CKRM Agriculture

CN and CPKC Rail supplied a combined 62% of hopper cars ordered in grain week 36, representing modest improvement from the 61% order fulfillment performance seen in week 35.  The Ag Transport Coalition says this represents the first time in three months that system performance has been 60% or better in consecutive weeks.  In supplying […]

CN and CPKC Rail supplied a combined 62% of hopper cars ordered in grain week 35 representing a notable improvement from the 50% order fulfillment performance seen in week 34.  This represents the best performance seen on a system basis in the last ten weeks and the first time that performance has risen above the […]

The Manitoba government is investing $13 million for Cereals Canada to develop the Global Agriculture Technology Exchange (Gate), a world-class centre in downtown Winnipeg that will support grain producers and processors in their ongoing efforts to establish new international trading partners, Premier Wab Kinew, Business, Mining, Trade and Job Creation Minister Jamie Moses and Agriculture […]

CN and CPKC Rail supplied a combined 50% of hopper cars ordered in grain week 34, representing a slight decline from the 52% order fulfillment performance seen in week 33.  On a combined basis, the railways have now not supplied more than 58% of shipper orders in a week for nine consecutive weeks, and have […]

Today, the Water Security Agency (WSA) is updating its spring runoff forecast.  Runoff is well underway across most of the southwestern and the southern areas of Saskatchewan.  Warmer daytime temperatures combined with freezing overnight temperatures over the past month have resulted in a slow melt so far this spring.   Snowfalls in late March brought 10 […]

The Manitoba government will provide farmers and producers with more than $150 million in supports, including $10 million to match federal AgriStability funding, Premier Wab Kinew announced today. “We’re standing up for Westman and Western Canada, and protecting your jobs,” said Kinew. “With $150 million in supports for agriculture, we’re making sure that farmers and […]

CN and CPKC Rail supplied a combined 52% of hopper cars ordered in grain week 33, representing a slight decline from the 56% order fulfillment performance seen in week 32.  On a combined basis the railways have now not supplied more than 58% of shipper orders in a week for eight consecutive weeks and have […]

Canada’s Farm Show in Regina wrapped up for another year and from the sounds of it, was an improvement from last year. 620 CKRM Agri-News Director Ryan Young shares his point-of-view from the three-day event. The Roundtable also shared their takeaways from the Provincial Budget and Farm Credit Canada’s Farmland Values report. Note: The federal […]

Durum:                    336.80  Feed Barley:         232.54    Canola:                 536.45 (up 6.10) Chickpeas:            837.75 Flax:                      731.04  Lentils:                  […]

Less than 24 hours prior to Sunday’s election call, the federal government announced changes for Agri-Stability. The changes are being framed as a way to help farmers hit by Chinese duties on canola meal, canola oil, peas and pork, as well as the possibility of U.S. tariffs next month. The tariffs from China took effect […]