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Barley south of Ethelton, Sask. on July 30, 2019. (Dave Bedard photo)
Barley, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Feed weekly outlook: Old-, new-crop barley prices converge

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MarketsFarm — Feed grains prices have been softening as old-crop and new-crop prices converge during harvest. Tracy Green, a grain broker with Market Master Ltd. in Edmonton, said Feedlot Alley is “well-covered” and waiting for harvest. However, buyers in central Alberta are seeing prices around $237 delivered for old-crop barley. For deliveries into Lethbridge for […] Read more
A barley crop south of Ethelton, Sask. on July 30, 2019. (Dave Bedard photo)
Barley, Crops, Markets, Weather, Winter Wheat

Feed weekly outlook: Varying yields make for average crop

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MarketsFarm — Feed grain crop yields are expected to be about average across the Prairies as harvest has kicked off. “It appears we’ll have somewhat of an average crop, with a bunch of high-yield areas and a bunch of low yield areas averaged together,” said Jim Beusekom, president of Market Place Commodities in Lethbridge. New-crop […] Read more
“All of our customers in feedlot alley are all thinking the same thing – that ‘prices will go down.’” Photo: Thinkstock
Barley, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Feed grain bids fall with rain

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MarketsFarm – Improving crop conditions have weighed on Western Canadian feed barley prices over the past month as attention turns from the tight old crop supply situation to the upcoming harvest. “Prices are dropping every day it rains,” said Mike Fleischhauer of Eagle Commodities in Lethbridge, Alta. He said barley prices have come off by […] Read more
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Barley, Corn, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Feed weekly outlook: Grain prices softer ahead of harvest

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MarketsFarm — Feed grain prices have softened ahead of harvesting season, due in part to improving growing conditions and a stronger Canadian dollar. Drought conditions earlier in the summer had threatened Prairie crop yields and buoyed feed grain prices, but the weather premium has subsided thanks to recent rains. “Rain showed us we’ll have a […] Read more
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Barley, Crops, Markets

Malt barley prices remain stable

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MarketsFarm — Malt barley prices have held steady throughout the 2019 growing season as global demand remains strong. Malt prices in 2018 were driven about 15 per cent higher due to a global shortage. According to Farmlink, drought conditions caused Australia to produce “one of the smallest barley crops in recent memory.” The crops were […] Read more
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Barley, Canola, Crops, Spring Wheat

Visible Canadian canola stocks back above one million tonnes

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MarketsFarm — Solid deliveries into the commercial pipeline and lacklustre export movement saw visible Canadian canola supplies climb back above one million tonnes during the week ended June 9, according to the latest grain handling report from the Canadian Grain Commission. Farmers delivered 422,500 tonnes of canola during week 45 of the 2018-19 crop year […] Read more

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