Insights and Stories on Alberta

Klassen: Feeder market experiences mixed tone

Sep. 10, 2019 at 7:51 pm CDT

Compared to last week, western Canadian yearling prices traded $3-$5 on either side of unchanged. Auction market volumes are growing in Saskatchewan and Manitoba; however, central Alberta prices held a definite premium of $8-$10 over the eastern Prairie regions. Ontario orders are starting to surface in Manitoba but prices were […]

Clubroot able to beat resistant canola reaches Manitoba

Sep. 10, 2019 at 3:01 pm CDT

By GFM Staff

StatsCan production report may show stronger yields

Aug. 23, 2019 at 2:04 pm CDT

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

Feed weekly outlook: Old-, new-crop barley prices converge

Aug. 22, 2019 at 7:42 pm CDT

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

Klassen: Feeder cattle falter under fed cattle uncertainty

Aug. 20, 2019 at 2:29 pm CDT

By Jerry Klassen

Oats market steady, watching harvest

Aug. 19, 2019 at 7:41 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Western Canada’s oats market is stable at prices a bit better than a year ago, as harvest gets underway and participants wait to see how much will move off the combine to the market. Early yield reports range anywhere from 80 to 140 bushels per acre, said Tyler […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Prairie hail claims pass 10,000 for year

Aug. 16, 2019 at 6:29 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — More than 10,000 claims for hail damage have been filed by Prairie farmers so far in 2019 with insurance companies belonging to the Canadian Crop Hail Association. Between July 27 and Aug. 6, hail on the Prairies saw farmers add 900 claims alone, according to a CCHA press […]

By MarketsFarm Team

Pulse weekly outlook: Alberta markets optimistic despite weather

Aug. 14, 2019 at 4:25 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Varied weather across Alberta has made for an unpredictable pulse harvest. “We’ve seen everything from drought-like conditions in the south, to an overabundance of water in the central region, and to some degree in the north as well,” said Leanne Fischbuch, executive director of Alberta Pulse. Despite less-than-favourable […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

Prairies at risk of frosty harvest

Aug. 13, 2019 at 4:11 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Another dilemma is expected for the 2019 growing season: after a late start, western Canadian farmers could be challenged by an early end. Over the Aug. 10 weekend there were isolated reports of frost in some areas of the Peace region in northwestern Alberta. Other parts of the […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

Alberta, Ontario sugar beet producers hope for good year

Jul. 19, 2019 at 8:14 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Sugar beet farmers in Canada’s two main growing provinces are hoping for a good year, according to the leaders their respective provincial associations. Wet conditions extended planting in Ontario, said Rob McKerrall, chair of the Ontario Sugarbeet Growers’ Association (OSGA). “There was probably a third of the crop […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm