Insights and Stories on Saskatchewan

Klassen: Yearling return to the lineup on strong demand

Jan. 16, 2024 at 9:33 am CST

The market hasn’t missed a beat and started the year where it left in December. The only difference is there are larger supplies of yearlings coming on stream. The benchmark levels had backgrounded steers averaging 1,000 pounds trading from $280-$285/cwt with top bids rounding at $290/cwt. Steers averaging 850-pounds were averaging $300/cwt with top-notch larger groups peaking at $305.

SaskMustard looking to add onto 2023 success

Jan. 12, 2024 at 5:04 pm CST

By Adam Peleshaty - MarketsFarm

Feed grain weekly outlook: More U.S. corn deliveries to feedlots

Jan. 11, 2024 at 4:11 pm CST

By Adam Peleshaty - MarketsFarm

Sask. canola, flax groups vote to merge

Jan. 11, 2024 at 9:47 am CST

By Geralyn Wichers

Prairie forecast: Frigid temperatures moving in

Jan. 10, 2024 at 9:19 am CST

By Daniel Bezte

Klassen: Cattle producers anxious about 2024

Jan. 9, 2024 at 9:32 am CST

The holiday break for the cattle market is analogous to an the intermission between periods of hockey game. Feedlot operators assess inventory and to focus on the market structure. They’re planning their purchase strategy for the next couple months.

By Jerry Klassen

Court remedy sought for unfulfilled contracts

Jan. 8, 2024 at 3:03 pm CST

More than two dozen farmers are moving ahead with legal action against Purely Canada Foods after it failed to honour contracts for gluten-free oats. The dispute centres on 2022 gluten-free oat contracts. On March 1, 2023, the company sent a letter to the farmers saying it was voiding the contracts because oat processing machinery had failed the previous fall and it couldn’t accept the crop.

By Karen Briere

Prairie spring wheat bids start year on a soft note

Jan. 5, 2024 at 2:25 pm CST

Spring wheat bids in Western Canada moved lower during the first week of 2024, as losses in the United States futures more than countered the supportive influence of a weaker Canadian dollar.

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Feed weekly outlook: Several factors weighing on prices

Jan. 4, 2024 at 2:29 pm CST

Feed grain prices across the Canadian Prairies are expected to continue falling back for the next few months due to a number of reasons, according to Evan Peterson of JGL Commodities in Saskatoon, Sask.

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Prairie forecast: Winter temperatures moving in

Jan. 3, 2024 at 10:11 am CST

Looking at this forecast period, the best way I can describe it is that we will be seeing a slow slide into more seasonal temperatures. The persistent upper-level ridging that brought warm--and record warm temperatures--to much of the prairies in December has broken down. The weather models are showing a trough of low pressure developing over the west coast over the next seven days.

By Daniel Bezte