Insights and Stories of Brent Harder

Sep. 21, 2010 at 4:21 pm CDT

Adverse harvest conditions across the Canadian prairies is pointing to large volumes of  feed wheat around this winter.  Gerald Snip, a grain trader with Market Place Commodities in Lethbridge, said most of Alberta and Saskatchewan are having big problems getting the crop off.  “It’s just too wet to even get […]

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Sep. 20, 2010 at 5:57 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Corn producers in Manitoba are looking at very high prices for their product, thanks in large part to what’s been happening south of the border. Eldon Dueck, corn production manager with Linear Grain at Carman, Man. said the corn market on the Chicago Board of Trade […]

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Sep. 17, 2010 at 12:41 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Cattle producers in Canada have seen steady increases in prices for new calves over the last year, and values should continue to hold these levels at least in the short to medium term. Herb Lock of Farm Sense Marketing in Edmonton said prices have been much […]

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Sep. 16, 2010 at 3:18 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — With the frequent rains and cool temperatures delaying both harvest operations and crop maturity, lentil producers in Saskatchewan are frightened their lentil crop will be severely damaged. Canada’s Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz was joined in New Delhi by Pulse Canada CEO Gordon Bacon as part of […]

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Sep. 10, 2010 at 10:15 pm CDT

(Resource News International) –– Even though harvest conditions aren’t what oat producers have been asking for, prices should be strong for the supplies that do eventually come off the field in Western Canada. Oat prices have been going up over the last while across the Prairies. Terry Tyson, commodity procurement […]

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