Seven per cent of crops harvested, beating five year average

Saskatchewan Crop Report for the week ending August 14

Despite rain delays in some areas, producers in the province now have seven per cent of the crop in the bin and seven per cent swathed or ready to straight-cut. The five-year (2012-2016) average for this time of year is four per cent combined and six per cent swathed or ready to straight-cut, according to […] Read more


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U.S. grains: Wheat falls to contract lows on fund selling

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures fell about one per cent to life-of-contract lows on Thursday, weighed down by investment fund short selling and abundant global supplies, traders said. Corn futures also eased but held just above Wednesday’s multimonth lows while soybean futures gained on strong Chinese demand and as rains […] Read more




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U.S. grains: Soy, spring wheat extend losses on technicals, weather

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean and spring wheat futures pared losses on Monday but still closed lower as technical selling and outlooks for favourable crop weather continued to pressure prices following steep declines last week. Meanwhile, Chicago Board of Trade wheat and corn futures turned higher on a bargain-buying bounce. CBOT November soybean futures […] Read more


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U.S. grains: Wheat falls; corn, soy firm

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell on Friday, led lower by a sharp decline in MGEX spring wheat as investors liquidated bullish positions following the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s forecast for a bigger-than-expected crop in the northern Plains, traders said. The selloff pushed the benchmark Chicago Board of Trade soft red winter wheat […] Read more

Harvest advances in southwest, hay fields below average

Saskatchewan Crop Report for the week ending August 7

Producers in the province have two per cent of the crop combined and three per cent swathed or ready to straight-cut, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s weekly Crop Report. The five-year (2012-2016) average for this time of year is two per cent combined and two per cent swathed or ready to straight-cut. Seventy-five per cent of […] Read more



Harvest underway in south Sask., topsoil moisture worsens

Saskatchewan Crop Report for the week ending July 31

Harvest is underway for some producers in the south, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s weekly Crop Report. Less than one per cent of the provincial crop has been combined, while slightly more than one per cent is ready to straight-cut. Forty-seven per cent of the fall rye, six per cent of the winter wheat, two per […] Read more