Insights and Stories on Alberta

Prairie cash wheat: Russia-Ukraine conflict fuels price rallies

Mar. 4, 2022 at 7:00 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine has not only sparked a conflict between two of the world’s major wheat exporters, but also limit-up price rallies for wheat futures during the week ended Thursday. As sanctions grow against Russia, as well as uncertainty over access to Ukrainian ports on the […]

Feed weekly outlook: Rising oil prices increase freight charges

Mar. 3, 2022 at 12:37 pm CST

By Adam Peleshaty

Klassen: Feeder market shows resilience

Mar. 1, 2022 at 7:26 am CST

By Jerry Klassen

Prairie cash wheat: Spring wheat bids higher, activity choppy

Feb. 25, 2022 at 7:23 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Klassen: Weather factors influence calf prices

Feb. 22, 2022 at 3:10 am CST

By Jerry Klassen

Prairie cash wheat: Red spring up, durum pulls back

Feb. 18, 2022 at 6:52 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Wheat prices on the Prairies during the week ended Thursday saw increases for Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) and Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) and declines for durum (CWAD). The Russia-Ukraine border crisis spurred a good part of the increases in U.S. wheat markets. The ongoing threat of […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Feed weekly outlook: Big demand lacking for barley, wheat

Feb. 17, 2022 at 7:00 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Prices for feed barley have swung a little higher over the last week — but it’s not due to feedlots needing a lot of the cereal, according to Brandon Motz of CorNine Commodities at Lacombe, Alta. Barley prices, he said, were $420-$424 per tonne delivered into Lethbridge, with […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Klassen: Demand increases for lighter-weight feeder cattle

Feb. 15, 2022 at 1:18 am CST

Compared to last week, western Canadian yearling prices were unchanged to $4 higher. Mid-weight feeders from 660 to 750 pounds traded $2 to as much as $6 higher on average. Feeder cattle in the 550- to 650-lb. range traded $4 to as much as $10 higher. Feeder cattle under 550 […]

By Jerry Klassen

Alberta border blockade expected to disperse Tuesday

Feb. 15, 2022 at 12:48 am CST

Amid reports of violence involving a farm tractor and trucks — and seizures of weapons — the protest blockade that shut Alberta’s busiest U.S. trade corridor is reported to be winding down starting Tuesday. Several media outlets on Monday quoted organizers of the blockade at the Canada-U.S. border crossing at […]

By Dave Bedard

Prairie cash wheat: Bids rally on tightening supplies, drought

Feb. 11, 2022 at 2:04 pm CST

MarketsFarm — New supply data from both sides of the Canada/U.S. border, as well as ongoing drought in wheat growing regions, have supported western Canadian wheat bids for the week ended Thursday. The U.S. Department of Agriculture released its monthly supply/demand estimates on Wednesday and cut its projected global wheat […]

By Adam Peleshaty