Insights and Stories on Alberta

Prairie Forecast: Arctic high slowly moving out

Oct. 25, 2023 at 9:20 pm CDT

As is often the case at this time of the year, the weather models got the general picture right, but the finer details were much to be desired. Usually, the models struggle with the forecast beyond two to five days out, but for much of this forecast period they struggled […]

Klassen: Feeder market vulnerable to weakness

Oct. 24, 2023 at 9:57 am CDT

By Jerry Klassen

Prairie Forecast Update: Cold and some snow coming

Oct. 22, 2023 at 6:29 pm CDT

By Daniel Bezte

Prairie cash wheat: Spring wheat bids rise with U.S. futures

Oct. 22, 2023 at 5:40 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

AgriRecovery feed, freight, breeding herd aid set for Alberta, Saskatchewan, B.C.

Oct. 20, 2023 at 3:03 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

Feed weekly outlook: Grains steady, waiting on U.S. corn imports

Oct. 19, 2023 at 6:13 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — More feed barley is reportedly making its way into Alberta cattle rations for the time being as recently-harvested supplies are competitive with corn imports from the U.S. While nearby demand is keeping the domestic market reasonably steady, more corn will likely start making its way north over the […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Klassen: Ontario demand sets the price structure for calves

Oct. 18, 2023 at 3:12 pm CDT

For the week ending Oct. 14, western Canadian yearling prices were steady to $4 higher compared to a week earlier. Calves in the range of 500 to 800 pounds traded $4-$6 lower in Alberta. However, in eastern Saskatchewan and in Manitoba, calves in this weight category were relatively unchanged compared […]

By Jerry Klassen

Prairie Forecast: Warmer, colder… then snow?

Oct. 18, 2023 at 3:00 pm CDT

Not surprisingly for this time of the year, the last forecast didn’t play out exactly as expected, but overall, it was pretty darn close. The large area of high pressure that was forecasted to develop over the northern Prairies and slowly drop southward did just as forecast, but over the […]

By Daniel Bezte

Prairie cash wheat: Most bids lower

Oct. 13, 2023 at 9:11 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Bids for Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat were lower in Manitoba, but higher in the rest of the Prairies, while those for Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) and Canada Western Amber Durum (CWAD) wheat also went down during the week ended Thursday. U.S. wheat futures declined for […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Prairie Forecast: Sprawling high to bring dry, seasonably warm weather

Oct. 12, 2023 at 4:33 pm CDT

For the first time in a while, the last forecast period did not play out exactly as the weather models predicted, thanks mostly to a strong area of low pressure that moved westwards from the Atlantic into central Ontario last weekend and into the first half of this week. While […]

By Daniel Bezte