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Feed weekly outlook: Prices to continue slipping back

Feedlots covered for now

By Glen Hallick, GFM Network News November 3, 2023

MarketsFarm — Feed prices are set continue grinding lower for the balance of 2023, “as domestic end users are covered,” according to Jim Beusekom, president of Market Place Commodities in Lethbridge. Beusekom pointed to the amount of contracted corn being imported from the United States as well as better-than-expected yields across the Prairies this harvest. […] Read more

File photo of a pea crop south of Ethelton, Sask. on Aug. 1, 2019. (Dave Bedard photo)

Crops, Markets, Peas

Pulse weekly outlook: Peas seeing good Prairie movement

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News March 1, 2023

MarketsFarm — Peas are seeing good movement in Western Canada ahead of spring, although prices have held steady over the past month. “The yellow pea market has some life again,” said Allan Johnston of Johnston’s Grain at Wellwyn, Sask. He added there were also a few companies chasing after some coverage for green peas with […] Read more

Crops, Lentils, Markets

Pulse weekly outlook: New-crop green lentil bids in line with year ago

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News January 11, 2023

MarketsFarm — New-crop lentil bids are starting to become available in Western Canada, with early pricing indications for green lentils not that far off the levels seen at the same time a year ago. New-crop pricing for large green lentils delivered to the elevator in the fall of 2023 can currently be found in the […] Read more

Barley, Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Little price movement for feed grains

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News January 6, 2023

MarketsFarm — With the holiday season come and gone, feed grain buyers were getting back into the swing of things at the start of 2023, according to one trader. “I think January will probably fill up pretty quickly as we’re in the first week of January and we’ve been booked into January for a bit,” […] Read more

Barley. (Doug Wilson photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Barley, Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: No effect seen on Alberta crops from hot, wet weather

Feed grain bids up on week in Alberta, Saskatchewan

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News September 8, 2022

MarketsFarm — Harvest activity in Alberta continues to progress despite wet weather during the past week, according to Mike Fleischhauer, trader for Eagle Commodities in Lethbridge. “We had some rain here about a week to 10 days ago. So, it puts some people in Alberta and Saskatchewan a little bit behind,” he said. “It’s been […] Read more

Barley south of Ethelton, Sask. in early August 2017. (File photo by Dave Bedard)

Barley, Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: New-crop supply outlook ‘significantly better’ as prices drop

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News July 21, 2022

MarketsFarm — Prices for feed barley and wheat in Western Canada are still higher than this time last year, but if large declines in those prices are any indication, the 2022 harvest is set to be more typical than that of 2021. The high-delivered bid for Saskatchewan feed barley is $8 per bushel, $1 lower […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Peas

Pulse weekly outlook: Pea bids slip as new crop looms

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News July 13, 2022

MarketsFarm — Top-end yellow and green pea bids in Western Canada have come down over the past month, as old-crop activity slows down and attention turns to the new crop. While tight supplies after the 2021 drought did not leave too many unpriced peas in the countryside, some farmers likely still waited too late and […] Read more

Barley, Corn, Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Canadian markets firm, waiting on U.S. corn

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News September 30, 2021

MarketsFarm — Canadian feed grain bids remain strong, although end-users are only buying on a hand-to-mouth basis as they await an influx of cheaper corn imports from the U.S. “Everybody is waiting on the corn situation to figure out where we’ll go,” said Suzanne Leclerc, owner of Market Master Ltd. in Edmonton. “Buyers are buying […] Read more

Barley, Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Harvest lowers wheat, barley prices

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News September 23, 2021

MarketsFarm — With the hot and dry summer of 2021 now in the rearview mirror, the higher-than-normal prices for Alberta feed wheat and barley are starting to taper off as combining nears completion. “I think what we’ve been seeing for feed barley prices in (southern Alberta) is anywhere from $380 (per tonne) for October and […] Read more

CBOT December 2021 oats (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (yellow, brown and black lines). (Barchart)

Crops, Markets, Oats

Tight supplies underpin oat bids with demand rationing expected

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News September 3, 2021

Corrected, Sept. 3 — MarketsFarm — Canadian oat prices should remain well supported over the next year given the smaller crop, but some demand will likely back away as buyers look for cheaper alternatives. While most of his customers were still taking delivery on existing contracts and not yet in the spot market, Ryan McKnight […] Read more

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Feed weekly outlook: Prices to continue slipping back

Pulse weekly outlook: Peas seeing good Prairie movement

Pulse weekly outlook: New-crop green lentil bids in line with year ago

Feed weekly outlook: Little price movement for feed grains

Feed weekly outlook: No effect seen on Alberta crops from hot, wet weather

Feed weekly outlook: New-crop supply outlook ‘significantly better’ as prices drop

Pulse weekly outlook: Pea bids slip as new crop looms

Feed weekly outlook: Canadian markets firm, waiting on U.S. corn

Feed weekly outlook: Harvest lowers wheat, barley prices

Tight supplies underpin oat bids with demand rationing expected

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