Insights and Stories on Alberta

Klassen: Drier conditions will influence feeder market

May. 18, 2021 at 1:21 pm CDT

The feeder market was hard to define this week. The quality of yearlings was quite variable. Fleshier types were heavily discounted while quality packages were unchanged from seven days earlier. Calf prices were mostly unchanged; however, values were down $4-$6 in drier pockets of southern Saskatchewan and southern Manitoba. Southern […]

Klassen: Stronger fed cattle prices underpin feeder complex

May. 11, 2021 at 4:56 am CDT

By Jerry Klassen

‘Extreme drought’ expands in Prairies

May. 10, 2021 at 5:41 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

Feed weekly outlook: Drought, demand deplete southern Alberta stocks

May. 6, 2021 at 7:53 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

Klassen: Cattle producers facing drought-like conditions

May. 3, 2021 at 9:16 pm CDT

By Jerry Klassen

Klassen: Feeder cattle divorce from futures’ direction

Apr. 26, 2021 at 9:55 pm CDT

Compared to last week, western Canadian feeder cattle prices were relatively unchanged. Higher-quality yearlings and calves were steady to $4 higher in Alberta and Saskatchewan; in Manitoba, yearlings traded $2-$4 lower while calves were $3-$5 higher. Domestic cattle markets appeared to divorce from feeder and live cattle futures. June live […]

By Jerry Klassen

Rural, remote crime targeted in Tory MP’s bill

Apr. 24, 2021 at 6:06 am CDT

An Alberta Conservative MP is trying to tackle rural crime by introducing a law that would punish more severely those accused of targeting remote, and vulnerable, people or property. Red Deer-Lacombe MP Blaine Calkins introduced his private member’s bill for first reading in the House of Commons on Tuesday. “Rural […]

By D.C. Fraser

Feed weekly outlook: Prices taper off ahead of report

Apr. 23, 2021 at 6:52 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — While prices for feed wheat and feed barley in Western Canada remain substantially higher than one year ago, the past month has seen slight declines. As of Wednesday, high-delivered bids for feed wheat were at least $7.25 per bushel, more than $1.50 higher than last year according to […]

By Adam Peleshaty

CGC suspends W.A. Grain’s licences to month-end

Apr. 20, 2021 at 9:58 pm CDT

Licences for Prairie grain and pulse handler W.A. Grain and Pulse Solutions and its primary elevators in Alberta and Saskatchewan have been suspended by the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC). The suspensions took effect at 12:01 p.m. Tuesday, a CGC official said in an interview. “This means for a limited period […]

By Allan Dawson

Klassen: Feeder cattle markets experience volatility

Apr. 20, 2021 at 7:29 pm CDT

Compared to the previous week, western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded $3-$4 on either side of week-ago levels. Prices were quite variable across the Prairies with four main factors influencing buyer sentiment. First, the eastern Prairie regions experienced adverse winter weather. Auction barns in Manitoba and eastern Saskatchewan had smaller […]

By Jerry Klassen