Insights and Stories on Manitoba

Klassen: Upward momentum in feeder market eases

Aug. 8, 2023 at 7:12 am CDT

Compared to last week, western Canadian feeder cattle markets were relatively unchanged. Higher-quality groups of yearling heifers appeared to trade steady to $2 higher on average while steer markets traded $3-$4 higher to $2 lower. Calf prices are unchanged from seven days earlier. The rally in deferred live cattle futures […]

Feed weekly outlook: Influx of cheaper U.S. corn pushing down prices

Aug. 3, 2023 at 1:46 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Manitoba’s crops continue to hold up

Aug. 2, 2023 at 11:56 am CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Prairie forecast: Warm-hot start then slow cooldown

Aug. 2, 2023 at 11:02 am CDT

By Daniel Bezte

Klassen: U.S. feeder markets lead Canadian prices higher

Aug. 1, 2023 at 8:02 am CDT

By Jerry Klassen

UPDATE prairie forecast: unsettled start as sub-arctic high builds in

Jul. 31, 2023 at 9:32 am CDT

Update: A low tracking through central prairies is a little weaker than expected. This will result in less precipitation with showers, thundershowers, and storms being less widespread. Another issue is the smoke which can be difficult to predict. In areas with smoke, we see cooler than expected daytime highs. An […]

By Daniel Bezte

Feed weekly outlook: wheat, barley prices still on the rise

Jul. 27, 2023 at 5:10 pm CDT

Marketsfarm – Variable crop conditions in Alberta and Saskatchewan are contributing to rising feed grain prices on the Prairies just weeks away from harvest. Erin Harakal, trade manager for Agfinity Inc. in Stony Plain, Alta., said while conditions in the northern half of Alberta are good in some places, areas […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Updated prairie forecast: unsettled start as sub-arctic high builds in

Jul. 26, 2023 at 3:24 pm CDT

Update: A low tracking through central prairies is a little weaker than expected. This will result in less precipitation with showers, thundershowers, and storms being less widespread. Another issue is the smoke which can be difficult to predict. Areas with smoke we see cooler than expected daytime highs. An upper […]

By Daniel Bezte

Klassen: tight supplies continue to underpin feeder complex

Jul. 24, 2023 at 8:19 am CDT

Compared to last week, Western Canadian yearling markets traded $2-$5/cwt higher on average while calves were up $5/cwt to as much as $10/cwt in some cases. Feather light calves under 500 pounds reached fresh historical highs with 300-400 pound steers trading from $400-$450/cwt in Southern Alberta. Finishing feedlots continue to […]

By Jerry Klassen

Feed weekly outlook: Dry weather cuts into barley prospects

Jul. 20, 2023 at 3:42 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Dry weather across the Canadian Prairies may be cutting into barley production prospects, keeping domestic feed prices underpinned for the time being despite the likelihood of large corn imports from the United States. Alberta’s barley crop was only rated 43 per cent good to excellent in the latest […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin