Insights and Stories on Alberta

Feed weekly outlook: Seeding on time in southern Alberta

Apr. 28, 2022 at 8:28 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — As southern Alberta still reels from the effects of last summer’s drought, one trader expects spring seeding for feed grains to be on time. “I think it should be on schedule this year,” said Erin Harakal, trade manager for Agfinity Inc. at Stony Plain, Alta. Planting has already […]

Klassen: Adverse weather tempers feeder cattle market

Apr. 26, 2022 at 11:18 am CDT

By Jerry Klassen

High-path avian flu arrives in Manitoba poultry

Apr. 25, 2022 at 10:30 am CDT

By Dave Bedard

Prairie cash wheat: Red spring falls back, durum rises

Apr. 22, 2022 at 8:29 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

File photo of a small flock of tundra swans taking off from a grain field in early spring.

Spring planting work can kick up avian flu, feather sector warns

Apr. 21, 2022 at 11:20 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

Klassen: Yearling prices soften but calves drop sharply

Apr. 19, 2022 at 7:35 pm CDT

Compared to last week, western Canadian yearling prices unchanged to $4 lower on average while calves were down $4 to as much as $8 in some cases. The steer-heifer spread appeared to widen by $2-$3 for yearlings and $3-$6 for calves. Adverse weather set a negative tone and the market […]

By Jerry Klassen

Avian flu arrives in Saskatchewan poultry

Apr. 18, 2022 at 8:22 am CDT

Highly pathogenic avian influenza has been confirmed in a poultry flock and a non-commercial flock in separate areas of Saskatchewan. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said it confirmed high-path avian flu on Thursday in a small non-commercial flock in the RM of Moose Mountain, near Carlyle in the province’s southeast, […]

By Dave Bedard

B.C. orders poultry indoors as avian flu arrives

Apr. 14, 2022 at 8:37 pm CDT

British Columbia officials are ordering all commercial poultry operations to move their birds indoors after the arrival of avian flu in a flock in that province. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) said Thursday it confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza on Wednesday in a commercial poultry flock in the Regional […]

By Dave Bedard

Feed weekly outlook: Market stagnant as U.S. corn imports continue

Apr. 14, 2022 at 5:58 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Feed grain markets in Western Canada are holding relatively steady for the time being, as end-users are well covered with corn imports from the United States. “It seems like most buyers have managed to cover themselves well into June with corn,” said Susanne Leclerc, owner of Market Master […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Alberta, Ontario see more avian flu in flocks

Apr. 12, 2022 at 8:39 pm CDT

Highly pathogenic avian influenza has been confirmed in one more commercial poultry flock each in central Alberta and eastern Ontario, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Tuesday. The agency said it had confirmed on Monday that high-path H5N1 avian flu had infected a poultry flock in Camrose County, southeast of […]

By Dave Bedard