Insights and Stories on Western Canada

Feed weekly outlook: Harvest pressure keeps lid on prices

Sep. 7, 2023 at 7:21 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — As the harvest continued across the Canadian Prairies, pressure kept feed grain prices largely in check, according to Crystal Leitch of Market Master Ltd. in Edmonton. “We don’t see things changing too much because pricing is not what it was. There’s some hope that pricing is going to […]

Klassen: Upward momentum in feeder market eases

Aug. 8, 2023 at 7:12 am CDT

By Jerry Klassen

At Ag in Motion: Bin thinking?

Jul. 20, 2023 at 2:38 pm CDT

Weather Brief: In Prairie crops, results may vary

Jul. 20, 2023 at 10:15 am CDT

Much of Canada abnormally dry or in moderate drought

Jul. 10, 2023 at 7:57 pm CDT

By MarketsFarm

Analysts expect little change in new StatCan numbers

Jun. 26, 2023 at 3:03 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Dry conditions in much of the Prairies this spring may leave seeding areas relatively unchanged ahead of Statistic Canada’s (StatCan) principal field crop report, due to be released Wednesday. It will be the second survey-based acreage report for the 2023-24 marketing year, after the first one was released […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Western Canada covered in smoke as wildfires loosen grip on Quebec

Jun. 12, 2023 at 8:27 pm CDT

Ottawa | Reuters — Smoke shrouded Western Canada on Monday as wildfires flared again in the main oil-producing province of Alberta, while firefighters in Quebec doused some of the worst early-season blazes, allowing thousands of evacuees to return home. Canada is enduring its most destructive start to wildfire season, with […]

By Ismail Shakil

A hot, dry Prairie June ahead

May. 31, 2023 at 4:46 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — June is expected to see a continuation of the hot and dry weather most of the Canadian Prairies has experienced in May, according to Scott Kehler, chief scientist for Weatherlogics. “It looks like late spring/early summer is pretty hot across almost all of Western Canada. The Prairies are […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Pulse weekly outlook: Peas seeing good Prairie movement

Feb. 28, 2023 at 6:25 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Peas are seeing good movement in Western Canada ahead of spring, although prices have held steady over the past month. “The yellow pea market has some life again,” said Allan Johnston of Johnston’s Grain at Wellwyn, Sask. He added there were also a few companies chasing after some […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Prairies’ warmer spell to be usurped by arctic front

Jan. 24, 2023 at 2:03 pm CST

MarketsFarm — While the Prairies have so far this month experienced rather non-January-like temperatures, a cold front coming south from the Arctic will soon descend on the region, according to Scott Kehler, president and chief scientist of Weatherlogics in Winnipeg. “What we are seeing is a big change in the […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

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