Insights and Stories on Alberta

Prairie cash wheat: Bids lower as futures take a hit

Jan. 6, 2023 at 7:17 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Coming out of the holiday season, most western Canadian wheat bids were slightly lower for the week ended Thursday, as wheat futures in the U.S. continued to be bearish. U.S. wheat exports continue to fall behind last year’s pace, as cheaper Russian wheat floods the market due to […]

Feed weekly outlook: Little price movement for feed grains

Jan. 5, 2023 at 6:05 pm CST

By Adam Peleshaty

Klassen: Feeder market to start 2023 on firm tone

Jan. 3, 2023 at 1:48 pm CST

By Jerry Klassen

Prairie cash wheat: Bids lower despite supportive factors

Dec. 30, 2022 at 8:04 pm CST

By Adam Peleshaty

Feed weekly outlook: Grain, price movement ongoing over holidays

Dec. 30, 2022 at 7:46 pm CST

By Adam Peleshaty

Klassen: Historically high deferred live cattle futures support feeder complex

Dec. 29, 2022 at 12:08 am CST

Compared to last week, western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded $2 lower to $4 higher on average. Many auction barns were on holidays last week; therefore, the buying interest appeared to be more concentrated on the major markets. There were no reports from Manitoba last week. Alberta packers were buying […]

By Jerry Klassen

Prairie cash wheat: Bids mostly higher

Dec. 27, 2022 at 1:16 am CST

MarketsFarm — Spring wheat bids in Western Canada saw some mixed activity during the week ended Thursday (Dec. 22), with small losses reported for red spring wheat in Manitoba, while prices were up in Alberta and Saskatchewan. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS, 13.5 per cent protein) wheat prices were […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Winter storm causes havoc across Canada

Dec. 23, 2022 at 8:25 pm CST

Ottawa/Winnipeg | Reuters — Strong winds, freezing rain and heavy snowfall closed schools, cut power to homes and cancelled flights across Canada on Friday as a powerful winter storm swept across the country, prompting authorities to warn people to stay indoors ahead of worsening conditions. The storm is connected to […]

By Ismail Shakil Rod Nickel

Feed weekly outlook: Alberta barley bids steady heading into holidays

Dec. 22, 2022 at 2:39 pm CST

MarketsFarm — The Lethbridge feed grain market is holding relatively steady heading into the holiday season, with ample imports of corn from the U.S. keeping a lid on prices. Reports out of Alberta’s feedlot alley peg the upper edge of delivered barley bids in the $430-$435 area, with feed wheat […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Prairie cash wheat: Prices a mixed bag across West

Dec. 16, 2022 at 7:54 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Wheat prices on the Canadian Prairies for the week ended Thursday were mixed as CWRS wheat was either side of unchanged and CPSR was down slightly. Meanwhile, durum made modest gains. Declines in the U.S. wheat complex put pressure on western Canadian cash prices, but those declines were […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm