Insights and Stories on Alberta

Klassen: Cattle producers anxious about 2024

Jan. 9, 2024 at 9:32 am CST

The holiday break for the cattle market is analogous to an the intermission between periods of hockey game. Feedlot operators assess inventory and to focus on the market structure. They’re planning their purchase strategy for the next couple months.

Prairie spring wheat bids start year on a soft note

Jan. 5, 2024 at 2:25 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Feed weekly outlook: Several factors weighing on prices

Jan. 4, 2024 at 2:29 pm CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Prairie forecast: Winter temperatures moving in

Jan. 3, 2024 at 10:11 am CST

By Daniel Bezte

Klassen: Feeder market quiets at year-end

Jan. 2, 2024 at 9:42 am CST

By Jerry Klassen

Prairie forecast: One more week of above average temperatures

Dec. 27, 2023 at 10:23 am CST

As we head into a new year, it's looking like this could be the last mild forecast period before a switch to a more typical winter weather pattern. As usual, there is always a fair bit of uncertainty in forecasts beyond seven or so days, but we all knew that at some point we'd see some cold wintery weather move in.

By Daniel Bezte

Prairie forecast: Mild and dry weather right through to the New Year

Dec. 20, 2023 at 10:08 am CST

The holiday weather picture is starting to shape up, and if you're hoping for a perfect Christmas day with falling snow, I wouldn’t get my hopes up. If you are hoping for a continuation of mild winter weather, then it looks like you are in luck.

By Daniel Bezte

Azure Sustainable Fuels Corp. CEO Douglas Cole speaks at a news conference at the Manitoba Legislature on Dec. 19 as Manitoba agriculture minister Ron Kostyshyn looks on.

Manitoba earmarks funds for sustainable aviation fuel plant

Dec. 19, 2023 at 2:40 pm CST

Calgary-based firm Azure Sustainable Fuels Corp. plans to use Canadian feedstock like soybean and canola oils to produce as much as one billion litres of renewable aviation fuel per year, the news release added.

By Geralyn Wichers

Feed weekly outlook: U.S. corn imports keep lid on Prairie feed grains

Dec. 14, 2023 at 1:31 pm CST

Glacier FarmMedia – Feed prices for barley and wheat across much of Western Canada are very likely to remain low until the end of winter/the beginning of spring, according to Erin Harakal of Agfinity in Stony Plain, Alta.

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Sugar beet growers seek to expand sector with domestic policy

Dec. 13, 2023 at 11:19 am CST

The Alberta Sugar Beet Growers want a national domestic sugar policy, which the organization says could lay the foundation for resurgence in the sector.

By Jeff Melchior