Insights and Stories on Barley

Klassen: Feeder market looking firm for fall

Jul. 21, 2020 at 12:04 am CDT

The western Canadian feeder market was hard to define last week due to the small volumes. Small groups under 10 head were quite common and in many cases, one to three head were running through the ring. Discounts were quite severe on these stragglers; however, quality feeder cattle traded at […]

Feed weekly outlook: Prices to soften as new crop year nears

Jul. 9, 2020 at 4:00 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Klassen: Feeder cattle market searching for direction

Jul. 7, 2020 at 10:35 am CDT

By Jerry Klassen

Feed weekly outlook: Barley bids soften as sector stabilizes

Jul. 2, 2020 at 7:13 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

StatsCan survey shows bump up in wheat acres, particularly durum

Jun. 29, 2020 at 10:58 am CDT

By Reuters

Canola area expected to be lower in Monday’s StatsCan report

Jun. 26, 2020 at 7:15 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Market participants generally expect canola acreage will be revised downward in a second acreage estimate due out Monday from Statistics Canada. “There’s a lot of uncertainty about canola acres,” Ken Ball of P.I. International in Winnipeg said, noting acreage was “definitely lost” in central and northern Alberta due […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

Organic price quotes: Late June

Jun. 26, 2020 at 4:09 pm CDT

Read more: Organic markets steady in late June

By OrganicBiz

Little change seen in June’s crop supply/demand tables

Jun. 23, 2020 at 7:58 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Supply/demand estimates for Canada’s major crops saw little change in updated tables released Tuesday from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Acreage estimates from Statistics Canada are due out June 30, and should lead to more sizeable adjustments in subsequent reports. Canola ending stocks were left unchanged at 2.6 million […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Feed weekly outlook: Lower stocks support grain prices

Jun. 18, 2020 at 4:54 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Feed grain prices in Western Canada have been strong lately, as old-crop supplies reach seasonal lows. “We’re getting to the bottom of old-crop stocks,” said Allen Pirness of Market Place Commodities in Lethbridge. However, he noted, growing conditions on the Prairies have been favourable, with no indication of […]

By MarketsFarm Team

Feed weekly outlook: Barley prices close to ceiling

Jun. 11, 2020 at 6:05 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Feed barley prices, which climbed during May, have very likely risen as far as they can go, said Nelson Neumann, senior trader with Agfinity at Stony Plain, Alta. “We’re at the point where corn can be a cheaper alternative. There’s a ceiling on the market and we’re pretty […]