Feed Grains: Global wheat prices expected to drop

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg – Following are a few highlights in the Canadian and world feed grains markets on Friday, November 3. Prices for feed barley in Saskatchewan fell four cents last week, according to the latest information from the Prairie Ag Hotwire. Bids are listed as C$3.15 to $3.31 per bushel. Oat […] Read more

Feed Grains: U.S. corn yield estimates rising

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Nov. 2 (CNS Canada) – Corn yields in the United States likely ended up above earlier estimates, according to an updated forecast from Informa Economics. Ahead of the USDA’s next supply/demand report, the analytical firm pegged the country’s corn yields at 173.4 bushels per acre. That would be up […] Read more






Feed Grains: New GMO corn could cut animal feed costs

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, October 27 (CNS) – Following are a few highlights in the Canadian and world feed grains markets on Friday, October 27. Researchers in the United States say they have discovered a GMO corn that would cut the cost of animal feed, according to GeneticLieracyProject.org. The corn is genetically engineered […] Read more


cows eating pellets- Glen Nicoll

Winter forecast for feeding margins

Market Talk with Jerry Klassen

Feedlots in Canada and the U.S. experienced a very profitable feeding margin structure from January through August. During the first week of May, when the fed cattle market reached $197, margins actually edged over $700 per head in some cases which was a record in my career of analyzing profitability. However, margins moved into negative […] Read more



Canadian Dollar and Business Outlook

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, MB, Oct. 26, 2017 (CNS Canada) – The Canadian stock market surged Thursday morning after the Aecon Group Inc. sale was announced. Shares surged 19 per cent after the company agreed to be bought by China’s CCC International Holdings. At 9:05 CDT Thursday morning the Canadian dollar was at […] Read more