MarketsFarm — Prices for feed grains in Western Canada continue to ease off, but seasonal activity isn’t the only reason contributing to the declines.
Erin Harakal, trade manager at Agfinity Inc. at Stony Plain, Alta., said futures markets are also playing their part in pressuring feed grain prices.
“Especially with the wheat markets due to all different factors like a (potential) recession. (Traders) think stocks look pretty adequate and the futures are oversold,” she said.
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“When it comes to barley right now, it’s been coming off slightly. I think it’s just due to demand and corn prices came off (this week) as well.”
Feed barley for May/June movement was priced between $405-$410 per tonne ($8.82-$8.93 per bushel) at Lethbridge, she added.
Most growers in Alberta and in southern Saskatchewan have already started seeding operations, Harakal said, and if they haven’t yet, growers will start to do so this weekend.
With the focus now on seeding, Harakal anticipated prices to stay steady in the short term.
“We still have some buyers who are looking for coverage into the later part of May and into June,” she said.
The high-delivered bid for feed barley in Alberta was $9.14/bu. on Wednesday, down 87 cents from one year ago, according to Prairie Ag Hotwire. In Saskatchewan, the high-delivered bid was $7.75/bu., down 15 cents from last month and down 89 cents from last year. In Manitoba, $7.25/bu. was the high-delivered bid, down $1.47 from one year earlier.
For feed wheat, the high-delivered bid in Alberta was $11.57/bu., down $2.86 from last year. In Saskatchewan, the high-delivered bid was $10/bu., a decline of 75 cents from last month and $3.50 from last year. The high-delivered bid from Manitoba was $9.59/bu., down 74 cents from one month ago and down $2.94 from one year ago.
— Adam Peleshaty reports for MarketsFarm from Stonewall, Man.
