Pulse scholarships The deadline for the Saskatchewan Pulse Growers five undergraduate scholarships for first-year students is June 18.The one-time scholarships, valued at $5,000 each, are for students enrolled at the University of Saskatchewan in a degree program associated with the pulse industry or agriculture.The scholarships are available to applicants who are, or whose parents are, […] Read more
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La Nina dryness might be welcome
Initial payments for wheat will rise by $5 to $44.65 per tonne depending on grade, class and protein, the Canadian Wheat Board announced May 28. The increase is effective June 3. The largest increases affect high protein wheat. For example, No. 1 CWRS 15.5 percent protein increases by $44.65 per tonne to $256.25 at port. […] Read more
Alliance expands pulse plant
Alliance Grain Traders is investing $1.5 million in its pulse processing plant at Wilkie, Sask.The investment will double the green lentil processing of the plant that Alliance bought from Finora Inc. at the end of 2009 and will add three optical colour sorting lines.“It becomes one of the premier green lentil processing plants in the […] Read more
American fertilizer prices little changed
Fertilizer prices changed little in the United States in the latter half of May.The following prices, based on a regular United States Department of Agriculture survey in Illinois, compare May 27 to May 13 and are in U.S. dollars per short ton.The anhydrous ammonia range was steady at $515 to $635 but the average rose […] Read more
Warmer and wetter weather forecast
The summer will be warmer and wetter than normal for most of the Prairies if Environment Canada’s three-month outlook proves correct.The outlook for June, July and August, released June 1, sees Canada experiencing a warm summer, except for southwestern British Columbia.As for moisture, the forecast shows the grainbelt of Manitoba and Saskatchewan and northern Alberta […] Read more
Wet weather slows Sask. seeding
Saskatchewan Agriculture reported today that 59 percent of the province’s crops have been seeded as of June 1, well short of the five-year average of 86 percent.Wet weather kept farmers from their fields.Last year at the same time, 95 percent of crops were in the ground.Since the beginning of April, many areas in the province […] Read more
Western Producer Crop Report – for Jun. 3, 2010
Alberta South Wet snow over weekendSeeding progress was hampered by snow and rain, with as much as 17 centimetres of wet snow falling over the weekend. Crops are showing stress from excess moisture and cool weather. Central Mostly finishedMany farmers in the area finished seeding. Seeding choices may change for June. Cool weather is slowing […] Read more
Western Producer Livestock Report – for Jun. 3, 2010
U.S. packers trimmed back slaughter and did not need as many hogs for this week, which was shortened by Memorial Day.Pork sales have slowed.Iowa-southern Minnesota cash hogs delivered to plants were $58 US per hundredweight May 28, down from $61 May 21.The U.S. pork carcass cut-out value fell to $86.85 May 28, down from $87.53 […] Read more
Oberg new CWB chair
Allen Oberg is the new chairperson of the Canadian Wheat Board’s board of directors. He will replace Larry Hill who has served the maximum number of elected terms and steps down from the board at the end of this year. Hill, who represents District 3, had been chair since 2008. Oberg is the farmer-elected director […] Read more
Ag Notes – for Jun. 3, 2010
Dam anniversary The Boundary Dam Power Station is celebrating its 50th anniversary.The dam, operated by SaskPower, can generate 824 megawatts of electricity from six units, which represents more than 20 percent of SaskPower’s generating capacity. It employs about 300 workers in Estevan, Sask. Boundary’s first unit was brought on line in 1960 and generated 62 […] Read more
