Insights and Stories on Feed Barley

Dec. 12, 2019 at 7:51 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Bids for feed grains have backed off previous highs as feedlots in Western Canada are covered into the New Year. “Now they’re bidding January and forward,” said Allen Pirness of Market Place Commodities in Lethbridge. Bids for feed barley and feed wheat delivered from January to March were […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

Dec. 5, 2019 at 5:57 pm CST

MarketsFarm — With good supplies available, don’t expect to see much movement in prices for feed wheat and barley over the next several months, according to Nelson Neumann. Neumann, senior trader for Agfinity at Stony Plain, Alta., said barley currently was around $223 per tonne Lethbridge delivered and wheat was […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Nov. 28, 2019 at 3:28 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Logistics issues moving grain where it needs to be in Western Canada continue to prop up feed prices, but the market is starting to level off, according to a broker. “We are seeing a bit of a shortage of trucks,” said Tracy Green of Market Master Ltd. in […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Nov. 21, 2019 at 3:05 pm CST

MarketsFarm — The adverse 2019 harvest across Western Canada may have left more grain grading as feed than normal, but issues in getting that barley and wheat to livestock continue to prop up prices for the time being. “We’ve seen a rally in the feed barley market the last four […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Oct. 3, 2019 at 4:59 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Spot barley prices have received support from last weekend’s snows in southern Alberta, but the major barley-growing regions were mostly spared. While the cold and wet weather has delayed harvest activity, a promising forecast should allow for harvest to resume in the Red Deer area, where most of […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm