Insights and Stories on Bids

Jan. 5, 2023 at 6:05 pm CST

MarketsFarm — With the holiday season come and gone, feed grain buyers were getting back into the swing of things at the start of 2023, according to one trader. “I think January will probably fill up pretty quickly as we’re in the first week of January and we’ve been booked […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Sep. 8, 2022 at 6:09 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Harvest activity in Alberta continues to progress despite wet weather during the past week, according to Mike Fleischhauer, trader for Eagle Commodities in Lethbridge. “We had some rain here about a week to 10 days ago. So, it puts some people in Alberta and Saskatchewan a little bit […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Sep. 1, 2022 at 4:20 pm CDT

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By OrganicBiz

Jul. 21, 2022 at 2:12 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Prices for feed barley and wheat in Western Canada are still higher than this time last year, but if large declines in those prices are any indication, the 2022 harvest is set to be more typical than that of 2021. The high-delivered bid for Saskatchewan feed barley is […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Jul. 12, 2022 at 7:55 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Top-end yellow and green pea bids in Western Canada have come down over the past month, as old-crop activity slows down and attention turns to the new crop. While tight supplies after the 2021 drought did not leave too many unpriced peas in the countryside, some farmers likely […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin