Feed Grains: French Winter Barley Crop In Good Shape

By Commodity News Service Canada

WINNIPEG, Feb. 17 (CNS Canada) – France’s winter barley crop was rated 91 per cent good-to-excellent in the latest report from FranceAgriMer. That’s up one point from the previous week, but slightly behind the 95 per cent rating at the same point a year ago.

Spring barley planting is also getting stared in France, with FranceAgriMer reporting eight per cent of intended acres are already in the ground. That compares with five per cent at the same time a year ago.

Soft wheat crops in the country were pegged at 92 per cent good to excellent.

Argentina’s corn crop was estimated at 37 million tonnes by the Buenos Aires Grain Exchange.

Chicago Board of Trade corn futures were down on Friday, with chart-based selling a feature as participants squared positions ahead of the long weekend.

Feed barley bids in the key cattle feeding area of Lethbridge, Alberta were in the C$152 to C$165 per tonne range as of February 10, which were down slightly compared to the previous week, according to the latest pricing information from the provincial government. Top end feed wheat prices were also down, at C$175 to C$183 per tonne in Lethbridge.

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