Insights and Stories on Alberta

Swine flu strain makes first jump to person in Canada

Nov. 4, 2020 at 2:44 pm CST

Further risk to people is believed to be low after a person in central Alberta was confirmed to have caught a variant of H1N2 swine flu, in the first case of its kind in Canada. The virus was spotted in mid-October after a patient sought medical care with “influenza-like symptoms,” […]

Prairie cash wheat: Durum springs forward, red spring falls back

Nov. 2, 2020 at 2:05 am CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Feed weekly outlook: Prices plateauing

Oct. 29, 2020 at 2:57 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Prairie cash wheat: Bids mixed

Oct. 23, 2020 at 6:06 pm CDT

By MarketsFarm Team

Klassen: Weather, COVID, feed grains pressure feeder market

Oct. 20, 2020 at 7:21 pm CDT

By Jerry Klassen

Alberta gives oil and gas drillers municipal tax break

Oct. 19, 2020 at 3:41 pm CDT

Reuters — Struggling oil and gas companies in Alberta will get a three-year break on municipal property taxes for land where they are drilling wells or building pipelines, the provincial government said on Monday. The Alberta government said it would also lower property tax assessments on less-productive wells and eliminate […]

By Rod Nickel

Prairie cash wheat: Prices up on sharp rises in U.S. wheat

Oct. 16, 2020 at 4:59 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Wheat bids in Western Canada were higher for Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS), Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) and Canada Western Amber Durum (CWAD) wheats for the week ended Thursday. Support came from double-digit increases in Chicago, Minneapolis and Kansas City wheat futures. Meanwhile, the Canadian dollar was […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Klassen: Feeder market digests rising COVID-19 cases

Oct. 12, 2020 at 9:06 pm CDT

Compared to last week, western Canadian yearling prices were relatively unchanged while calves traded steady to $2 lower on average. The grain harvest is in its final stages and buying interest was noted from the farmer/backgrounding operator. The buying frenzy over yearlings has eased and finishing feedlots were active on […]

By Jerry Klassen

Federal fund, Alberta government back irrigation upgrades

Oct. 10, 2020 at 6:16 am CDT

Eight irrigation districts in Alberta are set to tap into the Canada Infrastructure Bank’s new $1.5 billion pool of funding earmarked for irrigation, to receive loans worth about $407.5 million. The Alberta and federal governments on Friday announced a total investment of $815 million — including repayable CIB funds, provincial […]

By Dave Bedard

Pulse weekly outlook: Above-average year for yellow, green peas

Oct. 6, 2020 at 8:04 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — It was a pretty good year for yellow and green peas, according to Allan Johnston of Johnston Grains at Welwyn, Sask. “The weather was so good and the harvest was so good. Everybody got their crops off in excellent shape,” he said. The most recent weekly crop reports […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm