Insights and Stories on Alberta

Prairie Forecast: Summer trying to hang on

Sep. 7, 2023 at 2:39 pm CDT

The weather models seem to be in good agreement for this forecast period, with no strong storm systems expected to impact the Prairies, making for a fairly high-confidence forecast. This forecast period will start off with a generally west to southwesterly flow across the Prairies. A broad but weak area […]

Rest of September to be warmer than normal for Prairies

Sep. 6, 2023 at 6:04 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Klassen: Feeder market shrugs off lower barley production

Sep. 4, 2023 at 11:26 pm CDT

By Jerry Klassen

Prairie cash wheat: Bids, futures take tumbles

Sep. 2, 2023 at 4:45 am CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

Feed weekly outlook: Feed barley, wheat prices coming down

Aug. 31, 2023 at 6:42 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

ICE weekly outlook: Harvest pressure, farmer selling to guide canola

Aug. 30, 2023 at 3:46 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Any fanfare from the long-awaited production estimates from Statistics Canada released on Tuesday was gone by the next day. ICE canola futures initially jumped by double digits that morning, but throughout that session the gains faded. By the end of Wednesday’s session, canola was down. “The StatCan report […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Prairie Forecast: Mostly sunny and warm

Aug. 30, 2023 at 2:06 pm CDT

It’s a straightforward forecast for this period as the general weather pattern looks to be pretty quiet. It starts with a large area of high pressure centred over the Great Lakes with a weak area of low pressure over Alberta. The Great Lakes high will put sunny skies and warm […]

By Daniel Bezte

Klassen: Calf numbers down in Western Canada

Aug. 29, 2023 at 5:21 am CDT

Compared to last week, western Canadian yearling markets were relatively unchanged. Yearlings straight off grass were very well bid and prices held value. Yearlings over 800 lbs. on light grain ration were quoted $15-$20 discount to those cattle coming straight off pasture. We’re seeing heavier calves around 800 lbs. trade […]

By Jerry Klassen

Feed weekly outlook: Barley, wheat prices now steady

Aug. 24, 2023 at 7:02 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Prices for feed barley and wheat didn’t change much for the most part during the week ended Thursday, according to Erin Harakal of Agfinity at Stony Plain, Alta. “This week it has been pretty steady compared to the end of last week,” Harakal said, noting barley prices dropped […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Prairie forecast: unsettled to start then clearing and warmer

Aug. 23, 2023 at 12:00 pm CDT

Once again, the weather models are in good agreement so confidence in this forecast is fairly high. The only possible issue is that the different weather systems are rather weak which means timing of the systems can change easily. This forecast period starts off with two weak areas of low […]

By Daniel Bezte