Insights and Stories on Prices

Klassen: Feeder market remains vulnerable

Mar. 24, 2020 at 10:37 am CDT

Compared to last week, western Canadian feeder cattle prices were quite variable. Compared to seven days earlier, Alberta feeder prices were unchanged to $5 lower; however, the markets in northern Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba were down $5 to as much as $10 in some cases. Weakness in the yearling markets […]

Pulse weekly outlook: Bids underpin Manitoba edible bean area

Mar. 10, 2020 at 7:41 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Feed weekly outlook: Soft demand weighs on prices

Mar. 5, 2020 at 7:31 pm CST

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

ICE weekly outlook: Canola values stuck in a range

Feb. 19, 2020 at 7:55 pm CST

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

Chickpea market steady, waits for next wave of demand

Feb. 19, 2020 at 7:41 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Sudan to continue to subsidize bread but with ‘justice’

Feb. 12, 2020 at 9:47 am CST

Khartoum | Reuters — Sudan will continue to subsidize bread prices during transitional rule after Omar al-Bashir’s ouster but wants to achieve “justice” in distributing income supports, its trade and industry minister said on Wednesday. Bread shortages, caused by difficulties in raising hard currency to import wheat, triggered mass protests […]

By Reuters

Feed weekly outlook: Buyers not looking to make purchases

Feb. 6, 2020 at 11:55 am CST

MarketsFarm — Feed grain prices were beginning to soften as many buyers don’t have a major need to purchase from growers, said Nelson Neumann, senior trader for Agfinity in Stony Plain, Alta. “There’s still obviously a demand, but buyers are pretty well covered for the February-March timeframe. That’s a window […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Rye production likely won’t increase in 2020

Feb. 5, 2020 at 10:19 am CST

MarketsFarm — Strong prices served as an incentive for farmers to plant more rye in 2019, but one grower believes there won’t be as much production in 2020 due to the wet fall. “Winter cereals got seeded, but not the acres guys were planning,” said Brad White, a Saskatchewan farmer […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Pulse weekly outlook: More acres sought for 2020

Feb. 5, 2020 at 10:07 am CST

MarketsFarm — Planting intentions for red and green lentils and other pulses have been looking good for 2020 — but that might change somewhat because prices have slipped a little, said Marcos Mosnaim of Globeways Canada in Mississauga. Discussing pulse crops at a farm show last month in Saskatoon, Mosnaim […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Feed weekly outlook: Rally likely to end soon

Jan. 30, 2020 at 5:32 pm CST

MarketsFarm — After a bit of a rally for feed grain prices over the last three to four weeks, the feedlots are on the full side, said Brandon Motz of CorNine Commodities at Lacombe, Alta. “That normally means we back off a little bit,” he said, noting there hasn’t been […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm