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Don’t write off ICE Canada’s grain futures just yet

By Phil Franz-Warkentin May 23, 2014

CNS Canada — Milling wheat and durum contracts offered by ICE Futures Canada have not seen any actual trade in over a year, and it’s been five months since feed barley last had any open interest — but the exchange isn’t ready to give up on the grain contracts just yet and will explore its […] Read more

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Malting barley expected to see slow price surge

By Dave Sims May 6, 2014

CNS Canada — A projected decrease in Canadian malt barley acreage in 2014 could lead to price increases by the spring of 2015, according to an analyst in Alberta. Darren Smith of RMI Analytics in Calgary said exports in the barley market have been fairly light recently, due to logistics problems gripping rail transportation — […] Read more

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Prairie feed barley prices nearing 2014 highs

By Dave Sims April 30, 2014

CNS Canada — Lethbridge feed grain markets are trading at highs for the 2014 calendar year, and even starting to approach September prices, according to Jim Beusekom, grain broker at MarketPlace Commodities. “We’re at $190 to $195 per tonne for feed barley and feed wheat.” Road bans, the start of seeding and the logistics slowdown […] Read more

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Malt barley supplies large ahead of new crop year

By Phil Franz-Warkentin March 27, 2014

CNS Canada –– After seeing record yields in 2013, Canada could still be holding onto enough malt barley to supply the domestic industry for an entire year at the end of the current crop year. Those large supplies are cutting into prices, but buyers will still need fresh stocks due to germination issues, and may […] Read more

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Alta. feed barley prices remain firm

By Dave Sims March 24, 2014

CNS Canada — Cash barley prices near the key cattle feeding area of Lethbridge, Alta. remain firm, supported in large part by lingering winter weather and sluggish movement of grain across Western Canada, say brokers in the region. According to Shane Roberts of Cactus Commodity at Raymond, Alta., prices for March/April deliveries are anywhere from […] Read more

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Calgary’s Big Rock picks B.C. brewery site

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff March 4, 2014

Calgary craft brewer Big Rock Brewery has picked a vacant warehouse in Vancouver’s Mount Pleasant area for the site of a bigger-than-expected second brewery. The company had announced plans last September to set up and open a second brewery somewhere in British Columbia’s Lower Mainland region, expecting to spend in the range of $1.5 million […] Read more

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Grainworld: Barley prices to remain in downtrend for months

By Terryn Shiells February 26, 2014

Winnipeg | CNS Canada — Barley prices in Western Canada have seen a bit of a rebound rally recently, but that trend is not expected to stick around. The recent price climb was sparked by a stop in farmer selling and by ideas that the market dropped too low, too quick, Jim Beusekom of Market […] Read more

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Lethbridge barley rallies by $10 since mid-January

By Brandon Logan February 6, 2014

CNS Canada — The Lethbridge barley market has appeared to have bottomed out in January, as prices have rallied by $10 per tonne in the past few weeks. “The barley market through the last two weeks has ticked up a little bit,” said Jim Beusekom, grain broker at MarketPlace Commodities in Lethbridge, Alta. “Lethbridge is […] Read more

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Competition in Lethbridge’s feed market drives prices lower

By Brandon Logan January 16, 2014

Competition for Lethbridge’s marketplace is heating up, as feed wheat and barley are nearly priced identically, leading to further declines in both markets. “It seems like they are both trading in the mid-C$150 (per tonne) range,” said Allen Pirness, senior trader at MarketPlace Commodities in Lethbridge. According to the Alberta Canola Producers Commission, feed barley […] Read more

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