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Saskatchewan ag minister, ag critic return in election

Saskatchewan's agriculture minister and opposition ag critic both easily held their ridings Monday night as the governing Saskatchewan Party completed its electoral hat trick. By about 1 a.m. Tuesday, Premier Brad Wall's Saskatchewan Party had won 51 of 61 ridings, for a third straight majority mandate coming out of Monday's general election. The opposition New[...]

Debate: Sask. ag leaders seek rail response

If there's one thing all Saskatchewan's political parties can agree on, it's that the current rail system isn't working for grain producers -- but there's less consensus on the solutions. Transportation is the single most important issue facing grain growers in Saskatchewan right now, said Cathy Sproule, the provincial New Democrats' ag critic, during an[...]

Debate: Sask. farmers aim to bridge digital gap

Infrastructure has always been top of mind for many rural Saskatchewan residents -- but rural infrastructure needs in 2016 can't all be met with gravel, graders and culverts. With a provincial election around the corner, improving digital and cellular service was a focal point in an ag leaders' debate held in Saskatoon Tuesday. The Why[...]

Hay producers see increased competition, lower prices

CNS Canada -- Canada's export hay prices have come down from summer highs and now sit at less than half their previous levels, but despite competition from other growing regions, a weak loonie is helping Canadian producers. South Africa, Eastern Europe and Argentina have increased their alfalfa production, said Edward J. Shaw, director of market[...]

Prairie pea yields appear lower in early harvest

CNS Canada -- Western Canada's pea harvest has begun and yields appear to be down, according to a crop management specialist with Saskatchewan Agriculture. "Once farmers cut into the peas they began finding yields maybe half of what they typically expected," said Shannon Friesen. Excess dryness in the early summer seems to have taken its[...]

Pulses: India's high pulse prices show signs of easing

CNS Canada -- Following are a few highlights in the Canadian and world pulse markets on Wednesday morning, Oct. 21. • Shortages and resulting high local prices in India remain at the forefront of the global pulse market. The government recently imposed restrictions on how many tonnes companies can store in an effort to curb[...]

Scorching heat delays India's rapeseed sowing

Mumbai / Reuters - Above-normal temperatures have delayed rapeseed sowing in India's top producing region by more than a fortnight and restricted acreage expansion, even though prices are trading near record highs, industry officials said. The delays are helping support rapeseed prices and could force the world's biggest edible oil importer to increase overseas purchases of[...]

Pulses: India needs more pulses

CNS Canada -- A few highlights in the Canadian and world pulse markets on Wednesday, Oct. 7. • Average protein levels for peas in Western Canada are coming in below the year-ago level, according to early sample data from the Canadian Grain Commission as of Oct. 1. Of the samples collected to date, the mean[...]

Tight lentil market watching weather

CNS Canada -- Old-crop large green lentils saw a jump in price over the past week, but actual supplies are few and far between, with most market participants turning attention to new-crop opportunities and weather uncertainty across Western Canada's lentil-growing regions. "The trade is very thin right now," said analyst Chuck Penner of LeftField Commodity[...]

Mustard growers relish price spike from supply squeeze

Reuters -- From Canada to India, there is a squeeze on mustard that has put producers in a pickle. Prices of the yellow condiment dabbed on hot dogs and pretzels have leaped to their highest level in seven years this autumn as growers in Western Canada, which supplies three-quarters of the world's traded mustard seed,[...]

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