By Commodity News Service Canada
Winnipeg – Following are a few highlights in the Canadian and world feed grains markets on Friday, April 21.
All-wheat acreage in Canada is expected to be slightly lower than last year, according to the latest acreage estimates from Statistics Canada. The agency pegged this year’s acreage at 23.182 million acres, down slightly from last year’s 23.212 million acres. Despite the reduction in acres though, the total surpassed most estimates by analysts heading into the report.
Spring wheat acres rose over a million acres to 16.644 million.
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Farmers in Manitoba are being encouraged to check their winter wheat for stripe rust after an outbreak was found in a field roughly 100 kilometres west of Winnipeg, according to a report in The Manitoba Cooperator.
Wheat and oat planting in South Dakota has been hampered by sleet and freezing rain over the past week, according to a report by the USDA.
Chicago Board of Trade corn futures suffered slight losses on Friday as rumours surfaced that Brazil was considering handing subsidies to the shipping industry to better compete with US corn exports.
Feed wheat bids in the key cattle feeding area of
Lethbridge, Alberta were in the C$180 to C$185 per tonne range
as of April 14, which was the same price compared to the previous week, according to the latest pricing information from the provincial government. Feed barley prices were down a dollar at the low end of the range, at C$159 to C$165 per tonne in Lethbridge.
