canada — Oat quality is mixed across Western Canada, one buyer says, as moisture caused damage to not-yet-harvested grains. “Any oats that are still out there that have had substantial amounts of rain are likely not going to make milling spec,” said Ryan McKnight of Linear Grain. The portion of production usable for the […] Read more
Crops, News, Weather

Harvest progress below five-year average, rain still persists

Saskatchewan Crop Report for the week ending October 3

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Producers were able to get back into the field for a few days and make some harvest progress in between the weekend rains. Eighty per cent of the 2016 crop has been combined and 14 per cent is swathed or ready to straight-cut, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s weekly Crop Report. The five-year (2011-2015) average for […] Read more
Officially open in May 2016 the Northgate Commodities Logistics Centre is moving 100 railcars per week and has capacity for 2.7 million bushels of grain storage.
Crops, Features

It’s built… and they’re coming

Grain is moving south at Northgate where an abandoned Sask. hamlet once stood

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A new Canadian-built grain export terminal at Northgate in southern Saskatchewan is booming these days. Actually, the Northgate Commodities Logistics Centre about 60 km southeast of Estevan hasn’t seen too many slow days since the first railcars started rolling south in January 2015. Officially opened in May 2016, the 2.7 million bushel capacity grain terminal […] Read more
Crops, News, Weather

Farmers push past rainy weather to advance harvest

Saskatchewan Crop Report for the week ending September 26

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Despite the weekend rain, producers were still able to make progress with harvest. Seventy per cent of the 2016 crop is now combined and 22 per cent is swathed or ready to straight-cut, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s weekly Crop Report. The five-year (2011-2015) average for this time of year is 79 per cent combined. Regionally, […] Read more
Crops, News, Weather

Wet weather relents, Sask. producers make ‘significant’ harvest progress

Saskatchewan Crop Report for the week ending September 19

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A dry and windy week has allowed producers to make significant harvest progress. Sixty per cent of the 2016 crop has been combined and 28 per cent is swathed or ready to straight-cut, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s weekly Crop Report. The five-year (2011-2015) average for this time of year is 62 per cent combined. Regionally, […] Read more
Crops, News, Weather

Spotty showers allow some harvest progress, most areas still slow-going

Saskatchewan Crop Report for the week ending September 12

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Rain slowed harvest in most areas of the province last week. The most progress was made in parts of the west-central and northeastern regions, where spotty rain showers allowed producers to continue working in the field for a day or two. Thirty-eight per cent of the crop has been combined and 38 per cent is […] Read more
Dry weather helps make for good harvest progress
Crops, News, Weather

Dry weather helps make for good harvest progress

Saskatchewan Crop Report for the week ending September 5

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Saskatchewan producers made good progress with harvest, thanks to a week of primarily dry weather. Thirty-two per cent of the crop has been combined and 38 per cent is swathed or ready to straight-cut, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s Weekly Crop Report. This is ahead of the five-year (2011-2015) average of 28 per cent combined for […] Read more
A wheat crop stands at the ready in NW Sask., taken Aug. 22.
Crops, News, Weather

Saskatchewan harvest ahead of five-year average, despite wet weather

Saskatchewan Crop Report for the week ending August 22

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Despite rain delays in some areas, Saskatchewan producers now have nine per cent of the 2016 crop combined, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s Weekly Crop Report. This is slightly ahead of the five-year (2011-2015) average of eight per cent for this time of year. Twenty-one per cent of the crop is swathed or ready to straight-cut. […] Read more
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Crops, Markets

StatsCan’s canola estimates taken with grain of salt

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CNS Canada — Statistics Canada’s latest crop production estimates are in and while they may raise a few eyebrows, the numbers aren’t likely to cause havoc in the markets, according to most trade analysts. StatsCan on Tuesday pegged canola production in 2016-17 at 17 million tonnes. That compares to pre-report ideas of 15.9 to 20 […] Read more

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