Insights and Stories on Alberta

Klassen: Softer demand causes feeder prices to weaken

Nov. 19, 2018 at 7:43 pm CST

Compared to last week, Alberta feeder cattle markets traded $4 to as much as $8 lower; however, Manitoba and Saskatchewan prices experienced a week-over-week decline of $3 to $5 on average. Demand from Eastern Canada appeared to limit slippage in the eastern Prairie regions but some of these markets also […]

Klassen: Weather weighs on feeder cattle

Nov. 13, 2018 at 2:05 pm CST

By Jerry Klassen

Alberta farmers make large harvest progress

Oct. 26, 2018 at 5:38 pm CDT

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

Canadian farmers race to reap wheat while sun shines, but damage done

Oct. 24, 2018 at 12:06 pm CDT

By Rod Nickel

Sunflower production seen beating StatsCan estimates

Oct. 18, 2018 at 2:39 pm CDT

By Terry Fries

Klassen: Feeder cattle market holding value

Sep. 25, 2018 at 3:27 pm CDT

Compared to last week, western Canadian yearling prices were steady to as much as $4 higher while calf values traded within $5 on either side of unchanged. Current feedlot margins are hovering around break-even, but profitability will improve during October and November, given the recent strength in the deferred live […]

By Jerry Klassen

Sunflowers look good overall, bumper crops for some

Sep. 20, 2018 at 3:12 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Luc Remillard expects to be one happy farmer next week. He’s expecting to get into sunflower fields on land he farms with his father in Manitoba’s southern Red River Valley. “It’s right up there with any bumper crop that we’ve had the valley here,” he said. Remillard, […]

By Terry Fries

Mustard crops middling, should fare better than 2017’s

Sep. 15, 2018 at 12:38 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Kevin Hursh expects he’ll soon hear some good news on his brown mustard crop. “It was probably my only crop that is going to make me a little bit of money,” he said. He’s still waiting to hear about grading based on the samples he shipped off […]

By Terry Fries

Feed weekly outlook: Downgrades likely for Alberta crops

Sep. 13, 2018 at 7:54 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Snow and wet weather through a large swath of northern and central Alberta are causing havoc for farmers and will likely put more feed grains into the market. But normal harvest price discounts are still not as great as expected, said Susanne Leclerc of Market Master Ltd. […]

By Terry Fries

Prairie harvest window possible next week

Sep. 13, 2018 at 6:27 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Cold and wet conditions on the Prairies are expected to clear up over the next week, allowing a window of opportunity for harvest, though the size of that window remains to be seen. “Western and northern parts of Alberta have some serious issues,” said Drew Lerner of […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin