Barley Archives | Canadian Cattlemen

Prairie farm slapped with plant breeders’ rights infringement penalties

Farmers need to know who they are buying seed from to avoid potentially significant costs

Infringing on Plant Breeders’ Rights (PBR) has cost a large southern Alberta farm a record $737,597. “The settlement relates to unauthorized advertisements and sales of PBR-protected barley and wheat varieties,” Alliance Seed, SeCan and an unnamed seed company said in a news release Wednesday. The settlement “includes the royalties, plus legal fees and penalties,” Todd […] Read more

General, Markets, Reuters

Farmers’ net cash income improves as crop prices soar

By Reuters, GFM Network News 5 days ago

Winnipeg | Reuters — Canadian farmers reaped record profits last year and are on track to do the same this year, the federal agriculture ministry said on Thursday, as prices for its top crops soared. Prices of canola hit all-time highs this month, rallying with oilseed rival soybeans, on brisk Chinese buying to produce feed […] Read more

Barley, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Feed weekly outlook: Barley, wheat at par in Alberta

Demand also seen for heated canola

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News 5 days ago

MarketsFarm — Prices for feed barley and wheat are running about the same, from where Susanne Leclerc sits at Market Master Ltd. in Edmonton. Barley and wheat going into central Alberta were both running at $315 per tonne, she said. “We’re seeing buyer strength gaining coverage for the summer,” she said, but noted trading activity […] Read more

Livestock, Nutrition

Late gestation rations for cows

Nutrition with John McKinnon

By John McKinnon February 19, 2021

As I write this column, 2020 is finally in the rear-view mirror. I am sure that I am not alone in hoping that 2021 brings better days and in particular an end to this pandemic that has had such a personal and economic impact on the lives of Canadians. Despite this disruption to normal life, […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Feed weekly outlook: Demand strong for Canadian wheat

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News February 19, 2021

MarketsFarm — Domestically-grown feed wheat is seeing stronger prices and increased demand — but unlike other commodities, the demand is coming from Canada itself. Wheat has become a more desirable crop for feed rations in recent months as barley prices have risen due to increasing exports to China. With less barley available to feedlots, wheat […] Read more

Finishers, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Cold weather slows feeder cattle market activity

By Jerry Klassen, GFM Network News February 16, 2021

Compared to last week, western Canadian feeder cattle prices were relatively unchanged. Extreme temperatures blanketed Western Canada last week. Many auction barns cancelled sales or had limited numbers on offer. Buyers attended sales either in person or via the internet, which was supportive to the overall price structure. Many backgrounders and cow-calf producers delayed sales […] Read more

Barley, Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Barley demand pressures domestic supply

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News February 12, 2021

MarketsFarm — Increasing demand for feed barley has created a strong but extremely tightened market for the crop and it may potentially buck seeding predictions for 2021-22. Peter Watts, managing director of the Canadian Malting Barley Technical Centre in Winnipeg, said rising demand from China is also raising prices for feed barley, urging growers to […] Read more

Barley, Crops, Markets

Malt barley demand rises, at home and abroad

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News February 12, 2021

MarketsFarm — Domestic malt barley is facing pressure from both inside and outside Canada’s borders as demand for both malt and feed barley has increased. With domestic feed barley prices rising and domestic supplies shrinking with increased exports to China, high-quality malt barley has found its way to feed channels as growers look to sell […] Read more

Barley, Crops, Markets, Reuters

Argentine truckers end strike, freeing China-bound barley

Canada, France would have been buyers' Plan B

By Maximilian Heath, Hugh Bronstein, GFM Network News February 10, 2021

Buenos Aires | Reuters — Argentine truckers ended a 20-day strike that had blocked access to ports in Buenos Aires province, agricultural industry sources said on Tuesday, following a deal struck with local officials to increase freight-hauling rates. Trucks owners grouped in the informal TUDA association (Transportistas Unidos de Argentina) began blocking highways last month, […] Read more

Crops, Markets

StatsCan confirms canola stocks tightening

Wheat stocks also down from previous year-end

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News February 5, 2021

MarketsFarm — Solid demand from exporters and domestic crushers continues to eat rapidly through Canada’s canola stocks, which as of Dec. 31 were down nearly 24 per cent from the same date a year earlier, according to new data released Friday from Statistics Canada. The government agency pegged total canola stocks in the country as […] Read more

Pulse packers’ security covers cash owed to farmers

Farm cash receipts up in 2020

U.S. grains: Soy, corn up on unfavourable South American weather

GFM Network News