rutted field after harvest

Harvest underway in Sask., farmers dealing with excessive moisture

Saskatchewan Crop Report for the week ending August 8

Harvest operations are underway in the province. Thirty-five per cent of the winter wheat, 25 per cent of the fall rye, four per cent of the peas and one per cent of the lentils are combined, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s weekly Crop Report. Haying operations continue with 79 per cent of the hay crop now […] Read more

(Scott Bauer photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

U.S. grains: Soy firms modestly on export demand

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybeans firmed on Thursday on signs of resurgent export demand but corn drifted lower in subdued trade as the market awaited key monthly reports due Friday from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Wheat fell despite better-than-expected weekly export sales data. At the Chicago Board of Trade, November soybeans settled up […] Read more








The Nile River at Cairo. (CIA.gov)

Egyptian prosecutor says millions in local wheat falsely claimed

Cairo | Reuters –– Egypt’s general prosecutor said on Sunday that local wheat suppliers worked with government employees to falsely claim 621 million Egyptian pounds (C$92.5 million) worth of grain that does not exist. Egypt has been embroiled in a controversy over its local wheat supplies, with grains industry officials claiming that over two million […] Read more