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SaskBarley announces changes to its 2022 Board of Directors
January 12, 2022 – Saskatoon, SK The Saskatchewan Barley Development Commission (SaskBarley) announced today that their Board has elected its Chair and Vice-Chair for 2022. Keith Rueve will serve as Chair of the Board and Matt Enns will serve as Vice-Chair, effective immediately. Rueve, together with his brother Kent and their families, operates a third-generation farm south of […]
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June 2021 eNewsletter
Global Barley crops mostly (but not all) favourable It’s natural to focus mainly on crops close to home. That’s especially the case for barley, since a good portion of the crop is used within western Canada. Still, one of the lessons from 2020/21 is that the export market was the reason why barley prices hit […]
May 2021 eNewsletter
Outlook crowded by Lack of Transparency There’s always plenty of uncertainty in grain markets; that’s a given. Of course, the biggest unknown comes from the weather, even with meticulous forecasting models. That’s why asking someone to predict prices six months, a year or two years down the road either ends up as lucky guesswork or […]
April 2021 eNewsletter
Barley market report updates Crop moving to next stage of market cycle Even though fresh supplies of barley won’t show up in Western Canada for a few months, the bull market of 2020/21 is already running out of steam, as it had to at some point. All the same factors that pushed barley prices to […]
March 2021 eNewsletter
Big news! We are funding approximately $1 million in new barley research Earlier this month we announced we are funding another approximately $1 million of barley research (more than $2.3 million including in-kind and other support) over the next four years – a major advancement for barley producers in Saskatchewan. This funded research is the […]
February 2021 eNewsletter
Early considerations for seeding this year Now that we have emerged from the polar vortex, that covered most of Saskatchewan for the past couple of weeks, even -20°C seems warm and refreshing. It is enough to remind us that spring really is just around the corner. Planning for spring planting probably started last fall, but […]
December 2020 eNewsletter
Register now for our 2021 Annual General Meeting! Registration is now open for the SaskBarley 2021 AGM, Tuesday, January 12 at 10:30AM. REGISTER NOW The other CropSphere host groups will have the same AGMs that day and we have been working for months to make it as easy as possible for you to attend one […]