Insights and Stories on Western Canada

Dec. 13, 2018 at 3:50 pm CST

Reuters — There is a 90 per cent chance of the El Nino weather pattern emerging during the Northern Hemisphere winter of 2018-19, a U.S. government weather forecaster said on Thursday. “The official forecast favours the formation of a weak El Nino,” the National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center (CPC) […]

By Reuters

Aug. 31, 2018 at 2:16 pm CDT

Read more: Early reports peg Canada’s organic harvest as good  

By OrganicBiz

Jul. 27, 2018 at 8:31 pm CDT

CNS Canada — After a dry growing season last year in Western Canada, effects of the drought are still evident with news that most livestock producers won’t be doing a second cut of hay. “Pastures and hay fields didn’t get the moisture that they needed to really recharge over that […]

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

May. 28, 2018 at 9:46 pm CDT

Compared to last week, western Canadian yearlings sold $3 to as much as $6 higher while calf markets were relatively unchanged. Feeder cattle futures experienced a $5-$7 rally, which quickly renewed optimism in the cash trade. Ideas that yearling supplies will drop below year-ago levels on both sides of the […]

By Jerry Klassen

May. 24, 2018 at 7:49 pm CDT

CNS Canada — The thought of sizzling days near the end of May 2017 is helping keep feed barley prices in Western Canada well supported, according to a market-watcher. “There is that memory of last year’s drought and seeing temperatures in the high 20s and 30s at the end of […]

By Dave Sims