Insights and Stories on Alberta

Klassen: Rising feed grains pressure feeder market

Oct. 6, 2020 at 2:03 am CDT

Compared to last week, western Canadian yearling markets traded $3-$6 lower with some reports showing prices as much as $10 lower. Calves traded $2-$4 below week-ago levels; however, the market will be more defined next week, with many auction barns scheduling feature calf sales in the major feeding areas of […]

Federal program to protect farms, workers from COVID-19 underway

Oct. 5, 2020 at 3:24 pm CDT

By D.C. Fraser

Prairie cash wheat: Bids mostly stronger

Oct. 2, 2020 at 5:30 pm CDT

By MarketsFarm Team

Trump issues permit for Alaska-to-Alberta railway

Sep. 29, 2020 at 7:59 pm CDT

By GFM Staff Reuters

Trump-backed Canadian railway to Alaska faces high hurdles

Sep. 28, 2020 at 6:01 pm CDT

By Rod Nickel Timothy Gardner

Prairie cash wheat: Bids mixed, reacting to futures and loonie

Sep. 25, 2020 at 9:43 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Spring wheat bids in Western Canada were mixed during the week ended Thursday, as losses in U.S. futures were countered by support from a weakening Canadian dollar. The currency lost roughly a full cent during the week. Average Canada Western Red Spring (13.5 per cent protein) wheat prices […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Feed weekly outlook: Prairie grain prices on rise despite harvest

Sep. 24, 2020 at 12:02 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Feed barley and wheat prices in Western Canada have been showing some unusual strength in late September, with prices rising despite seasonal harvest pressure. “Right now we’ve been seeing a lot of talk about exports and the need for feed at feedlots,” said Erin Harakal, senior trader at […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Pulse weekly outlook: Chickpea production expected up in 2021

Sep. 22, 2020 at 8:16 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Following an expected 11.4 per cent drop in Saskatchewan’s chickpea harvest this year, provincial pulse specialist Dale Risula is expecting an increase in 2021. In Statistics Canada’s most recent field crop report, issued last week, chickpea production in Saskatchewan was estimated to have dropped from 224,600 tonnes in […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Prairies can expect far better harvest weather this fall

Sep. 18, 2020 at 6:23 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Prairie farmers are likely going have good weather over the next few weeks, according to Scott Kehler of Weatherlogics. “We got a pretty significant warm-up across most of the Prairies through to the end of September. It should be fairly warm and not too much in the way […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Pulse weekly outlook: Lentil crop expected to spike in Alberta

Sep. 15, 2020 at 7:30 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — One bright spot for Alberta agriculture in 2020 has been the province’s lentil crop. The amount of the pulse grown this year skyrocketed by more than 173 per cent than compared to 2019, according to Statistics Canada. The federal agency reported Monday that lentil production in Alberta is […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm