Insights and Stories on Prices

Ample world malt barley supply to limit export prices

Sep. 13, 2019 at 7:06 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Canadian malt barley growers may be dealing with adverse harvest conditions that could lead to quality downgrades in some areas — while world supplies of the key beer ingredient remain more than sufficient to meet global demand. “There’s no real indication at this time that we’ll see a […]

Klassen: Feeder market experiences mixed tone

Sep. 10, 2019 at 7:51 pm CDT

By Jerry Klassen

Pulse weekly outlook: Wrinkles, loss of colour problems for lentils

Sep. 10, 2019 at 7:06 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Pulse weekly outlook: Harvest weighs on Saskatchewan bids

Sep. 3, 2019 at 12:54 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Organic price quotes: Late August

Aug. 30, 2019 at 3:53 pm CDT

By OrganicBiz

Organic crop prices soft ahead of harvest

Aug. 30, 2019 at 3:31 pm CDT

Marlo Glass, MarketsFarm Organic commodities have been put under pressure price-wise ahead of harvest due to co-operative weather and higher-than-expected yields. “Some yields are sounding really good,” said Scott Shiels, procurement manager with Grain Millers Canada Corp. at Yorkton, Sask. In particular, oat and wheat yields showed strength. “If yields […]

By OrganicBiz

Pulse weekly outlook: Chickpeas appear OK, but prices soft

Aug. 27, 2019 at 4:04 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Canada’s chickpea crop has likely beaten earlier expectations — but poor prices may limit farmer sales come harvest. “We planted the crop in drought conditions” and were preparing for the worst, said Colin Young of Midwest Grain at Moose Jaw, Sask., pointing to the lack of subsoil moisture […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Feed weekly outlook: No long-term shortage expected

Aug. 15, 2019 at 8:15 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Waiting for the 2019 harvest to roll in is the only factor that could create a feed shortage, according to Brandon Motz of CorNine Commodities at Lacombe, Alta. “As far as things look today, I don’t see a reason to be concerned about a feed shortage. If anything […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

FAO, OECD see swine fever in China among risks to food markets

Jul. 8, 2019 at 8:51 pm CDT

Paris | Reuters — The spread of a deadly pig disease in China that has disrupted the world’s biggest pork market is one of the major risks to a well-supplied global agricultural sector, the FAO and OECD said on Monday. African swine fever was highlighted in the annual agricultural outlook […]

By Reuters

Mustard acres to decrease, but yield outlook strong

May. 2, 2019 at 8:04 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — The most recent principal field crop acreage report from Statistics Canada predicts mustard seed area will drop from approximately 500,000 acres to 400,000 in 2019, concentrated mainly in southwestern, south-central, and west-central Saskatchewan. Although fewer acres are expected to be seeded, prime mustard-growing areas in Saskatchewan and Alberta […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm