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Feed weekly outlook: Demand keeps Canadian barley well supported

MarketsFarm — Solid demand continues to keep feed barley bids in Western Canada well supported, as end-users work to secure supplies in anticipation of tightening stocks going forward. “Competition for barley is coming from every which direction: grain companies exporting barley, feedlots trying to cover barley, and grain companies trying to cover feedlots,” said Jim

A wet fall in 2019 left Manitoba producers with a lot of challenges to overcome this spring.

Crops, News

Ideal fall makes up for late start

With much of the harvest in the bin, Manitoba producers are mildly disappointed with a just-average crop

By Don Norman October 15, 2020

This season might be going out like a lamb, with near-optimal harvest conditions, but that doesn’t mean Manitoba grain growers haven’t grappled with their fair share of challenges. It all started a year ago, with the wet fall of 2019 postponing field work and applications until this spring, and causing many issues that required untangling

Markets, News

Ukraine grain exports down so far in 2020/21 season

By Reuters October 13, 2020

Ukraine’s grain exports fell 11.2 per cent in the first three months of the 2020/21 July-June season to 11.78 million tonnes, the economy ministry said Sept. 30. The volume included 4.258 million tonnes of grain exported in September, the ministry’s data showed. The data showed that the overall export volume included 8.2 million tonnes of

CME January 2021 feeder cattle with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder market digests rising COVID-19 cases

By GFM Network News, Jerry Klassen October 13, 2020

Compared to last week, western Canadian yearling prices were relatively unchanged while calves traded steady to $2 lower on average. The grain harvest is in its final stages and buying interest was noted from the farmer/backgrounding operator. The buying frenzy over yearlings has eased and finishing feedlots were active on all weight categories. Feather-light calves

Two publicly developed high-yielding wheat varieties have been removed from a trial of variety use agreements after producer groups protested. At the same time, those groups have agreed to fund new research.

News

Two new AAFC wheats pulled from VUA trial

The inclusion of the publicly funded varieties was undermining stakeholder relations

By Allan Dawson October 12, 2020

Two new high-yielding milling wheats coming to market this fall won’t be subject to variety use agreements (VUA). AAC Wheatland VB and AAC Starbuck VB are much anticipated because they’re seen as the next big thing, making their inclusion in the VUA trial a brewing controversy. Dropping the varieties is accompanied by a new agreement

Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Demand from China lifts prices

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm October 9, 2020

MarketsFarm — Prices for feed barley and wheat have shot up over the last month, including a 76 cent per bushel jump for barley in Alberta, according to Prairie Ag Hotwire. In Saskatchewan, barley prices climbed 41 cents per bushel, while in Manitoba the rise has been much more subdued at nine cents. At present

There are still localized feed shortages in pockets of the province but timely rains later in the summer seem to have taken the edge off of feed shortages that have dogged cattle producers the past two seasons.

Livestock, News

Hay prices run ahead of demand

After two years of running very lean, Manitoba’s feed supply is back from the brink

By Alexis Stockford October 7, 2020

Forage sellers may be aiming too high amid a softening hay market, according to a recent Hay Relief report from the Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association (MFGA). “The producers that I’ve talked to who are looking at selling and/or buying hay are kind of finding that there’s not a lot of people buying hay right

Beef cattle, Livestock

Keep your calves a little longer

Don’t discount the possibility of backgrounding cattle at home

By Don Norman October 6, 2020

When Tavis Peardon and Janelle Smith started delving into backgrounding calves in the field, they found some promising results. The pair of livestock and feed extension specialists with the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture presented the initial results of their three-year study at the Ag in Motion Discovery Plus virtual farm show in July. Starting at an equal shrunk weight of

Bjorn Orvar, co-founder and chief scientific officer at ORF Genetics, poses for a photo outside the company’s greenhouse in southwest Iceland.

News

Will COVID-19 be a game changer in humanity’s relationship with meat?

Double-digit growth in plant-based foods expected this year, but lab-grown meat is the next frontier

By Thin Lei Win October 6, 2020

Thomson Reuters Foundation – In a vast, illuminated greenhouse set among Iceland’s otherworldly lava fields, the genetically modified shoots of an ancient cereal crop may hold the key to the food of the future. Using abundant geothermal waters for heating and volcanic ash instead of soil, biotech company ORF Genetics is growing barley here to

Ukraine’s export volume is largely down because of a decline in corn sales.

Markets, News

Ukraine 2020-21 grain exports down 11.6 per cent so far

By Reuters October 6, 2020

Ukraine has exported 10.77 million tonnes of grain so far in the July 2020-June 2021 season, compared with 12.19 million tonnes at the same point of the previous season, the Economy Ministry said Sept. 23. The volume is down largely because of a decline in corn sales, which stood at 619,000 tonnes, versus about 1.93

Daily Network News

Bayer’s proposed Roundup settlement faces first signs of pushback in court

CBOT Weekly: Several unknowns that could affect commodity prices

Incoming Canadian Cattle Association CEO embraces winds of change

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