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Feed weekly outlook: Prices fall with rain

Jun. 28, 2019 at 9:05 pm CDT

Feed grain prices for Lethbridge’s feedlot alley took a tumble after parts of the Prairies received some much-needed rain. Jim Beusekom, president of Market Place Commodities in Lethbridge, said barley and wheat prices recently dropped. Barley was around $285-$290 per tonne in the area, down about $10 from the week […]

U.S. grains: Corn posts steepest drop in three years on USDA acreage view

Jun. 28, 2019 at 7:38 pm CDT

By Barbara Smith Karl Plume

Cigi, Cereals Canada agree to pursue amalgamation

Jun. 28, 2019 at 5:22 pm CDT

By Allan Dawson

Organic price quotes: Late June

Jun. 28, 2019 at 11:35 am CDT

By OrganicBiz

U.S. grains: Corn, soy retreat as farm belt heats up

Jun. 27, 2019 at 4:00 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Soy, corn down on improved weather

Jun. 26, 2019 at 6:17 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell for the first time in three sessions and soybeans fell for a second straight day on Wednesday, with prices weighed down by forecasts of dry weather in parts of the U.S. Midwest that lifted hopes for improved crop conditions. “This short-term warm […]

By Barbara Smith

StatsCan: Less canola and durum, more barley and oats

Jun. 26, 2019 at 1:11 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Canadian farmers seeded fewer canola and durum acres than they originally intended, but more barley and oats, according to updated acreage estimates from Statistics Canada that largely came within expectations. StatsCan pegged planted Canadian canola area for 2019-20 (August to July) at 20.952 million acres, down by about […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Corn up as crop ratings ease

Jun. 25, 2019 at 5:24 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago corn futures rose for a second straight day on Tuesday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture said the condition of U.S. crops deteriorated last week following rain, although gains were pared late in the session on improving weather. Soybeans turned lower on forecasts for a […]

By Barbara Smith

Ardent Mills sells Ontario bakery ingredient plant

Jun. 25, 2019 at 3:11 am CDT

Flour miller Ardent Mills plans to push off further from the sweet baking ingredient business, with a deal to sell its southern Ontario ingredient mix plant. Denver-based Ardent said Monday it closed a deal the previous Friday to sell its Burlington, Ont. plant to U.S. bakery ingredient processor Dawn Foods. […]

By GFM Staff

Less canola, more barley area expected in next StatsCan report

Jun. 24, 2019 at 7:07 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Canadian farmers will likely grow less canola and more barley in 2019, though the jury is out on exact acreage numbers ahead of Statistics Canada’s seeded area estimates due out Wednesday. Barley prices have hit “historic highs” thanks to inclement corn-growing weather in the United States, which has […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm