Insights and Stories on Alberta

Alberta program to cost-share grain dryer upgrades

Feb. 12, 2020 at 6:23 am CST

Alberta plans to use federal and provincial funding to help grain growers cut the energy bills from grain drying with more fuel-efficient equipment. The provincial government on Friday announced what it’s dubbed the Efficient Grain Dryer Program, backed by $2 million from the Canadian Agricultural Partnership federal/provincial funding framework. Applicants […]

Klassen: Uncertain beef demand weighs on feeder market

Feb. 11, 2020 at 10:20 am CST

By Jerry Klassen

Feed weekly outlook: Buyers not looking to make purchases

Feb. 6, 2020 at 11:55 am CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Alberta farmers warned against oil well tampering

Feb. 4, 2020 at 5:46 pm CST

By GFM Staff

‘Weak positive’ PED turns up in Alberta sample

Jan. 28, 2020 at 8:02 pm CST

By GFM Staff

Prairie cash wheat: Bids generally higher

Jan. 25, 2020 at 12:47 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Wheat bids in Western Canada for the week ended Thursday were up for CWRS and CPSR, while durum (CWAD) bids were mostly higher. The Canadian dollar was down by more than a half cent during the week. Average CWRS (Canada Western Red Spring, 13.5 per cent protein) wheat […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Alberta’s Crop Management Network expands reach

Jan. 20, 2020 at 2:10 am CST

A crop input dealer northwest of Edmonton is the newest link in the Crop Management Network ag retail chain. CMN, whose chain includes retailers in seven other central Alberta communities, said Thursday it has purchased the assets of Dow Fertilizer, which operates sites at Onoway and Mayerthorpe, effective Jan. 9. […]

By GFM Staff

Prairie cash wheat: Bids mostly lower

Jan. 17, 2020 at 5:24 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Wheat bids in Western Canada were mostly lower for the week ended Friday. Losses were observed in Canada Western Red Spring Wheat (CWRS) and Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR), with durum (CWAD) slightly higher. Average CWRS (13.5 per cent protein) wheat prices were down by about 50 cents […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

Spring weather to determine Prairies’ crop pest load

Jan. 16, 2020 at 2:47 pm CST

MarketsFarm — How problematic insects fare across the Prairies in 2020 depends largely on the weather this spring, according to three provincial insect specialists. Be the insects grasshoppers, flea beetles, cutworms, or a few other types, their potential to cause significant damage to Prairie crops will partly depend on how […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Klassen: Improving margins support lightweight feeder cattle

Dec. 24, 2019 at 8:40 am CST

Compared to last week, Western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded $2 to $4 on either side of unchanged; however, calves under 650 pounds were steady to as much as $5 higher. Bids from Alberta packers were sharply higher with fed cattle trading in the range of $160 to $162 on […]

By Jerry Klassen