Insights and Stories on Manitoba

Manitoba cattle sector gets COVID-19 AgriRecovery

Oct. 15, 2020 at 11:57 pm CDT

Manitoba cattle producers whose usual markets for finished cattle were temporarily out of reach this spring and summer may now be able to offset some of the resulting extra feed bills. Federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau and her Manitoba counterpart, Blaine Pedersen, on Thursday announced the 2020 Canada-Manitoba Finished Cattle […]

Klassen: Feeder market digests rising COVID-19 cases

Oct. 12, 2020 at 9:06 pm CDT

By Jerry Klassen

Pulse weekly outlook: Above-average year for yellow, green peas

Oct. 6, 2020 at 8:04 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Prairie cash wheat: Bids mostly stronger

Oct. 2, 2020 at 5:30 pm CDT

By MarketsFarm Team

First of four vessels arrives in Churchill

Sep. 25, 2020 at 9:50 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Prairie cash wheat: Bids mixed, reacting to futures and loonie

Sep. 25, 2020 at 9:43 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Spring wheat bids in Western Canada were mixed during the week ended Thursday, as losses in U.S. futures were countered by support from a weakening Canadian dollar. The currency lost roughly a full cent during the week. Average Canada Western Red Spring (13.5 per cent protein) wheat prices […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Feed weekly outlook: Prairie grain prices on rise despite harvest

Sep. 24, 2020 at 12:02 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Feed barley and wheat prices in Western Canada have been showing some unusual strength in late September, with prices rising despite seasonal harvest pressure. “Right now we’ve been seeing a lot of talk about exports and the need for feed at feedlots,” said Erin Harakal, senior trader at […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Prairies can expect far better harvest weather this fall

Sep. 18, 2020 at 6:23 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Prairie farmers are likely going have good weather over the next few weeks, according to Scott Kehler of Weatherlogics. “We got a pretty significant warm-up across most of the Prairies through to the end of September. It should be fairly warm and not too much in the way […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Agco to buy GrainViz system’s Winnipeg developer

Sep. 11, 2020 at 7:57 pm CDT

U.S. farm machinery firm Agco has set up a deal to buy its Winnipeg partner in the development of the GSI GrainViz grain monitoring system. Georgia-based Agco announced Friday it now has an agreement to acquire 151 Research, with which it had signed an “exclusive technology partnership” back in December […]

By Dave Bedard

New Holland ultra-dealer expands Saskatchewan reach

Sep. 3, 2020 at 11:31 am CDT

Manitoba New Holland ultra-dealership Mazergroup is expanding its reach further into eastern Saskatchewan with a deal to buy three dealerships there. Brandon-based Mazergroup announced Tuesday it has assumed ownership of Yorkton New Holland, Raymore New Holland and Watrous New Holland, effective Sept. 1. The three operations’ dealer principal, David Marshall, […]

By Dave Bedard