CNS Canada — Arysta LifeScience, a crop chemical company known in Western Canada for its line of Everest products, now wants to become a household name for Prairie farmers. Platform Specialty Products, Arysta’s parent company, last Aug. 24 announced plans to separate its agricultural solutions and performance solutions segments. Platform Specialty chairman Martin Franklin said
Arysta plans market expansion in Western Canada
Feed weekly outlook: Barley prices rising for northern Alberta feedlots
CNS Canada — While feed barley prices are holding steady in the Lethbridge area, further north around Edmonton, prices are starting to climb. “We’re starting to see already just difficulty with loading here and there and buyers getting caught off-guard with not getting barley coming in when they needed it to happen. And that’s spurring
Prairie winter wheat conditions uncertain
CNS Canada — While it’s too early to assess how the western Canada winter wheat crop fared this winter, there is some uncertainty due to unseasonably cold April temperatures. “We start losing cold tolerance, especially in March and going into April now. And that’s when you need to monitor temperatures or for (the crop) to
Feed weekly outlook: Shipping to feedlots becomes problem
CNS Canada –– Spring has sprung on the Prairies, meaning road bans are starting, leading to problems shipping feed grains to feedlots in Alberta. “The supply is actually there at the farm gate but getting the supply from the farm gate to the end-user means more truck logistics and higher freight rates typically,” said Jim
Prairie wheat bids follow U.S. futures down
The loonie rising more than 1-1/3 U.S. cents on the week also pressured cash prices
Wheat bids in Western Canada fell for the week ended March 23, taking direction from falling U.S. futures and a higher Canadian dollar. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS, 13.5 per cent) wheat prices fell across the Prairie provinces, according to price quotes from a cross-section of delivery points compiled by PDQ (Price and Data
CBOT weekly outlook: Shocker USDA reports leave questions for traders
CNS Canada — Two much anticipated reports from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) sent markets soaring and left traders speechless in the last trading day before the Easter holiday. USDA released its quarterly grain stocks and prospective plantings reports Thursday at 11 a.m. CT. Traders had been expecting corn area to be at 80.3
Downturn seen in organic markets for malt barley, hemp
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
Agriculture manufacturers on edge over trade
The nearly $2-billion-a-year industry lives and dies on trade and uncertainty is making it nervous
With Canada in the midst of numerous free trade agreement negotiations, the Canadian agricultural manufacturing industry is feeling on edge. While the future of some trade deals for Canada is bright, others aren’t looking so good. “The lack of clarity around NAFTA is the big issue at the moment. It’s got a lot of people,
Prairie wheat bids rise as dollar falls
MGEX, CBOT and K.C. wheat futures values are all down on the week
Hard red spring wheat bids in Western Canada took strength from a weaker dollar, with bids rising in price for the week ended March 16. Depending on the location, average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS, 13.5 per cent protein) wheat prices rose across the Prairie provinces, according to price quotes from a cross-section of delivery
Feed weekly outlook: Grain supply starting to dry up
CNS Canada –– As the winter ends, supply is getting tight for feed grains in Lethbridge’s feedlot alley. “We’re seeing a little bit of a pullback on prices on most commodities in anticipation for making sure everything gets out before road bans,” said Brandon Motz, sales manager at CorNine Commodities at Lacombe, Alta. The feed
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