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Klassen: Feeder market heating up

Wholesale beef prices climbing

By GFM Network News, Jerry Klassen May 25, 2021

Compared to last week, quality yearling packages were $2-$5 higher while calf values were unchanged to $2 higher. A surge in buying interest surfaced for yearlings last week as fed cattle prices continue to trade near 52-week highs. Alberta packers were buying fed cattle in the range of $162-$165 delivered and breakeven pen closeouts are

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

Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Saskatchewan barley price spikes, drops

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News May 20, 2021

MarketsFarm — It was a tale of two weeks for Saskatchewan feed barley prices. The high-delivered bid for the crop on May 11 bolted from $6 per bushel to $6.75 in one day, according to Prairie Ag Hotwire data. Saskatchewan’s price spike put the bid only 80 cents behind Alberta’s. However, on May 19, while

Crop Report, Crops, News

Seedbed conditions drying rapidly, hay, pasture growth delayed

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report for May 18

By Manitoba Agriculture May 18, 2021

Southwest Region A few scattered showers in Southwest region amounted to 5 to 7 mm around Waskada and south of Riding Mountain National Park. Overall, it has been another dry and windy week. Most districts in the region did not get any appreciable rain. Seedbed conditions are rapidly drying due to strong winds. Producers are

Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Drier conditions will influence feeder market

By GFM Network News, Jerry Klassen May 18, 2021

The feeder market was hard to define this week. The quality of yearlings was quite variable. Fleshier types were heavily discounted while quality packages were unchanged from seven days earlier. Calf prices were mostly unchanged; however, values were down $4-$6 in drier pockets of southern Saskatchewan and southern Manitoba. Southern Alberta barley prices were quoted

The Keep It Clean campaign uses a ‘traffic’ system to quantify trade risk from crop protection products.

Crops, News

Keep It Clean enters its fifth year

Industry program helps avoid residue problems on exported crops

By Ron Friesen May 17, 2021

Canadian farmers are being encouraged to use an industry alert program to keep unacceptable pesticide residues on crops from spiralling into potential trade problems. The voluntary program called Keep It Clean informs producers about which products to use on cereal, oilseed and pulse crops and which ones to avoid so as not to exceed maximum

Livestock Markets, Markets

Factors pile up for a downturn in cattle markets

The loonie’s current strength is not helpful

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm May 14, 2021

Along with the stronger Canadian dollar, a few other factors have combined to point the Manitoba cattle industry toward something of a downturn, according to Harold Unrau of the Grunthal Livestock Auction Mart. “Grain prices are rising. Cattle futures are staying the same or maybe dropping a bit. So between the dollar and the grain

Silage is one way to make the most of annual forage crops during a dry year.

Crops, Forages

Making the case for annual forages

With another dry year looming, producers may want to do whatever they can to set their annual forages up for success

By Alexis Stockford May 14, 2021

A season staring at drought conditions is no year to leave feed on the table, and producers may want a more deliberate plan to make the most of their annuals. After three years of short pastures, producers will be used to the province urging them to consider annuals for feed. Greenfeed has been an often-repeated

Markets, News

Cereals Canada, Grain Growers of Canada favour private grain inspectors over CGC

AAFC is compiling the feedback and will publish a summary on its website

By Allan Dawson May 14, 2021

Cereals Canada and the Grain Growers of Canada (GGC) want inspectors from private companies to replace the mandatory inspection currently done by Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) staff on Canadian grain exported by ship. Their positions are in submissions to Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada AAFC, which is reviewing the Canada Grain Act and the CGC’s role

CBOT July 2021 corn (blue high/low/close) and CBOT July 2021 wheat (red HLC). (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Falling futures suggest first cracks in lofty market

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin May 13, 2021

MarketsFarm — A sharp drop in corn and wheat futures prices at the Chicago Board of Trade over the past week could be the sign of the first cracks in the western Canadian feed grain market. That said, tight supplies and uncertainty over new-crop grain production remain supportive. “With the move on the futures market

Editorial, Op/Ed

Editor’s Take: Rain and high prices

By Gord Gilmour May 13, 2021

A now-retired farmer friend says he defines a happy coincidence as when high prices and a big crop happen at the same time. But he also ruefully admits it would probably just as well be described as a ‘bloody miracle.’ He farmed more than 50 years and, during a recent text exchange, conceded that, “I

Daily Network News

Mosaic misses profit estimates on weak U.S. phosphate demand

Consultations open on expanded regulations for drone pesticide application

Pulse weekly: USDA to buy US$75 million in pulses as part of support package

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