Insights and Stories on Manitoba

Klassen: Higher input costs limit upside for feeder cattle market

Aug. 25, 2021 at 11:13 am CDT

Compared to last week, Western Canadian yearling prices were quite variable trading $5 higher to as much as $6 lower. Calf prices have been consolidating over the past couple weeks and once again traded $3 to $4 on either side of unchanged. Strong demand was evident for 800-pound-plus yearlings fresh […]

Klassen: Strong demand underpins yearling market

Aug. 16, 2021 at 10:47 pm CDT

By Jerry Klassen

Feds lock in AgriRecovery funds before election call

Aug. 15, 2021 at 10:18 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

Klassen: Drought conditions spur on fall cattle run

Aug. 3, 2021 at 9:01 am CDT

By Jerry Klassen

Feed weekly outlook: Reduced yields starting to become a reality

Jul. 30, 2021 at 9:08 am CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

Klassen: Feed barley rally pressures feeder cattle market

Jul. 27, 2021 at 10:13 am CDT

Compared to last week, Western Canadian yearling steers traded $4 to $8 lower while heifers were down $2 to $4. Calves traded $5 to as much as $10 below week-ago levels. Feed barley in the Lethbridge area traded in the range of $390/tonne to as high as $415/tonne, up $25-$30/tonne […]

By Jerry Klassen

Feed weekly outlook: Bids rising in Saskatchewan

Jul. 23, 2021 at 4:13 am CDT

MarketsFarm — Feed grain prices in Western Canada are continuing their ongoing rise as heat and dryness cover the region. “For feed wheat (on Tuesday), I finally got a bid of $10 per bushel, which is really an amazing bid,” said Dale McManus, broker for Johnston Grains at Welwyn, Sask. […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Manitoba triggers hay disaster benefit

Jul. 22, 2021 at 7:56 pm CDT

Manitoba’s crop insurance agency is set to lift the per-tonne rate paid out on insured forage crops to help cover livestock producers’ bills to buy and truck in replacement feed. Manitoba Agricultural Services Corp. (MASC) on Thursday announced a 2021 hay disaster benefit to provide another $44 per tonne, for […]

By Dave Bedard

‘Time is ticking’ on drought response for beef cattle sector

Jul. 20, 2021 at 6:55 pm CDT

As Canada’s beef farmers and ranchers face drought, industry leaders are trying to find ways to secure feed and help those forced to sell rebuild their herds. B.C. ranchers are dealing with high temperatures that have “parched the grass that was there,” Kevin Boone, general manager of B.C. Cattlemen’s Association, […]

By Lisa Guenther

Klassen: Feeder market stays firm

Jul. 20, 2021 at 2:03 am CDT

Compared to last week, western Canadian prices for yearlings weighing 800 lbs. and over were unchanged; however, calves and yearlings in the 600- to 800-lb. category traded steady to $3 higher. The calf market was hard to define due to small groups of various quality. Strength in deferred live cattle […]

By Jerry Klassen