Insights and Stories on Barley

Mar. 27, 2020 at 12:00 pm CDT

Read more: Solid demand underpins Canadian organics amid global pandemic

By OrganicBiz

Mar. 25, 2020 at 2:53 pm CDT

The grain supply chain is working as it should during the COVID-19 pandemic, says the president of the Canadian National Millers Association. “From the milling industry vantage point, the movement of grain from farm to the producer to the elevator systems to mills is doing extremely well,” Gordon Harrison said […]

By Alexis Kienlen

Mar. 24, 2020 at 10:37 am CDT

Compared to last week, western Canadian feeder cattle prices were quite variable. Compared to seven days earlier, Alberta feeder prices were unchanged to $5 lower; however, the markets in northern Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba were down $5 to as much as $10 in some cases. Weakness in the yearling markets […]

By Jerry Klassen

Mar. 19, 2020 at 11:55 am CDT

Shareholders in the Australian owner of Canada’s biggest malt company have voted nearly all in favour of a spinoff for their worldwide malting assets. During their general meeting Monday in Sydney, participating shareholders in GrainCorp voted over 99 per cent in favour of resolutions which will see the company’s malt […]

By GFM Staff

Mar. 6, 2020 at 10:11 am CST

New feed and forage genetics are coming down the pipe for cattle feeders. At the end of February, the Prairie Grain Development Committee approved three new feed and forage barley varieties from the Field Crop Development Centre, as well as two triticale varieties that would be suitable for feed and […]

By Jennifer Blair