Insights and Stories on Saskatchewan

Prairie Forecast: Winter temperatures try to move in

Nov. 22, 2023 at 10:14 am CST

There is a large, deep area of low pressure spinning over the northern half of Hudson Bay along with a building area of high pressure over the Yukon. The counterclockwise rotation around the Hudson Bay low will create a north to northwesterly flow across the Prairies. This will allow the […]

Klassen: Canadian feeder buyers ignore weaker futures market

Nov. 21, 2023 at 9:01 am CST

By Jerry Klassen

Prairie cash wheat: Bids ease off

Nov. 20, 2023 at 12:45 pm CST

By Adam Peleshaty

Prairie forecast: One more shot of warm weather?

Nov. 15, 2023 at 9:36 am CST

By Daniel Bezte

Klassen: Cash feeder prices soften on futures market uncertainty

Nov. 14, 2023 at 9:27 am CST

By Jerry Klassen

Prairie cash wheat: Bids up in early November

Nov. 10, 2023 at 7:18 pm CST

MarketsFarm –– Spring wheat bids in Western Canada moved higher during the week ended Thursday, as gains in U.S. futures provided support. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS, 13.5 per cent) wheat prices were up by $8.80-$10.10 per tonne across the Prairies, according to price quotes from a cross-section of […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Prairie Forecast: False start to winter as mild air returns

Nov. 8, 2023 at 1:29 pm CST

It looks more and more as though our late-October cold snap and snowy conditions were indeed a false start to winter. In the last forecast I mentioned the really cold air looks to be bottled up well to our north, and it was and will be for the next week […]

By Daniel Bezte

Klassen: Buyers contemplate feeder market prices

Nov. 7, 2023 at 1:53 pm CST

Compared to last week, western Canadian yearling markets traded $3-$5/cwt lower on average although limited numbers made the market hard to define. Calf markets traded $4-$8/cwt on either side of unchanged. It appeared that 700-plus-lb. calves were up $4 to as much as $8. The variation in the price structure […]

By Jerry Klassen

Prairie cash wheat: Weaker U.S. values pull down Canadian prices

Nov. 6, 2023 at 5:50 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Wheat prices across the Canadian Prairies fell back during the week ended Nov. 2, with losses in Canada Western Red Spring and Canada Prairie Spring Red wheats, while those for Canada Western Amber Durum were mostly lower. The U.S. wheat complex lost ground during the week, due in […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Feed weekly outlook: Prices to continue slipping back

Nov. 2, 2023 at 8:44 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Feed prices are set continue grinding lower for the balance of 2023, “as domestic end users are covered,” according to Jim Beusekom, president of Market Place Commodities in Lethbridge. Beusekom pointed to the amount of contracted corn being imported from the United States as well as better-than-expected yields […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm