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CNS Canada -- Nice weather over the holidays allowed for good movement of feed grains in Western Canada, with prices steady to above year-ago levels. "I would say we cruised through Christmas and (the) New Year holidays fairly well. Not a lot of massive panic. We had nice weather which really helped, loads continued to[...]

CNS Canada -- The rally on which southern Alberta feed grain prices have been riding since the start of the year continued this week. "Right now (we're seeing) some of the best prices on barley for farmers that have been seen in Alberta for a while," said Joshua Boyko of CorNine Commodities in Lacombe. According[...]

CNS Canada -- After a winter with tight supplies leading to a feed grain price rally in Western Canada, prices are starting to back off. "It's been breaking free a little bit. Kind of surprisingly this year it took till seeding time to see that happen. We've seen markets rally right up till May," said[...]

With the mild winter Western Canada has been experiencing, feed grain buyers expect prices should stay quiet for the next while. "I would say the buyers have adequate coverage for January, February, even a bit of March. And I would say we maybe have seen the (barley) price soften up a bit," said Nelson Neumann,[...]

CNS Canada -- Feed grain prices in Alberta have come down as producers have rushed to sell downgraded crops. "Last week the phones were blowing up... right now I think we're seeing some better weather, so everyone's outside and the phones are probably going to light up again next week," said Nelson Neumann, grain trader[...]

CNS Canada -- Prices are rising for feed grains in Lethbridge, with buyers starting to consider their options. "Seems every day this last week we're surprised at higher offers being triggered than the day before," said Jared Seitz, trade manager with Agfinity Inc. In Lethbridge, feed barley bids last week were at $5 per bushel[...]

CNS Canada -- The feed grain market in Western Canada is starting to firm up as a lack of farmer selling has supplies tightening. "It seems like we're kind of moving higher here at the moment. Markets have a firmer tone to them for now," said Allan Pirness of Market Place Commodities in Lethbridge. "Barley[...]

CNS Canada -- As organic producers look to clean out the 2017 crop from their bins before seeding, they're finding lower prices than they're willing to sell for. Contracts have been filled up, meaning some producers who were waiting for higher prices are out of luck with no options to sell their crops. Some buyers[...]

CNS Canada -- After years of western Canadian farmers rushing to lock in pulse crop contracts during the spring, this year that hasn't been the case. "Normally I would say that I'd have my plant booked to December and I don't have a single thing booked this year. But does that mean we're not going[...]

CNS Canada -- It's been a year of challenges for the Canadian pulse industry, as it struggled to survive after its largest customer all but vanished overnight -- but the industry has started to grow in new ways. "It was challenging for farmers who saw a real shift in pulse prices, challenging for processors and[...]