Insights and Stories on Manitoba

Prairie forecast: One more shot of warm weather?

Nov. 15, 2023 at 9:36 am CST

It looks like the well above average temperatures that flooded across the prairies over the last week or so will be coming to an end, at least eventually. The good news is that it doesn't look like it will be an abrupt end with well below average temperatures moving in.

Klassen: Cash feeder prices soften on futures market uncertainty

Nov. 14, 2023 at 9:27 am CST

By Jerry Klassen

Prairie cash wheat: Bids up in early November

Nov. 10, 2023 at 7:18 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Prairie Forecast: False start to winter as mild air returns

Nov. 8, 2023 at 1:29 pm CST

By Daniel Bezte

Klassen: Buyers contemplate feeder market prices

Nov. 7, 2023 at 1:53 pm CST

By Jerry Klassen

Prairie cash wheat: Weaker U.S. values pull down Canadian prices

Nov. 6, 2023 at 5:50 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Wheat prices across the Canadian Prairies fell back during the week ended Nov. 2, with losses in Canada Western Red Spring and Canada Prairie Spring Red wheats, while those for Canada Western Amber Durum were mostly lower. The U.S. wheat complex lost ground during the week, due in […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

CMBTC study finds new malting barley lines a fit for Manitoba

Nov. 3, 2023 at 7:31 pm CDT

Manitoba farmers have improved prospects to access the more-lucrative malting barley market, according to a recent study. The report by the Canadian Malting Barley Technical Centre (CMBTC), in collaboration with the Manitoba Crop Alliance, says new Canadian malting barley varieties can be grown successfully in Manitoba. With yields and quality […]

By GFM Staff

Feed weekly outlook: Prices to continue slipping back

Nov. 2, 2023 at 8:44 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Feed prices are set continue grinding lower for the balance of 2023, “as domestic end users are covered,” according to Jim Beusekom, president of Market Place Commodities in Lethbridge. Beusekom pointed to the amount of contracted corn being imported from the United States as well as better-than-expected yields […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Prairie Forecast: Nice, quiet early-winter weather

Nov. 1, 2023 at 12:36 pm CDT

Interesting weather pattern setting up across the Prairies during this forecast period. Well, maybe “interesting” isn’t the right word; “boring” might be a better one. What I mean by “interesting” is just how quickly we swung from a warm fall pattern to a cool winter pattern. Low temperatures across the […]

By Daniel Bezte

Long-range outlook points to warmer winter

Oct. 31, 2023 at 5:30 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Warmer than normal temperatures are expected across nearly all of Canada this winter, with average precipitation for most of the agricultural areas of the Prairies. The latest long-range seasonal forecast from Environment Canada, released Tuesday, calls for a 40 per cent chance of above-normal temperatures from November through […]

By MarketsFarm