Insights and Stories on Alberta

May. 26, 2023 at 9:22 pm CDT

Alberta farmers’ concerns with provincial policy, and the two major parties’ stances on those concerns, are the subjects of a three-part analysis leading up to a provincial election on Monday. The Simpson Centre for Food and Agricultural Policy, a think tank operating out of the University of Calgary’s School of […]

By Jonah Grignon

May. 26, 2023 at 8:26 pm CDT

Pork packer Olymel is preparing to dial back its hog production in Western Canada by shuttering six of its sow units in Alberta and Saskatchewan. Olymel, the agrifood arm of Quebec’s Sollio Cooperative Group, announced Friday it has served 80 employees with layoff notices at five sow units in Alberta […]

By Dave Bedard

May. 26, 2023 at 6:33 pm CDT

MarketsFarm – Red spring wheat bids in Western Canada were down, while durum prices were mixed during the week ended May 25, after the release of bearish data. On May 23, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) presented its monthly principal field crop report, which estimated 2023-24 wheat production (including durum) […]

By Adam Peleshaty - MarketsFarm

May. 25, 2023 at 10:58 am CDT

MarketsFarm — Feed grain prices in Western Canada are showing the usual seasonal weakness as spring seeding continues, but prices are set to fall further. “I think as we get going, (prices) are going to lower down quite a bit,” Mike Fleischhauer of Eagle Commodities Ltd. at Lethbridge said. “The […]

By Adam Peleshaty

May. 24, 2023 at 11:05 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — While dry conditions persist across the Prairies, the current situation for pulses is not as bad as during the two previous springs, according to Pulse Canada’s director of market access and trade policy. Mac Ross said dryness is largely evident across Western Canada and many crops are still […]

By Adam Peleshaty