Insights and Stories on Alberta

Klassen: Feeder cattle market volatility continues

Dec. 17, 2019 at 5:34 pm CST

Compared to last week, western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded steady to $5 higher on average. For the second week in a row, the markets were quite variable across the Prairies but shorter-keep yearlings appeared to lead the charge higher. In Alberta, quality 900-lb. steers were once again touching the […]

Feed weekly outlook: Grains pressured by lower demand

Dec. 12, 2019 at 7:51 pm CST

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

Klassen: Feeder cattle market under weight of imports

Dec. 10, 2019 at 2:15 pm CST

By Jerry Klassen

StatsCan shows corn, soy output down across board

Dec. 10, 2019 at 7:07 am CST

By GFM Staff

Prairie cash wheat: CWRS prices up, durum largely down

Dec. 6, 2019 at 3:59 pm CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Klassen: Feeder cattle edge higher on improving margins

Dec. 3, 2019 at 7:19 am CST

Compared to last week, western Canadian yearlings were $2-$3 higher; calf prices were $2 to as much as $4 higher; calves under 600 lbs. were $4 to as much as $10 higher in some cases. February and April live cattle futures appear to be incorporating a risk premium due to […]

By Jerry Klassen

Prairie cash wheat: Improved basis underpins bids

Nov. 29, 2019 at 7:11 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Wheat bids in Western Canada were mostly higher during the week ended Thursday, as basis levels improved in most locations. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS, 13.5 per cent protein) wheat prices were mixed during the week, with a steady to softer tone in Manitoba while Saskatchewan and […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Grain groups seek ‘essential service’ status for rail

Nov. 26, 2019 at 8:29 pm CST

With Canadian National Railway’s conductors and yard workers headed back to work, several Canadian grain groups now want to head off any future job action in the rail sector. CN and the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference announced separately Tuesday they had reached a tentative agreement ending an eight-day strike by […]

By Dave Bedard

Charges laid in Alberta turkey farm occupation

Oct. 23, 2019 at 9:35 pm CDT

A high-profile occupation last month by protestors at an Alberta Hutterite colony’s turkey farm has led to criminal charges against four people. RCMP on Wednesday announced charges of one count each of break and enter to commit mischief for a 46-year-old Edmonton man, a 24-year-old woman from Pincher Creek and […]

By GFM Staff

Most oilseed estimates down in USDA’s October outlook

Oct. 15, 2019 at 5:18 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released its monthly oil crops outlook on Tuesday featuring reductions in global rapeseed and sunflower production and U.S. soybeans. USDA estimated global rapeseed production at 68.6 million tonnes, a decline of one million, with the lion’s share of the losses in Canada. […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm