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Feed weekly outlook: Prairie grain market finding a bottom

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin October 9, 2019

MarketsFarm — The western Canadian feed grain market is showing signs of finding a bottom, as buyers wait to get a better handle on the quality of grain still unharvested across the Prairies. Feed barley is currently trading at around $200 per tonne in southern Alberta, while feed wheat bids are around $210, according to

Crop Report, Crops, News

Crop quality decreasing with rains, severe sprouting seen in unharvested acres

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report for October 8

By Manitoba Agriculture October 8, 2019

Southwest Region Another cool and wet week in the Southwest region. Rainfall was variable but enough to stop harvesting many days. Harvest operations resumed late Sunday into Tuesday. Harvest is about 60 per cent complete in general. Majority of areas south of #1 highway are close to 65 to 70 per cent done, while some

File photo of wheat storage for a flour mill at Yokohama, Japan. (Joel-t/iStock/Getty Images)

Markets

Japan trade deal aims to put U.S. farmers on par with TPP

By GFM Network News, Reuters October 8, 2019

Washington | Reuters — The new U.S.-Japan trade deal will provide staged reduction of Japanese tariffs for more than US$2 billion worth of U.S. beef and pork, matching access now granted to the 11 Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact countries, a text of the agreement shows. U.S. President Donald Trump presided over a White House signing

Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Adverse weather tempers feeder market

By GFM Network News, Jerry Klassen October 8, 2019

Compared to last week, western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded $3-$5 lower. Excessive snow in Alberta and ongoing rains across Manitoba and Saskatchewan set a negative tone. The market appeared to incorporate a risk discount, although many auction barns had limited numbers on offer. Buyers once again focused on local cattle and avoided transportation over

File photo of a snow-topped field in Alberta. (Don White/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets, Weather

Feed weekly outlook: Snowfall boosts spot barley bids

By GFM Network News October 3, 2019

MarketsFarm — Spot barley prices have received support from last weekend’s snows in southern Alberta, but the major barley-growing regions were mostly spared. While the cold and wet weather has delayed harvest activity, a promising forecast should allow for harvest to resume in the Red Deer area, where most of the barley crop is located.

Crop Report, Crops, News

Cereals, canola hit the dryers, soybean yields seen lower than average

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report for October 1

By Manitoba Agriculture October 1, 2019

Southwest region Cool and constant wet weather is stalling harvest progress. Rainfall amounts of 10 to 50 mm, majority falling during thunderstorms, which also resulted in hail. Snowfall is also reported in northern parts of the region and near the Saskatchewan border. Lodging in canola and other crops is common. Overnight temperatures ranged from zero

A 2017 study maps out predictions for changes to the “water footprint” of rain-fed barley grown in agricultural Alberta. (Science of the Total Environment, March 2018)

Crops, Weather

University’s ‘Beefier Barley’ billboard binned

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff October 1, 2019

A billboard about Alberta barley’s prospects under climate change in the University of Alberta’s ‘Truth Matters’ promotion — a series of ads meant to spark discussion about its researchers’ work — has been winnowed out of the campaign. Jacqui Tam, the Edmonton-based U of A’s vice-president for university relations, announced Sunday it would withdraw the

Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Yearling prices remain firm

By GFM Network News, Jerry Klassen September 30, 2019

Compared to last week, western Canadian yearling markets were relatively unchanged with the exception of southern Alberta where 800-plus-lb. feeders traded $5 to as much as $8 higher. Strength in deferred live cattle futures and weakness in barley prices were the main factors driving demand in the Lethbridge area. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s bullish

Despite harvest being somewhat behind, Jake Ayre said he’s had a good yield thus far.

Local news, News

Wet weather makes mud of farm tires

After a dry summer, a dumping of water bogs down harvest 2019

By Geralyn Wichers September 30, 2019

Wet weather put the brakes on harvest in many regions of Manitoba, putting progress behind average and threatening crop quality. “We’re definitely behind,” said Jake Ayre, who farms near Minto. On September 24, he said their harvest was about 40 per cent complete. “Believe it or not, we combined 100 acres yesterday,” he said. Ayre

Barley south of Ethelton, Sask. in early August 2017. (File photo by Dave Bedard)

Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Barley’s slide slows as harvest drags

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin September 26, 2019

MarketsFarm — The slide in western Canadian feed grain prices over the past few months shows signs of slowing, as concerns over harvest delays supplant earlier concerns over large crops and quality downgrades. “The weather over the next week or so doesn’t look that great,” Allen Pirness of Market Place Commodities in Lethbridge said Thursday.

Daily Network News

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