Insights and Stories on Saskatchewan

Klassen: Feeder cattle markets reflect mixed tone

May. 27, 2020 at 7:58 pm CDT

Compared to the previous week, western Canadian yearling prices were $2-$4 higher on average while calves traded unchanged to as much as $8 lower. Larger feedlot operations were actively bidding for 800-plus-lb. feeders across the Prairies due to the limited supply. Lower volumes were available this past week which was […]

Union warns of fuel supply disruption in ‘Dear Farmers’ notice

May. 21, 2020 at 10:44 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

Canadian cattle in a feedlot with a cowboy in the background.

Klassen: Feeder market jumps on renewed optimism

May. 19, 2020 at 11:39 am CDT

By Jerry Klassen

Prairie cash wheat: Bids weaken with seeding underway

May. 17, 2020 at 10:24 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Feed weekly outlook: Barley, wheat holding fairly well

May. 14, 2020 at 8:17 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Saskatchewan to adjust WLPIP premiums for producers

May. 14, 2020 at 7:16 pm CDT

The Saskatchewan government plans to temporarily subsidize livestock producers entering the Western Livestock Price Insurance Program (WLPIP) against its recent jump in program premium costs. The province on Thursday announced it will provide $5 million to “partially offset” WLPIP premiums, which it noted have risen “significantly” since the end of […]

By Dave Bedard

Klassen: Feeder market banks on fed cattle recovery

May. 12, 2020 at 5:21 am CDT

Compared to last week, western Canadian yearling prices were $4 higher to $4 lower, with the exception of southern Alberta where quality packages were unchanged to $6 higher. Calves and grass cattle traded $2 lower to as much as $5 higher. Certain auctions in Western Canada reported calves trading $4 […]

By Jerry Klassen

Ag in Motion outdoor farm show going online instead for 2020

May. 7, 2020 at 12:37 pm CDT

Glacier FarmMedia’s summer farm show Ag in Motion is coming in from the outdoors to operate in cyberspace for 2020. The event — which was due to run July 21-23 at the Glacier FarmMedia Discovery Farm on Highway 16 west of Langham, Sask., about 40 km northwest of Saskatoon — […]

By Dave Bedard

Klassen: Yearlings trade lower, calves ratchet higher

May. 6, 2020 at 8:02 am CDT

Compared to last week, western Canadian yearling prices were $4-$6 lower; mid-weight feeder cattle traded $2 higher to $4 lower. Lighter calves and grassers were quite variable. In Alberta, these cattle ranged from unchanged to as much as $8 higher on average while in the eastern Prairie regions, calves traded […]

By Jerry Klassen

Prairie cash wheat: Bids mixed

May. 1, 2020 at 8:24 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Wheat bids in Western Canada were mixed during the week ended Friday, with some gains observed in Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat, and a mixed tone for Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR). Durum (CWAD) saw small losses. Average CWRS (13.5 per cent protein) wheat prices were steady […]

By MarketsFarm Team