Insights and Stories on Western Canada

Prairie Crop Update with Bruce Burnett: 2025 edition

Jul. 8, 2025 at 9:00 am CDT

Update No. 8, July 8, 2025 (below): Bruce visits a canola and soybean field and both crops are progressing nicely – the canola is bolting and flowering and the soybeans are in the V4 to V7 stage. A little bit of rain reportedly fell in the area which helped these […]

Pulse Weekly: Lentils starting to feel harvest pressure

Aug. 13, 2024 at 4:28 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

ICE Canada Weekly: Attention on canola to soon turn from yields to demand

Jul. 24, 2024 at 4:23 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Pulse Weekly: Chickpea prices drop, acres likely to increase

Mar. 26, 2024 at 2:26 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty - MarketsFarm

Feed grain weekly: Buyers waiting longer to purchase more grain

Feb. 15, 2024 at 5:31 pm CST

By Adam Peleshaty - MarketsFarm

Prairie feed market remains under pressure

Feb. 1, 2024 at 3:38 pm CST

Feed grain markets in Western Canada remain under pressure, with end users well covered and farmers still sitting on large amounts of unpriced grain.

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Good quality Canadian malt barley despite lower yields

Dec. 19, 2023 at 3:55 pm CST

Hot and dry growing conditions cut into barley yields in Western Canada in 2023 but the quality was generally good, according to the yearly annual harvest report on barley quality from the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC).

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Weather Network predicts mild winter, with caveats

Nov. 30, 2023 at 6:43 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Strong El Niño conditions that have developed in the Pacific Ocean would typically lead to a milder winter across Canada — but other factors this year could challenge that outlook, according to the winter forecast from The Weather Network, released Wednesday. The winter forecast features a mild start […]

By MarketsFarm

Long-range outlook points to warmer winter

Oct. 31, 2023 at 5:30 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Warmer than normal temperatures are expected across nearly all of Canada this winter, with average precipitation for most of the agricultural areas of the Prairies. The latest long-range seasonal forecast from Environment Canada, released Tuesday, calls for a 40 per cent chance of above-normal temperatures from November through […]

By MarketsFarm

Feed weekly outlook: Grains see flat demand, price movement

Oct. 27, 2023 at 3:14 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Recent demand for feed grains from feedlots has been in a standstill, according to Erin Harakal, trade manager for Agfinity Inc. at Stony Plain, Alta. “It’s been flat, probably since the end of September. We haven’t seen any big changes when it comes to demand or prices,” she […]

By Adam Peleshaty

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