Insights and Stories on Alberta

May. 2, 2024 at 1:39 pm CDT

Feed grain bids in the Lethbridge area were finding some support in early May as farmers in the region focus their attention on spring seeding.

By Adam Peleshaty - MarketsFarm

May. 1, 2024 at 10:03 am CDT

The weather and subsequent forecasts lately have been—to state it simply—a mess. A very active but difficult to forecast pattern has developed across much of Canada and the northern U.S. states. This has brought damp and cool weather to most regions of the Prairies and unfortunately, it looks like this weather will be sticking around at least until the weekend.

By Daniel Bezte

Apr. 30, 2024 at 9:24 am CDT

For the week ending April 27, Western Canadian feeder cattle markets were relatively unchanged compared to seven days earlier.

By Jerry Klassen

Apr. 24, 2024 at 9:47 am CDT

It looks like this will be a good news, bad news forecast. For those of you hoping for rain, it may be good news. For those wanting things to dry out enough to get out working, it's a bit of bad news. The one thing, which is typical for spring forecasts, is that there's a fair bit of uncertainty.

By Daniel Bezte

Apr. 23, 2024 at 9:34 am CDT

Compared to last week, backgrounded yearlings traded $4-$8/cwt higher on average. Calves were quite variable with prices quoted from unchanged to as much as $10 higher. Overall, there appeared to be stronger buying interest this week across all weight categories.

By Jerry Klassen