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Research based on the financial statements of almost 3,000 Illinois corn and soybean farmers suggests farmers in aggregate are likely to sell four per cent more of their stored grain every time capital costs go up by one per cent. Photo: File

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Sharp drop in canola stocks

StatCan releases grain stocks as of March 31 report

By Glen Hallick May 8, 2025

Statistics Canada reported total canola stocks have plummeted over the last year. The federal agency released its grain stocks as of March 31 report on May 8. Also in the StatCan report, all wheat stocks declined moderately and there were other significant changes.

One commodity group in Vancouver said its feed barley was about C$8 per bushel for Alberta. Photo: File

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Feed Grain Weekly: Prices steady before anticipated drops

Few prices changes in May, but declines to come this summer

By Adam Peleshaty May 8, 2025

There were few price changes for feed grains at the start of May, according to an Alberta-based trader. However, seasonal trends will pressure prices in the coming months.

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Seeding in Manitoba picking up the pace

Most fields still have good soil moisture

By Glen Hallick May 7, 2025

Overall spring planting in Manitoba reached eight per cent complete as of May 6, with some areas of the province much further along, the latest provincial crop report said.

While feed grains are below year-ago levels, out-of-line price ratios are a cause for concern. PHOTO: Canada Beef Inc.

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Feed Grains Weekly: Little, if any, price changes coming

Market could tumble with sudden influx

By Glen Hallick May 1, 2025

Feed grain prices on the Canadian Prairies very likely will not change much in the coming weeks, stated Darcy Haley, vice-president of Ag Value Brokers in Lethbridge.

The USDA attache in Australia is calling for a smaller wheat crop in 2025/26.

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Smaller Australian wheat crop in 2025/26

Dry conditions cut into production says USDA attaché

By Glen Hallick April 29, 2025

Australian wheat production has been projected to drop in 2025/26 by 3.11 million tonnes, according to the United States Department of Agriculture attaché in Canberra. The attaché projected the country’s wheat output at 31 million tonnes for the coming marketing year.

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Higher deliveries in most grains; Canola drops back March to March

Canola drops back March to March

By Glen Hallick April 28, 2025

There were several increases in the producer deliveries major grains report for March compared to a year ago, according to Statistics Canada on April 28. However, there were notable decreases in canola and rye from March to March.

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Feed Grain Weekly: Prices rise on seasonality

C$3 to C$5/tonne weekly increases reported

By Adam Peleshaty April 24, 2025

Feed prices in the Lethbridge area during the week ended April 24 were slightly higher as growers get deeper into springtime.

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AAFC tweaks monthly data, but holds canola exports

But year-to-date exports nearly 7.40 million tonnes

By Glen Hallick April 17, 2025

Although Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada made several small revisions to its April supply and demand report compared to the previous month, it did not alter any of its canola numbers.

File photo of a combine harvesting a wheat crop in Ukraine. (SergBob/iStock/Getty Images)

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APK-Inform issues Ukraine forecast for 2025/26

Cold snap halts spring seeding

By Reuters April 14, 2025

As spring planting continues in Ukraine, its agriculture ministry and consultancy APK-Inform issued their respective crop forecasts. The reports were issued just as Ukraine was still in a bitter cold snap that brought snow to most parts of the country.

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Feed Grain Weekly: Tariff fears on cattle leads to weak demand

Expect slow spring, summer

By Glen Hallick April 9, 2025

As tariff issues continue to hover around the globe, there has been a sharp reduction in the number of cattle in Canadian feedlots, said Darcy Haley, vice-president of Ag Value Brokers in Lethbridge. And that has reduced the demand for feed grains in Western Canada to a trickle.

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Seeding in Manitoba picking up the pace

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Feed Grain Weekly: Prices rise on seasonality

AAFC tweaks monthly data, but holds canola exports

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