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Feed grain outlook for the 2024-25 crop year

Market Talk with Jerry Klassen

Barley and corn prices have been trading near five-year lows throughout the spring and summer. Despite the year-over-year decline in Canadian barley and U.S. corn acres, optimal weather has resulted in trend yield projections on both sides of the border. Production will be down from year-ago levels for both barley and U.S. corn crops; however, […] Read more








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Australian crop production estimates rising: ABARES

Australian wheat and barley production in 2024/25 is expected to be larger than earlier estimates and well above what was grown the previous crop year, according to updated estimates from the Australia’s agriculture department (ABARES). Wheat production was forecast at 31.8 million tonnes in the September ABARES report, which would be up by 2.7 million […] Read more

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Alberta’s harvest ahead of average pace

Combining in Alberta reached 20 per cent complete as of Aug. 27, according to the latest provincial crop report issued Aug. 30. The harvest was eight points ahead of the five-year average. Also, nine per cent of Alberta’s crops have been swathed and 70 per cent remain standing.