Insights and Stories on Manitoba

Klassen: Canadian feeder market holds value despite weaker futures

Oct. 31, 2023 at 9:58 am CDT

Compared to last week, western Canadian yearling prices traded $3-$5 lower while calf values were relatively unchanged. The market was slightly softer early in the week. On Wednesday, Alberta packers renewed fed cattle bids similar to week-ago levels and the aggressive buying lifted calf prices back up to levels similar […]

Prairie Forecast Update: Warmer air not in the cards

Oct. 30, 2023 at 10:58 am CDT

By Daniel Bezte

Prairie cash wheat: Bids book week of losses

Oct. 30, 2023 at 10:24 am CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

Feed weekly outlook: Grains see flat demand, price movement

Oct. 27, 2023 at 3:14 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

Prairie Forecast: Arctic high slowly moving out

Oct. 25, 2023 at 9:20 pm CDT

By Daniel Bezte

Klassen: Feeder market vulnerable to weakness

Oct. 24, 2023 at 9:57 am CDT

Compared to last week, western Canadian yearling markets traded $3-$5 on either side of unchanged. Prices for 800-plus-lb. yearlings were firm in Manitoba but softened in western regions. Calf prices were relatively unchanged from week-ago levels. There were larger volumes of calves on offer with many auction barns holding feature […]

By Jerry Klassen

Prairie Forecast Update: Cold and some snow coming

Oct. 22, 2023 at 6:29 pm CDT

I have been waiting to see if the weather models were going to come into agreement on the upcoming shift on our weather pattern and for the most part, they have: it’s going to get cold! A large area of low pressure has formed over the eastern Arctic and the […]

By Daniel Bezte

Prairie cash wheat: Spring wheat bids rise with U.S. futures

Oct. 22, 2023 at 5:40 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Spring wheat bids in Western Canada were mostly higher during the week ended Thursday, as gains in U.S. futures and weakness in the Canadian dollar provided support. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS, 13.5 per cent protein) wheat prices were up by $5-$10.20 per tonne across the Prairies, […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Feed weekly outlook: Grains steady, waiting on U.S. corn imports

Oct. 19, 2023 at 6:13 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — More feed barley is reportedly making its way into Alberta cattle rations for the time being as recently-harvested supplies are competitive with corn imports from the U.S. While nearby demand is keeping the domestic market reasonably steady, more corn will likely start making its way north over the […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Former ag minister returns in new Manitoba cabinet

Oct. 18, 2023 at 7:51 pm CDT

Incoming Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew has brought a former provincial agriculture minister back to the cabinet table to handle the ag file. Ron Kostyshyn, who from 2012 to 2016 was then-premier Greg Selinger’s ag minister while serving as MLA for the northwestern riding of Swan River, was sworn in Wednesday […]

By Dave Bedard