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A barley crop south of Ethelton, Sask. on July 30, 2019. (Dave Bedard photo)

Feed weekly outlook: Purchases delayed as prices steady, supplies ample

By Glen Hallick December 5, 2019

MarketsFarm — With good supplies available, don’t expect to see much movement in prices for feed wheat and barley over the next several months, according to Nelson Neumann. Neumann, senior trader for Agfinity at Stony Plain, Alta., said barley currently was around $223 per tonne Lethbridge delivered and wheat was a little back at $220 […] Read more

Barley. (Photo courtesy Canada Beef Inc.)

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Feed weekly outlook: Firm Prairie market leveling off

By Phil Franz-Warkentin November 28, 2019

MarketsFarm — Logistics issues moving grain where it needs to be in Western Canada continue to prop up feed prices, but the market is starting to level off, according to a broker. “We are seeing a bit of a shortage of trucks,” said Tracy Green of Market Master Ltd. in Edmonton, adding “things are still […] Read more

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Feed weekly outlook: Tight logistics underpin barley in Feedlot Alley

By Phil Franz-Warkentin November 21, 2019

MarketsFarm — The adverse 2019 harvest across Western Canada may have left more grain grading as feed than normal, but issues in getting that barley and wheat to livestock continue to prop up prices for the time being. “We’ve seen a rally in the feed barley market the last four weeks,” said Brandon Motz, of […] Read more

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Feed weekly outlook: Prolonged Prairie harvest pushes up grain prices

By Glen Hallick November 14, 2019

MarketsFarm — A seemingly never-ending harvest across the Prairies has been responsible for a $10-$15 per tonne jump this month in feed grain prices, said Glen Loyns, general manager of JGL Commodities in Moose Jaw. “It’s probably gone up $5 this week,” Loyns said. This year’s extended harvest, coupled with large amounts of grain to […] Read more

Glencore’s head office in Baar, Switzerland. (Glencore.com)

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Glencore’s head barley trader leaves post

By Reuters November 13, 2019

Paris | Reuters –– Glencore Agriculture removed head barley trader Mathieu Kleine from his post last week, market sources familiar with the matter said. The grain merchant, which is part owned by diversified commodity group Glencore, dismissed Kleine due to disappointing results, two of the sources said. It was not clear if Kleine was still […] Read more

File photo of wheat under snow. (Ssvyat/iStock/Getty Images)

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Feed weekly outlook: Prairie grain market finding a bottom

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News October 9, 2019

MarketsFarm — The western Canadian feed grain market is showing signs of finding a bottom, as buyers wait to get a better handle on the quality of grain still unharvested across the Prairies. Feed barley is currently trading at around $200 per tonne in southern Alberta, while feed wheat bids are around $210, according to […] Read more

File photo of a snow-topped field in Alberta. (Don White/iStock/Getty Images)

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Feed weekly outlook: Snowfall boosts spot barley bids

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm October 3, 2019

MarketsFarm — Spot barley prices have received support from last weekend’s snows in southern Alberta, but the major barley-growing regions were mostly spared. While the cold and wet weather has delayed harvest activity, a promising forecast should allow for harvest to resume in the Red Deer area, where most of the barley crop is located. […] Read more

A 2017 study maps out predictions for changes to the “water footprint” of rain-fed barley grown in agricultural Alberta. (Science of the Total Environment, March 2018)

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University’s ‘Beefier Barley’ billboard binned

By GFM Staff October 1, 2019

A billboard about Alberta barley’s prospects under climate change in the University of Alberta’s ‘Truth Matters’ promotion — a series of ads meant to spark discussion about its researchers’ work — has been winnowed out of the campaign. Jacqui Tam, the Edmonton-based U of A’s vice-president for university relations, announced Sunday it would withdraw the […] Read more

Barley south of Ethelton, Sask. in early August 2017. (File photo by Dave Bedard)

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Feed weekly outlook: Barley’s slide slows as harvest drags

By Phil Franz-Warkentin September 26, 2019

MarketsFarm — The slide in western Canadian feed grain prices over the past few months shows signs of slowing, as concerns over harvest delays supplant earlier concerns over large crops and quality downgrades. “The weather over the next week or so doesn’t look that great,” Allen Pirness of Market Place Commodities in Lethbridge said Thursday. […] Read more

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Feed weekly outlook: Market not bottomed yet

By Phil Franz-Warkentin September 20, 2019

MarketsFarm — Falling feed grain prices in Western Canada have not hit the bottom just yet, especially as harvest delays lead to quality downgrades. “I would say it’s coming down quite a bit more,” said Mike Fleischhauer of Eagle Commodities in Lethbridge. The barley and wheat harvests are running behind normal in both Saskatchewan and […] Read more

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Feed weekly outlook: Purchases delayed as prices steady, supplies ample

Feed weekly outlook: Firm Prairie market leveling off

Feed weekly outlook: Tight logistics underpin barley in Feedlot Alley

Feed weekly outlook: Prolonged Prairie harvest pushes up grain prices

Glencore’s head barley trader leaves post

Feed weekly outlook: Prairie grain market finding a bottom

Feed weekly outlook: Snowfall boosts spot barley bids

University’s ‘Beefier Barley’ billboard binned

Feed weekly outlook: Barley’s slide slows as harvest drags

Feed weekly outlook: Market not bottomed yet

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