Feed Grains: Corn ticks higher with reports of bird flu

By Commodity News Service Canada

Winnipeg – Following are a few highlights in the Canadian and world feed grains markets on Friday, August 18.
Feed wheat bids in the key cattle feeding area of Lethbridge, Alberta were in the C$218 to C$235 per tonne range as of August 11, which was down five to seven dollars compared to the previous week, according to the latest pricing information from the provincial government. Feed barley prices were roughly two dollars higher, at C$192 to C$200 per tonne in Lethbridge.
Bids for feed wheat in Saskatchewan are hanging steady, according to the latest information from the Prairie Ag Hotwire. Prices are listed at C$3.05 to C$5.00 per bushel.

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Prices for oats in Manitoba were down six cents last week, according to the Hotwire. Prices are listed at C$2.77 to C$3.10 per bushel.
Oat prices in North Dakota were down five cents to C$2.27 a bushel.
Corn finished one cent higher with the December contract at 3.65 per bushel. Commercial demand is lukewarm and new crop supplies seem to be holding at the moment. More cases of bird flu are being reported in Asia. The Philippines have culled 600,000 poultry due to the outbreak and China has joined suit, announcing they will cull a quarter of a million. This won’t help prices for livestock feed.