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May. 9, 2024 at 1:15 pm CDT

Sufficient supplies of domestic barley and wheat along with the ongoing influx of corn from United States, have continued to keep a lid on feed grain prices on the Canadian Prairies. That’s especially so in southern Alberta, according to Darcy Haley, vice-president of Ag Value Brokers in Lethbridge.

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May. 8, 2024 at 12:41 pm CDT

Planting progress in Manitoba advanced a little bit during the week ended May 7, with four per cent of the province’s crops in the ground. With the bulk of the seeding in the central region, that’s up two points from the previous week but five behind the five-year average.

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May. 7, 2024 at 11:24 am CDT

For many of Canada’s major crops, their holdings came in lower than a year ago, as Statistics Canada released its stocks of principal field crops as of March 31 report. There were declines in all wheat, durum, oats, corn, lentils and peas, but there were increases for barley and canola while soybeans were relatively steady.

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May. 7, 2024 at 10:02 am CDT

Wheat production in the central Asia country of Kazakhstan is expected to bounce back in 2024/25 according to the United States Department of Agriculture attaché in the capital of Astana.

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May. 6, 2024 at 4:21 pm CDT

As Drew Lerner stood by his weather outlook for the strong likelihood of below normal rainfall and above normal temperatures this summer for the Canadian Prairies, along with the United States Midwest and Plains, he has now slightly moderated that long range forecast. About a month ago, the president of […]

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