Insights and Stories on Manitoba

Flax prices expected to push higher

Jul. 19, 2021 at 4:24 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Although flax prices have held pretty much steady over the last few weeks, prices will soon increase, according to Dale Johnston of Johnston Seeds at Welwyn, Sask. Johnston said prices for old-crop brown and yellow flax were presently about $24 per bushel. New-crop flax was at $18/bu. “By […]

Prairie cash wheat: Bids up with strong gains in U.S. markets

Jul. 16, 2021 at 5:33 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Feed weekly outlook: Heat reducing potential yields, raising prices

Jul. 15, 2021 at 7:05 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

Eichler back as Manitoba ag minister in shuffle

Jul. 15, 2021 at 3:42 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

Prairie cash wheat: Spring wheat bids spike

Jul. 4, 2021 at 1:44 am CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Feed weekly outlook: Prices dip in Alberta, steady to higher elsewhere

Jul. 2, 2021 at 7:33 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Prices for feed barley and wheat in Alberta pulled back a little this week — and it wasn’t because the province has generally received more rain than the other two Prairie provinces. “There hasn’t been the demand as we typically have at this time of year,” Erin Harakal, […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Klassen: Yearling prices consolidate, calf values soften

Jun. 29, 2021 at 5:43 am CDT

Compared to last week, western Canadian yearling prices were relatively unchanged; however, calves weighing 500 to 700 lbs. were $2-$4 lower. Featherlight bawlers under 500 lbs. were down $6-$8 from seven days earlier. Strong feedlot buying interest supported quality groups of yearlings. Feed barley prices were down $5-$10 per tonne […]

By Jerry Klassen

Prolonged heat wave breaks Canadian temperature records

Jun. 28, 2021 at 9:33 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — An extreme heat wave affecting all four western provinces, the shores of the Mackenzie River in the Northwest Territories as well as Watson Lake, Yukon, is expected to persist for a week. The “heat dome,” a high-pressure system trapping warmer air, has affected British Columbia the most. The […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Prairie cash wheat: Drought sends bids higher

Jun. 25, 2021 at 8:58 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Mounting drought concerns in the spring wheat-growing regions of Canada and the U.S. saw Prairie cash bids post solid gains during the week ended Thursday. Average CWRS (13.5 per cent) wheat prices were up by $18-$21 per tonne, according to price quotes from a cross-section of delivery points […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Another swine flu variant case appears in Manitoba

Jun. 23, 2021 at 5:16 am CDT

A single and apparently isolated case of another influenza variant normally seen in hogs has turned up in a Manitoba resident, the province announced Monday. Manitoba Public Health on Monday said the H3N2 influenza variant (H3N2v) seen in this case is related to flu viruses that circulate in pigs, noting […]

By Dave Bedard