CBC news reported on MY Sask home page
that there are 8 facts to ponder when
looking at farm income. They are as
follows:
- as of Aug 31, 2013, an estimated 9.5
million tons of grain, oilseeds and
pulse crops were on hand, but not yet
sold
-Agriculture and Agrifood Canada is
currently estimating that, when Aug 1,
2014 rolls around there will be 23
million tonnes of unsold grain, oilseeds
and pulse crops
-in a typical year, canola crushers make
a premium of $38 dollars per tonne above
what they pay farmers for canola
-this year, canola crushers are making a
premium of $205 dollars per tonne
- the "world price" for a bushel of
Number 1 hard red spring wheat, in
Portland, Oregon, on March 24, 2014 was
$11.19
-the price a Saskatchewan farmer is
getting for a bushel of wheat is $5.54
- total number of farmers in Canada:
205,000 (from 2011 Statistics Canada
survey)
-total number of farmers in Western
Canada: 171,000 (Alberta 50,000.
Saskatchewan:62,000. Manitoba: 22,000)
All of this is up for discussion
Wednesday, starting at 8:30 a.m. at the
Grain Handling and Transportation Summit
in Saskatoon at the Saskatoon Inn. The
summit is open to all.
that there are 8 facts to ponder when
looking at farm income. They are as
follows:
- as of Aug 31, 2013, an estimated 9.5
million tons of grain, oilseeds and
pulse crops were on hand, but not yet
sold
-Agriculture and Agrifood Canada is
currently estimating that, when Aug 1,
2014 rolls around there will be 23
million tonnes of unsold grain, oilseeds
and pulse crops
-in a typical year, canola crushers make
a premium of $38 dollars per tonne above
what they pay farmers for canola
-this year, canola crushers are making a
premium of $205 dollars per tonne
- the "world price" for a bushel of
Number 1 hard red spring wheat, in
Portland, Oregon, on March 24, 2014 was
$11.19
-the price a Saskatchewan farmer is
getting for a bushel of wheat is $5.54
- total number of farmers in Canada:
205,000 (from 2011 Statistics Canada
survey)
-total number of farmers in Western
Canada: 171,000 (Alberta 50,000.
Saskatchewan:62,000. Manitoba: 22,000)
All of this is up for discussion
Wednesday, starting at 8:30 a.m. at the
Grain Handling and Transportation Summit
in Saskatoon at the Saskatoon Inn. The
summit is open to all.