Insights and Stories on Manitoba

Prairie cash wheat: Most Western Canadian cash prices drop

Dec. 15, 2023 at 10:10 am CST

Wheat prices across the Canadian Prairies fell back for Canadian Western Red Spring Wheat and Canada Prairie Red Spring Wheat, while those for Canadian Western Amber Durum were mixed.

Feed weekly outlook: U.S. corn imports keep lid on Prairie feed grains

Dec. 14, 2023 at 1:31 pm CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Sugar beet growers seek to expand sector with domestic policy

Dec. 13, 2023 at 11:19 am CST

By Jeff Melchior

Prairie forecast: Mild and dry weather right up to the holidays

Dec. 13, 2023 at 9:29 am CST

By Daniel Bezte

Canadian cattle in a feedlot with a cowboy in the background.

Klassen: Year-end buying interest boosts feeder market

Dec. 12, 2023 at 11:54 am CST

By Jerry Klassen

Prairie forecast: Average to above average temperatures to continue

Dec. 6, 2023 at 8:56 am CST

With no big storm system impacting our region, the weather models have been doing a good job with the forecasts over the last few weeks. As we start to move closer and closer towards the middle of winter, the longer we can keep the warm air around, the shorter we can hope winter will be. With that said, here is what the big picture is looking like over the next seven or so days.

By Daniel Bezte

Klassen: Feeder market bounces on lower volumes

Dec. 5, 2023 at 10:04 am CST

Strength was noted in Manitoba and Saskatchewan while a softer tone was evident in Alberta. Once again, buyers shrugged off the weaker feeder cattle futures and the focus was on filling year-end orders. Alberta and Saskatchewan feedlots are carrying larger numbers but there appears to be sufficient bunk capacity available to sustain the price structure.

By Jerry Klassen

Merit Foods pays off operating lender, no deal yet for plant

Dec. 4, 2023 at 9:38 am CST

A Winnipeg pea and canola protein processor in receivership since this spring remains mothballed for now with no firm buyer — but has paid off one of its three secured creditors. Merit Functional Foods, which entered receivership March 1 after just two years’ operation, has sold all its remaining finished […]

By Dave Bedard

Weather Network predicts mild winter, with caveats

Nov. 30, 2023 at 6:43 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Strong El Niño conditions that have developed in the Pacific Ocean would typically lead to a milder winter across Canada — but other factors this year could challenge that outlook, according to the winter forecast from The Weather Network, released Wednesday. The winter forecast features a mild start […]

By MarketsFarm

Feed weekly outlook: Corn imports, larger crop prospects pressure barley

Nov. 30, 2023 at 6:00 pm CST

MarketsFarm — The feed barley market in Western Canada remains relatively flat as steady corn imports from the U.S. keep domestic feeders well supplied. Ideas that Canadian production ended up above earlier expectations were also keeping a lid on the domestic market. Delivered barley into the Lethbridge, Alta. area is […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin