Insights and Stories on Cereals

Feed weekly outlook: Barley demand pressures domestic supply

Feb. 11, 2021 at 7:31 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Increasing demand for feed barley has created a strong but extremely tightened market for the crop and it may potentially buck seeding predictions for 2021-22. Peter Watts, managing director of the Canadian Malting Barley Technical Centre in Winnipeg, said rising demand from China is also raising prices for […]

Malt barley demand rises, at home and abroad

Feb. 11, 2021 at 7:20 pm CST

By Adam Peleshaty

Argentine truckers end strike, freeing China-bound barley

Feb. 9, 2021 at 8:02 pm CST

By Hugh Bronstein Maximilian Heath

Feed weekly outlook: Grain exports, prices rise

Feb. 4, 2021 at 4:21 pm CST

By Adam Peleshaty

China’s appetite for feed barley sucks in new crop from Canada, France

Feb. 3, 2021 at 2:37 am CST

By Gus Trompiz

Oat prices running out of upside

Feb. 1, 2021 at 7:42 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Oat prices in Western Canada have shown some strength over the past year, but competition from other crops will likely lead to an acreage reduction this spring despite the firm prices, according to market participants. Ryan McKnight, from Linear Grain at Carman, Man., had seen prices for the […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Prairie cash wheat: Lower U.S. prices, weaker loonie generate mixed results

Jan. 29, 2021 at 5:15 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Wheat bids in Western Canada were mixed during the week ended Thursday, with Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) bids down and Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) steady to higher. Bids for Canada Western Amber Durum (CWAD) were also higher on the week. Price changes in U.S. wheat markets […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

South Africa’s barley growers face bleak outlook on alcohol ban

Jan. 28, 2021 at 8:07 pm CST

Johannesburg | Reuters — South African barley farmers are bracing for a tough market ahead as demand for the grain used to make beer falls and stockpiles grow after a ban on the sale of alcohol was reinstated as the country battles a surge in COVID-19 cases. The government in […]

By Tanisha Heiberg

Feed weekly outlook: Buyers’ thoughts turn to April-June

Jan. 28, 2021 at 5:28 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Attention on feed grains is shifting away from February-March and focusing on the April-June period, according to Erin Harakal, senior trader at Agfinity at Stony Plain, Alta. Their buyers have February-March pretty much covered, she said. Demand continues to be driven by exports to China, she added, with […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Feed weekly outlook: Offshore demand still lifting Prairie barley

Jan. 21, 2021 at 4:23 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Solid offshore demand for Canadian barley remains the key driver in the domestic feed market, keeping prices high. “It’s certainly not driven by southern Alberta, it’s driven by Vancouver and the export business,” said Allen Pirness, of Market Place Commodities in Lethbridge, on the continued strength in barley […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin