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Feed weekly outlook: Canadian markets firm, waiting on U.S. corn

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News September 30, 2021

MarketsFarm — Canadian feed grain bids remain strong, although end-users are only buying on a hand-to-mouth basis as they await an influx of cheaper corn imports from the U.S. “Everybody is waiting on the corn situation to figure out where we’ll go,” said Suzanne Leclerc, owner of Market Master Ltd. in Edmonton. “Buyers are buying […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Markets, News

Continued demand for beef keeps fed cattle prices steady

The Markets with Deb McMillin, from the September 27, 2021 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Debbie McMillin September 29, 2021

Fed cattle Aggressive local slaughter, continued beef demand and up-to-date marketing of front-end supply kept fed cattle prices steady to slightly higher through August and September. The first week of September leading into the Labour Day weekend saw an average fed steer price at $156.27/cwt, an increase of $1.88/cwt from the previous week and over […] Read more

Finishers, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder market holds value

By Jerry Klassen, GFM Network News September 28, 2021

Compared to last week, western Canadian yearling markets traded $2-$4 on either side of unchanged; calf prices held value, but there were pockets like Lethbridge where values were $2-$4 higher. Alberta packers were buying fed cattle on a live basis in the range of $156-$158. If an Alberta feedlot booked its feed grains in April […] Read more

Livestock, Nutrition

Are you relying on straw to get through this winter?

Nutrition with John McKinnon

By John McKinnon September 27, 2021

For many areas of Western Canada, the summer of 2021 has been one of the driest in recent memory. As a result, cow-calf producers have been scrambling to put together a winter feed supply. For many of these operations, cereal and pulse straws and possibly corn stover will play a major role in getting cows […] Read more

Barley, Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Harvest lowers wheat, barley prices

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News September 23, 2021

MarketsFarm — With the hot and dry summer of 2021 now in the rearview mirror, the higher-than-normal prices for Alberta feed wheat and barley are starting to taper off as combining nears completion. “I think what we’ve been seeing for feed barley prices in (southern Alberta) is anywhere from $380 (per tonne) for October and […] Read more

File photo of emerging durum south of Griffin, Sask. on May 31, 2019. (Leeann Minogue photo)

Crops, Weather

BASF warns on seeding choices for drought-hit imi-treated fields

Steer clear of non-Clearfield canola, durum, canary seed in rotations, company says

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News September 22, 2021

Updated, Sept. 22 — The maker of Odyssey, Solo and Viper is warning grain growers whose fields were excessively dry in 2021 that those herbicides may not break down soon enough in those soils to allow certain seeding choices in 2022. BASF Canada on Monday issued an “urgent notice to growers” in which the company […] Read more

Finishers, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Finishing feedlot demand drives yearlings higher

By Jerry Klassen, GFM Network News September 21, 2021

Compared to last week, western Canadian yearlings traded $2 lower to as much as $5 higher. Strength was once again noted in southern Alberta where heavier yearlings recorded a fresh 52-week high. Calves were relatively unchanged from week-ago levels. Larger groups of quality weaned genetics traded as much $5 above average values. Feather-lite bawlers under […] Read more

A freighter is loaded with grain from a terminal at Vancouver’s Burrard Inlet. (Maxvis/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets

Grain exports running well behind year-ago pace

Prices, low stocks keep lid on demand

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News September 17, 2021

MarketsFarm — Canadian grain exports are running well behind the year-ago pace through the first few weeks of the 2021-22 marketing year, as smaller supplies and high prices limit offshore demand. Total exports of all of the major grains, oilseeds and pulses as of Sept. 12 of 3.162 million tonnes are down by about 2.1 […] Read more

Barley, Corn, Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: U.S. corn imports to supplement tight supplies

Feeders seeking barley would 'have to pay up'

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News September 16, 2021

MarketsFarm — The looming corn harvest in the United States should keep a lid on rising feed grain prices in Western Canada, with more corn expected to make its way into Canadian feedlots this winter. “U.S. corn should start landing in Lethbridge sometime in October or early November,” said Jim Beusekom, of MarketPlace Commodities at […] Read more

Feed markets, Market talk, Markets

Feed barley price outlook

Market Talk with Jerry Klassen

By Jerry Klassen September 15, 2021

I’ve received many inquiries from cattle producers regarding the price outlook for feed barley. At the time of writing, Lethbridge feed barley was trading in the range of $405-$415/tonne while Red Deer operations were showing bids from $395-$405/tonne. Barley prices are up nearly $200/tonne from September 2020. Yearling prices continue to trade near 52-week highs […] Read more

U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract highs on shock herd decline

Alberta Crop Report: Harvest more than three-quarters finished

NFU says proposed plant breeders’ rights come at farmers’ expense

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U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract highs on shock herd decline

Alberta Crop Report: Harvest more than three-quarters finished

NFU says proposed plant breeders’ rights come at farmers’ expense

Barley

Feed weekly outlook: Canadian markets firm, waiting on U.S. corn

Continued demand for beef keeps fed cattle prices steady

Klassen: Feeder market holds value

Are you relying on straw to get through this winter?

Feed weekly outlook: Harvest lowers wheat, barley prices

BASF warns on seeding choices for drought-hit imi-treated fields

Klassen: Finishing feedlot demand drives yearlings higher

Grain exports running well behind year-ago pace

Feed weekly outlook: U.S. corn imports to supplement tight supplies

Feed barley price outlook

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