Insights and Stories on Prairies

Sep. 6, 2022 at 6:26 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — While there’s not one specific cause of the hot September the Canadian Prairies has generally been having so far, Weatherlogics chief scientist Scott Kehler notes one particular shorter-term factor. “There is a fairly strong upper-level ridge of high pressure across the Prairies right now,” he explained, adding it […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Aug. 31, 2022 at 4:31 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick Glacier FarmMedia staff Delays to this year’s harvest have resulted in virtually no new pricing for organic grains, according to several market participants. The eastern half of the Canadian Prairies witnessed significant delays to spring planting of conventional and organic crops due to wet conditions. Meanwhile, all […]

By OrganicBiz

Jun. 16, 2022 at 7:43 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Heavy rains in Alberta and western Saskatchewan over the past week should give grain crops a good start to the growing season — and put some pressure on the feed grain market, which remains at historically high prices after last year’s drought. The rain “will kick the production […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Jun. 8, 2022 at 8:28 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — ICE Futures canola contracts hit their lowest levels in two months during the first week of June but uncovered support to the downside to recover on Wednesday and hold rangebound overall. While crush margins are still well off the levels seen at this time a year ago, they […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

May. 9, 2022 at 5:26 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Record-breaking precipitation in southern Manitoba and eastern Saskatchewan helped improve moisture conditions in the region in April, taking much of the area out of the drought classification, according to the latest Drought Monitor report from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) for the period ended April 30. Two separate […]

By MarketsFarm