Insights and Stories on Feed Barley

Sluggish demand, ample supplies eat into Lethbridge feed prices

Jun. 30, 2016 at 4:48 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Lethbridge feed wheat and barley prices have dropped after a muted spring rally — and they’re likely to stay low throughout the summer, market participants say. “They have a weak tone to them. I think a lot of it is lacklustre demand domestically,” said Allen Pirness, trader […]

Lethbridge feed barley’s spring rally muted

May. 16, 2016 at 7:29 pm CDT

By Jade Markus

StatsCan grain stocks data to confirm feed demand, production

May. 4, 2016 at 11:32 am CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Limited selling, buying leave feed barley flat in Lethbridge

Apr. 5, 2016 at 6:31 pm CDT

By Jade Markus

Feed barley due for spring rally

Mar. 24, 2016 at 1:57 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Buyers eating up Lethbridge feed barley

Feb. 11, 2016 at 4:00 pm CST

CNS Canada –– Lethbridge feed barley prices have strengthened on bargain buying, according to one market watcher, while demand for feed wheat is steady at best. Lethbridge barley prices have increased from $200-$205 in January to $205-$215 in February, as the grain becomes more difficult to source, said Jim Beusekom, […]

By Jade Markus

Feed barley market steady, gains expected in spring

Jan. 19, 2016 at 5:49 pm CST

CNS Canada — The feed barley market is holding relatively steady in Alberta early in the New Year, but advances are expected looking ahead to the spring. “There has been a fair bit of selling (over the past few weeks) but that hasn’t really pressured prices down any further,” said […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Lethbridge feed wheat stays steady, barley moves downward

Dec. 2, 2015 at 3:51 pm CST

CNS Canada –– Feed barley prices have come down while wheat holds steady in Lethbridge, Alta., the centre of Western Canada’s livestock feeding sector. The price of feed barley at Lethbridge fell about $10 a tonne throughout November to sit at about $210-$212 per tonne — for three main reasons, […]

By Jade Markus

Feed Grains: EU votes down proposed GMO opt-out

Oct. 28, 2015 at 1:32 pm CDT

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, October 28 – Following are a few highlights in the Canadian and world feed grains markets on Wednesday, October 28. – CBOT corn futures were weaker on Wednesday, with the December contract quoted at US$3.7750 per bushel at midsession, as the advancing US harvest […]

By MarketsFarm Team

Alta. feed prices hang steady despite swings in quality

Oct. 21, 2015 at 5:47 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– As harvest winds to a close across the Prairies, some feedlot operators say they’ve noticed more feed barley and feed wheat out there than they initially thought. The quality of the feed varies greatly, with some second-cut wheat being accepted as high-quality with reasonable protein, while other […]

By Dave Sims