Insights and Stories on Alberta

Klassen: Feeder market finds support

May. 20, 2019 at 8:40 pm CDT

Compared to last week, western Canadian yearling markets traded steady to $2 lower while calves traded $3 higher to as much as $8 lower. Adverse weather across much of the U.S. Midwest set a negative tone on both sides of the border. U.S. feeder cattle markets were down US$3-$6 from […]

Alberta crop input retail groups’ deal off

May. 3, 2019 at 10:29 pm CDT

By GFM Staff

Mustard acres to decrease, but yield outlook strong

May. 2, 2019 at 8:04 pm CDT

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

Alberta UCP’s trade critic named ag minister

Apr. 30, 2019 at 6:12 pm CDT

By GFM Staff

Klassen: Feeder market remains volatile

Apr. 23, 2019 at 10:10 am CDT

By Jerry Klassen

Alberta ag minister Carlier downed in UCP win

Apr. 17, 2019 at 3:13 am CDT

Alberta’s incumbent agriculture minister was among the casualties as Jason Kenney’s United Conservative Party defeated Rachel Notley’s New Democrats in Tuesday night’s provincial election. Oneil Carlier, the provincial NDP government’s minister of agriculture and forestry since May 2015 and deputy government house leader since February 2016, was unseated in his […]

By GFM Staff

Klassen: Alberta demand drives feeder market higher

Apr. 16, 2019 at 10:46 am CDT

Compared to last week, western Canadian yearling prices were $2-$4 higher while calves were relatively unchanged. Stronger fed cattle prices in the deferred positions along with lower new-crop barley values resulted in a firmer tone. We’re in the last half of April and quality cattle will be hard to come […]

By Jerry Klassen

Prairies can expect unexpected from El Nino this summer

Apr. 12, 2019 at 7:43 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — The U.S. National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center on Thursday reported a 65 per cent chance of El Nino prevailing throughout 2019’s growing season. “A weak El Nino is likely to continue through the Northern Hemisphere summer 2019 (65 per cent chance) and possibly fall (50-55 per cent […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

Grain handler G3 to further expand Alberta footprint

Mar. 28, 2019 at 8:31 pm CDT

Having started 2018 with zero grain elevators in the Alberta market, grain handler G3 expects to soon have five in progress. The Winnipeg company announced Wednesday it plans to start construction by this summer, pending regulatory approvals, on a pair of 42,000-tonne capacity elevators in the province, near Stettler and […]

By GFM Staff

Alberta confirms fourth PED outbreak

Mar. 18, 2019 at 8:03 pm CDT

Alberta took another punch last week in its fight with porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED), having confirmed the province’s fourth on-farm case of the disease. Officials with the provincial ag department and Alberta Pork haven’t said where the fourth case is located, nor how far it is from the three southern […]

By GFM Staff