Insights and Stories on Alberta

Alberta plans new ag processing tax credit

Feb. 9, 2023 at 3:20 am CST

Alberta has telegraphed plans for a new provincial tax credit in its upcoming budget to spur development in the ag processing sector. The province on Tuesday announced plans for what it calls the Alberta Agri-Processing Investment Tax Credit — a 12 per cent, “non-refundable” tax credit for corporations making capital […]

Klassen: Larger supplies of backgrounded cattle weigh on feeder complex

Feb. 7, 2023 at 2:14 am CST

By Jerry Klassen

Prairie cash wheat: Spring wheat bids edge higher

Feb. 3, 2023 at 8:11 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Feed weekly outlook: Prairie markets hold steady

Feb. 2, 2023 at 8:04 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Alberta poultry sector gets late entry for AgriStability

Feb. 2, 2023 at 5:59 am CST

By Dave Bedard

Klassen: Feeder market percolates higher amid finicky buyers

Jan. 31, 2023 at 8:05 pm CST

Compared to last week, western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded steady to $4 higher on average. Certain pockets in Manitoba and eastern Saskatchewan had steer calves up $4-$8 from week-ago levels. Alberta values were relatively unchanged from seven days earlier on all weight categories. Steady demand was noted from Ontario […]

By Jerry Klassen

Borderline city hosts interprovincial food trade pilot

Jan. 31, 2023 at 3:55 am CST

The idea of loosening interprovincial trade in certain foods made by provincially-inspected processors will get a major test in one of Canada’s very few province-crossing municipalities. The Saskatchewan, Alberta and federal governments on Jan. 19 announced the start of a two-year pilot project within the limits of Lloydminster, a city […]

By Dave Bedard

Préval closes deal for Alberta lamb processor, feedlot

Jan. 30, 2023 at 12:56 pm CST

Quebec agrifood firm Préval Ag has wrapped up its deal to buy the Alberta processing and production assets of the defunct North American Lamb Co., marking Préval’s first move into the lamb sector outside its home province. As per Alberta Farmer’s report last week, Préval confirmed Monday its divisions Westfine […]

By Dave Bedard

Prairie cash wheat: Bids mixed as U.S. futures rise

Jan. 27, 2023 at 8:30 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Canada Western Red Spring and Canada Western Amber Durum wheat prices declined while bids for Canada Prairie Spring Red rose during the week ended Jan. 26. Wheat futures in the U.S. fell Monday, with the March contracts on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) dropping 21 to 29 […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Feed weekly outlook: Barley, wheat prices continue downward

Jan. 26, 2023 at 6:17 pm CST

MarketsFarm — As colder temperatures descend onto the Prairies, buying activity for feed barley and wheat was just as frigid. “A lot of guys are fairly caught up with purchasing,” said Mike Fleischhauer of Eagle Commodities Inc. in Lethbridge. “You see the prices of wheat and barley start to trickle […]

By Adam Peleshaty