By Commodity News Service Canada
Winnipeg, Nov. 21 (CNS) – Following are a few highlights in
the Canadian and world feed grains markets on Tuesday, Nov. 21.
The corn harvest in the United States is 90 per cent
complete, according to the United States Department of
Agriculture’s weekly crop progress report released Monday. This
is down five per cent from the five-year average. While corn
harvest is complete in states like Nebraska and Tennessee,
northern states like Michigan are lagging behind at only 76 per
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According to Martin Grantley-Smith from the United
Kingdom’s Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board,
Britain’s grain sector will not do well outside of the European
Union because of its low volumes and poor harvests. Grantley-
Smith spoke at a U.K. parliamentary committee inquiry stating
non-EU grain producers such as Russia, Ukraine and the U.S. have
been “exporting perfectly” for a very long time, and in volumes
that Britain “can’t imagine”. But he said there are
possibilities for market development in North Africa, the Far
East and Saudi Arabia, where demand for U.K. exports of animal
feed and malted barley is high.
Feed wheat prices in Alberta fell by 14 cents over the last
barley prices in Saskatchewan and Alberta however rose over the
last day. Prices jumped by 20 cents in Saskatchewan to C$3.75
per bushel and in Alberta prices increased by four cents to
C$4.62 per bushel.
