Insights and Stories on Feed Barley

Feb. 1, 2024 at 3:38 pm CST

Feed grain markets in Western Canada remain under pressure, with end users well covered and farmers still sitting on large amounts of unpriced grain.

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Jan. 11, 2024 at 4:11 pm CST

The New Year still hasn’t whetted the appetite for corn from the United States to Alberta feedlots. 

By Adam Peleshaty - MarketsFarm

Dec. 28, 2023 at 4:50 pm CST

Prices for Canadian feed barley and United States corn imports reached parity as the feed grain market took a breather between Christmas and New Year’s Day. 

By Adam Peleshaty - MarketsFarm

Dec. 22, 2023 at 9:28 am CST

Recently revised supply/demand tables from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada raised the forecast for domestic barley usage in the current crop year to 6.155 million tonnes. That compares with an earlier forecast of 5.471 million tonnes. If realized, that would be up by roughly 200,000 tonnes from the previous year.

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Dec. 14, 2023 at 1:31 pm CST

Glacier FarmMedia – Feed prices for barley and wheat across much of Western Canada are very likely to remain low until the end of winter/the beginning of spring, according to Erin Harakal of Agfinity in Stony Plain, Alta. 

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm