Insights and Stories of Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Sep. 6, 2023 at 6:04 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — As summer turns to autumn on the Canadian Prairies, the weather outlook for the rest of September is for temperatures to be warmer than normal, according to Scott Kehler, chief scientist for Weatherlogics. One of the factors in those forthcoming temperatures is the El Niño that has been […]

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Aug. 30, 2023 at 3:46 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Any fanfare from the long-awaited production estimates from Statistics Canada released on Tuesday was gone by the next day. ICE canola futures initially jumped by double digits that morning, but throughout that session the gains faded. By the end of Wednesday’s session, canola was down. “The StatCan report […]

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Aug. 24, 2023 at 7:02 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Prices for feed barley and wheat didn’t change much for the most part during the week ended Thursday, according to Erin Harakal of Agfinity at Stony Plain, Alta. “This week it has been pretty steady compared to the end of last week,” Harakal said, noting barley prices dropped […]

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Aug. 24, 2023 at 6:48 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Most July deliveries of major grains in the country were higher than those from the same period a year ago, Statistics Canada reported Thursday. Total grain deliveries this past month tallied 4.056 million tonnes for a jump of 43.8 per cent over the previous July. All wheat came […]

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Aug. 23, 2023 at 1:51 pm CDT

MarketsFarm – Prices at the Chicago Board of Trade could increase if there’s heat damage to the United States corn and soybean crops, according to Tom Lilja of Progressive Ag in Fargo, North Dakota. During the week of Aug. 21 to 25 a heat dome formed over much of the […]

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