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Feed weekly outlook: Barley, wheat prices among highest ever

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm November 10, 2021

MarketsFarm — Feed grain prices continue to push higher following a somewhat disappointing harvest on the Prairies this year, according to Glen Loyns, general manager of JGL Commodities at Moose Jaw, Sask. “We’re seeing upticks on all feed. Everything is up. You’re seeing high prices on wheat and barley. And you’re going to continue to

Viterra's Agassiz grain elevator between Winkler and Morden.

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Grain elevator capacity soaring across the Prairies

The growth in the last four years has been phenomenal — and there’s more to come

By Jeff Melchior November 9, 2021

Glacier FarmMedia – The business of building grain elevators is — pardon the pun — on a runaway train. The growth has been, by any measure, phenomenal. In just the last four years, elevator companies have added 1.2 million tonnes of storage — a 16 per cent jump. And that expansion train isn’t slowing down.

Beef cattle, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder market on soft slope

By GFM Network News, Jerry Klassen November 9, 2021

Compared to last week, western Canadian yearling prices were steady to $2 lower on average while calves traded steady to as much as $4 lower in certain regions; calves under 550 pounds were quoted $3-$6 below week-ago levels. Barley and wheat prices continue to percolate higher, causing a defensive sentiment amongst buyers. Southern Alberta and

Crops

Cover crop becomes double crop on Manitoba farm

Marg Rempel says they purposely set the combine to throw a bit over and seed the land as they harvested

By Allan Dawson November 8, 2021

Double cropping is rare in Manitoba, but Marg Rempel did just that on 200 acres of her farm near Ste. Anne this year. The first was a 70-bushel-an-acre barley crop harvested in early August. The second was barley silage grown in the same field that yielded between 1.5 and two tonnes an acre harvested by another farmer for livestock

Cereals, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: U.S. corn filling Canadian feed shortages

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News November 3, 2021

MarketsFarm – As winter approaches, corn is making up a greater appearance in feed channels, supplanting barley and wheat in the process. “In Western Canada, the yields were significantly lower than average. So we’re importing a lot of feed into Western Canada, mostly corn and corn with DDGs (dried distillers’ grains),” said Allen Pirness, manager

Beef cattle, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder cattle market continues on downward trend

By GFM Network News, Jerry Klassen November 2, 2021

Compared to last week, Western Canadian yearling markets dropped $2 to $4 while calf prices sank $2 to as much as $6 on average. Rising feed grain prices set a negative tone. Adverse weather also contributed to lower bids, especially in the lighter weight categories. Most auction barns had feature calf sales this past week.

AAFC barley researcher and breeder Ana Badea assesses plants at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada research station in Brandon.

Cereals, Farmit Manitoba

Filling in the genetic road map for better barley

AAFC has announced the first completed reference genome for a Canadian malt barley variety, and researchers say it’s the first step towards quicker, better breeding selection

By Alexis Stockford November 1, 2021

Barley breeders have got their first look under the proverbial hood when it comes to genomic selection, and researchers say it bodes well for future varieties coming down the pipe. Why it matters: The first reference genome in Canadian malt barley sets the stage for a more streamlined, less expensive breeding process. Ana Badea, a

Livestock Markets, Markets

Over 10,000 cattle hustled through the rings

All of Manitoba’s markets handled four-figure cattle counts last week

By Adam Peleshaty – MarketsFarm October 29, 2021

For the first time this fall, each of the cattle auction sites in Manitoba sold more than 1,000 head at their respective weekly sales during the week ending Oct. 21. In total, 10,445 animals went through the rings at seven sites across the province (Virden’s numbers weren’t available at press time). During the week ending Oct. 14, 9,126

Cereals, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Almost out of space for corn

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm October 28, 2021

MarketsFarm – At this point of the fall, there’s not much room still to be had for feed corn, according to Brandon Motz of CorNine Commodities in Lacombe, Alta. In the meantime, prices for feed barley and wheat continued to push higher. “The in-bound corn is picking up and we are starting to see new

Crops, News

KAP members report on 2021 growing season

It was a challenging growing season with lots of variability

By Allan Dawson October 28, 2021

Here is some of what some KAP members said about this year’s production during their online advisory council meeting Oct. 20: District 1, Carter McKinney “I heard of guys who got moderate yields on some crops and some guys got basically zero so it’s kind of hard to tell. I think it had to do

Daily Network News

Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea found on a southern Alberta farm

Indonesia opens market to Canadian pork, expands beef access

IGC February report adjusts world data

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