Insights and Stories on Alberta

Prairie Forecast: False start to winter as mild air returns

Nov. 8, 2023 at 1:29 pm CST

It looks more and more as though our late-October cold snap and snowy conditions were indeed a false start to winter. In the last forecast I mentioned the really cold air looks to be bottled up well to our north, and it was and will be for the next week […]

Klassen: Buyers contemplate feeder market prices

Nov. 7, 2023 at 1:53 pm CST

By Jerry Klassen

Prairie cash wheat: Weaker U.S. values pull down Canadian prices

Nov. 6, 2023 at 5:50 pm CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Feed weekly outlook: Prices to continue slipping back

Nov. 2, 2023 at 8:44 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Prairie Forecast: Nice, quiet early-winter weather

Nov. 1, 2023 at 12:36 pm CDT

By Daniel Bezte

Long-range outlook points to warmer winter

Oct. 31, 2023 at 5:30 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Warmer than normal temperatures are expected across nearly all of Canada this winter, with average precipitation for most of the agricultural areas of the Prairies. The latest long-range seasonal forecast from Environment Canada, released Tuesday, calls for a 40 per cent chance of above-normal temperatures from November through […]

By MarketsFarm

Klassen: Canadian feeder market holds value despite weaker futures

Oct. 31, 2023 at 9:58 am CDT

Compared to last week, western Canadian yearling prices traded $3-$5 lower while calf values were relatively unchanged. The market was slightly softer early in the week. On Wednesday, Alberta packers renewed fed cattle bids similar to week-ago levels and the aggressive buying lifted calf prices back up to levels similar […]

By Jerry Klassen

Prairie Forecast Update: Warmer air not in the cards

Oct. 30, 2023 at 10:58 am CDT

The forecast for this period has been playing out pretty close to what the weather models were predicting, but with a few small differences. For Alberta, the forecasted upper ridge does not look like it will get nearly as strong as originally forecasted as a strong northwesterly flow helps to […]

By Daniel Bezte

Prairie cash wheat: Bids book week of losses

Oct. 30, 2023 at 10:24 am CDT

MarketsFarm — Western Canadian wheat bids took a tumble with durum prices having the largest losses during the week ended Oct. 26. U.S. wheat futures were pressured throughout the week as rains fell on winter wheat-growing areas in the country, as well as in Argentina, Ukraine and Australia. Export sales […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Feed weekly outlook: Grains see flat demand, price movement

Oct. 27, 2023 at 3:14 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Recent demand for feed grains from feedlots has been in a standstill, according to Erin Harakal, trade manager for Agfinity Inc. at Stony Plain, Alta. “It’s been flat, probably since the end of September. We haven’t seen any big changes when it comes to demand or prices,” she […]

By Adam Peleshaty