Insights and Stories of Brent Harder

Mar. 29, 2011 at 5:27 pm CDT

Wet and cool conditions across the Prairies have left a lot of uncertainty about the condition of the winter wheat crop that was planted last fall. Jake Davidson, executive manager with Winter Cereals Canada at Minnedosa, Man., said with so much snowpack still on the ground, it is virtually impossible […]

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Mar. 29, 2011 at 5:19 pm CDT

Prices for chickpeas in Western Canada have been moving higher over the past month, as global supplies of the specialty crop have taken hit with poor production around the world. “Around the world, chickpea crops have been a disaster,” said Colin Young, manager of R. Young Seeds at Mortlach, Sask. […]

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Mar. 28, 2011 at 4:58 pm CDT

Wet and cool conditions across the Prairies are expected to keep cattle producers buying feed barley, as their livestock will be headed out to pasture later than usual. Jim Beusekom, grain merchant with Marketplace Commodities at Lethbridge, Alta., said that for the time being at least, demand for barley should […]

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Mar. 25, 2011 at 2:00 pm CDT

With canola values on the rise over the past week, crush margins have taken a hit, falling to their lowest point in the current calendar year. Bill Craddock, a southern Manitoba trader and producer, said this has been a bad week for those in the crushing sector. “There has been […]

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Mar. 24, 2011 at 2:47 pm CDT

Lentil prices have been steady to lower across Western Canada for about the last month, thanks to a lack of global demand for Canadian product. Darren Lemieux of Simpson Seeds at Moose Jaw, Sask., said a number of usual buyers are busy producing their own crops, and consequently are not […]

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