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Prairie cash wheat: Prices take a hard hit

By Glen Hallick, GFM Network News July 9, 2022

MarketsFarm — Wheat prices on the Canadian Prairies were down hard for the week ended Thursday. Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS), Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) and Canada Western Amber Durum (CWAD) wheats incurred sharp losses as prices tumbled in U.S. markets. Additional pressure came from Statistics Canada’s report on planting intentions for 2022-23. The […] Read more

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

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Feed weekly outlook: Grain prices coming down

By Glen Hallick, GFM Network News July 7, 2022

MarketsFarm — As futures prices fall back, those for feed have been following, according to Jenny Redshaw, a trader with Agfinity at Stony Plain, Alta. “There are lots of things going on,” she said, noting demand has been somewhat lacklustre. “The feedlots aren’t breaking down any doors,” she added. With prices down across the board […] Read more

“There is still a pile of corn going into southern Alberta,” says one trader at Eagle Commodities Ltd. Photo: MaksymTopchyi/iStock/Getty Images

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Feed weekly outlook: Decline in feed grain prices anticipated

By Adam Peleshaty - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News June 29, 2022

MarketsFarm – Much-needed rains falling onto most parts of Alberta have created ideal growing conditions for feed grains in the province, which has already created a slight decline in prices. “Southern Alberta has been very, very dry, but we’ve had anywhere from four to six inches of rain over the last three weeks,” said Mike […] Read more

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Argentina’s Bioceres says GMO wheat gets OK from U.S. FDA

By Jorgelina do Rosario, Tom Polansek, GFM Network News June 27, 2022

London/Chicago | Reuters – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration concluded a review of Argentine biotechnology firm Bioceres’ BIOX.BA genetically modified (GMO) wheat without further questions, a “key step” to commercializing it in the United States, the company said on Monday. While corn and soy crops used predominantly to feed livestock are commonly planted with […] Read more

Domestic barley prices are likely to hold steady for now. Photo: Canada Beef Inc.

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Feed weekly outlook: Barley, wheat prices starting to soften

By Adam Peleshaty - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News June 23, 2022

MarketsFarm – It appears that the days of feedlots on the Prairies primarily using corn may be coming to an end. After nearly a year of feedlots importing corn from the United States, due to tight supply and higher prices for feed barley and feed wheat in Western Canada, demand has mostly turned towards cereal […] Read more

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Prairie cash wheat: Bids firm as loonie falls

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News June 18, 2022

MarketsFarm — Spring wheat bids in Western Canada moved higher during the week ended Thursday, as heavy losses in the Canadian dollar more than countered the bearish influence of weakening U.S. futures. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS, 13.5 per cent protein) wheat prices were up by $4.50-$7.40 per tonne during the week ended Thursday, […] Read more

File photo of a barley seedling. (SusanHSmith/iStock/Getty Images)

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Feed weekly outlook: Rains boost Prairie grain prospects

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News June 17, 2022

MarketsFarm — Heavy rains in Alberta and western Saskatchewan over the past week should give grain crops a good start to the growing season — and put some pressure on the feed grain market, which remains at historically high prices after last year’s drought. The rain “will kick the production can a fairly good ways […] Read more

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Prairie cash wheat: Spring wheat up, durum pulls back

By Glen Hallick, GFM Network News June 10, 2022

MarketsFarm — Wheat prices on the Canadian Prairies were mixed during the week ended Thursday. Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) and Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) wheats incurred moderate gains, as Canada Western Amber Durum (CWAD) fell back. Good upticks in the U.S. wheat complex fueled price increases in Western Canada, along with a weaker […] Read more

Barley, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Feed weekly outlook: Prices slip slightly

By Glen Hallick, GFM Network News June 9, 2022

MarketsFarm — There has been scant movement in feed grain prices over the last week, according to Susanne Leclerc of Market Master Ltd. in Edmonton, who noted demand has backed off a little. Buyers have stepped away following rains throughout much of the province, including the drought-stricken south. In turn, she said, prices “softened slightly.” […] Read more

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Canola exports slow to trickle

Wheat exports also well behind curve: CGC

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News June 4, 2022

MarketsFarm — Canadian canola exports have slowed to a trickle, as supplies dwindle with only two months left in the current marketing year. Only 900 tonnes of canola were exported out of the country during the week ended May 27, according to the latest data from the Canadian Grain Commission. That was down from the […] Read more

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Prairie cash wheat: Prices take a hard hit

Feed weekly outlook: Grain prices coming down

Feed weekly outlook: Decline in feed grain prices anticipated

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