Insights and Stories on Barley

Organic commodity prices holding firm after falling

May. 31, 2019 at 2:25 pm CDT

Glen Hallick Glacier FarmMedia staff Prices for most organic commodities have been firm during May, with little prospect of them changing, according to a number of dealers. “I don’t think they’ll go down anymore until harvest,” said Bryce Lobreau of Pristine Prairie Organics in Pipestone, Man. Lobreau said Pristine was […]

Feed weekly outlook: Prices steady ahead of seeding

May. 2, 2019 at 4:09 pm CDT

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

Supply glut dragging down organics market

Apr. 26, 2019 at 2:54 pm CDT

By OrganicBiz

Organic price quotes: Late April

Apr. 26, 2019 at 2:45 pm CDT

By OrganicBiz

Feed weekly outlook: Western Canadian market stabilizing

Apr. 26, 2019 at 5:52 am CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

StatsCan confirms smaller canola acres, more wheat

Apr. 25, 2019 at 1:34 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Canadian farmers intend to seed more spring wheat and less canola in 2019, according to Statistics Canada survey results released Wednesday. Additional shifts are also likely in subsequent reports, as dry conditions in southern Alberta and Saskatchewan may alter some intentions. Statistics Canada forecast canola area for 2019 […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Canadian farmers to reduce canola plantings by seven per cent

Apr. 24, 2019 at 10:07 am CDT

Winnipeg | Reuters — Canadian farmers intend to plant seven per cent fewer acres of canola this spring compared with a year earlier, even less than expected by analysts and traders, as a dispute with China hampers demand, a government report showed on Wednesday. China and Canada are locked in […]

By Rod Nickel

Feed weekly outlook: Barley acreage buoyed despite current prices

Apr. 18, 2019 at 8:11 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — International demand for Canadian feed barley has been strong thanks to a 2018 growing season drought in Australia that limited exportable supplies. China purchased nearly 950,000 tonnes of Canadian barley in the first seven months of the 2018-19 year, significantly above the five-year average. However, feed markets in […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

Views differ on crop exports to China other than canola

Apr. 16, 2019 at 7:32 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Depending on whom one has spoken with, there are differing views as to grain exports to China other than canola. The federal government has stated there have been no export issues outside of canola. “The current actions taken by China are limited to canola seed, and we have […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm