Insights and Stories on Manitoba

Klassen: Stronger barley prices limit upside for feeder cattle complex

Oct. 11, 2022 at 9:12 pm CDT

Compared to last week, western Canadian yearling markets traded $2 higher to as much as $5 lower. A softer tone was noted on yearlings in the eastern Prairie regions. Calf prices were steady to $4 lower on average compared to seven days earlier. Quality yearling packages fresh off grass held […]

Feed weekly outlook: Barley values steady, wheat rises

Oct. 6, 2022 at 2:36 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Klassen: Demand fears cause feeder cattle market volatility

Oct. 5, 2022 at 9:12 am CDT

By Jerry Klassen

Prairie cash wheat: Weaker loonie underpins bids

Sep. 30, 2022 at 7:58 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Saskatchewan, Manitoba to boost vet college seat quotas

Sep. 29, 2022 at 8:57 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

Manitoba to cut Crown forage lease rates

Sep. 29, 2022 at 7:53 pm CDT

The rents paid by Manitoba producers using Crown lands to produce perennial forages will be cut in half next year and by smaller amounts the following two years. Provincial Ag Minister Derek Johnson on Wednesday announced the forage lease rent on agricultural Crown land will be reduced by 50 per […]

By Dave Bedard

Klassen: Steady demand underpins feeder cattle complex

Sep. 27, 2022 at 10:09 am CDT

Compared to last week, Alberta yearling markets traded $2-$4 on either side of unchanged; however, 800-pound-plus cattle in Manitoba and Saskatchewan appeared to trade $4-$6 higher. Yearling prices across the Prairies are now relatively even with no freight discounts from major southern Alberta markets. Calf markets are becoming more defined […]

By Jerry Klassen

Prairie cash wheat: External factors raise bids

Sep. 24, 2022 at 4:49 am CDT

MarketsFarm — Despite the usual harvest pressures, western Canadian wheat bids jumped during the week ended Thursday, largely due to geopolitical and macroeconomic factors. The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday again raised its key interest rate to combat rising inflation — this time a 75 basis point increase, to 3.25 […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Feed weekly outlook: Good grain yields seen in Saskatchewan, Manitoba

Sep. 22, 2022 at 5:42 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Despite delays in the ongoing barley and wheat harvests across the eastern Prairies, early indications have suggested healthy amounts of grain production. “Eastern Saskatchewan and Manitoba still have a bit of harvest to go, but generally the yields are good,” Glen Loyns, general manager of JGL Commodities at […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Pulse weekly outlook: Manitoba peas, dry beans showing good results

Sep. 20, 2022 at 7:02 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Harvests of Manitoba’s two major pulse crops are already seeing high yields, according to Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers (MPSG) executive director Daryl Domitruk. Despite a wide range of results across the province, Domitruk added that dry field pea yields were respectable in many places and excellent in […]

By Adam Peleshaty