Statistics Canada reported on Sept. 25, 2025 that August major grain deliveries were down from a year earlier.
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August grain deliveries down from 2024: StatCan
Feed Grain Weekly: Buyers holding out for cheaper barley
There is very little activity for feed barley as potential buyers are holding out for lower prices, said a Lethbridge-based trader.
Canadian Barley Research Coalition pledges $1.8 million to USask Crop Development Centre
A group of Prairie crop associations have pledged $1.8 million to continue barley variety development at the University of Saskatchewan’s Crop Development Centre.
Feed Grain Weekly: Corn prices steady, barley harvest slows
Lower U.S. corn prices and a slow Canadian barley harvest were affecting Western Canadian feed prices on Sept. 17, 2025.
Canadian crop production revised mostly higher from August
Canadian grain and oilseed production in 2025/26 was likely larger than earlier expectations, as warm temperatures and increased precipitation across the Prairies in August helped crop development, according to updated estimates from Statistics Canada released Sept. 17.
Feed Grain Weekly: Barley, wheat swinging upward
Prices for feed grains on the Canadian Prairies have “started to rebound a little bit,” said Matt Beusekom, trader with Market Place Commodities in Lethbridge.
Feed Grain Weekly: Barley prices stay steady for now
Susanne Leclerc of Market Master Ltd. in Edmonton said feed barley prices have stayed put over the past week.
Australian crops to surpass 10-year averages
Canola 34 per cent above 10-year average
Australian farmers are forecast to grow slightly more canola and barley this year, while wheat production may dip, according to the latest estimates from the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES).
Feed Grains Weekly: Price likely to keep stepping back
Expected to drop passed last year’s lows
As the harvest in southern Alberta presses on, a broker said that is one of the factors pulling feed prices lower in the region. Darcy Haley, vice-president of Ag Value Brokers in Lethbridge, added that lower cattle numbers in feedlots, plentiful amounts of grass for cattle to graze and a lacklustre export market also weighed on feed prices.
Feed Grain Weekly: Barley seeing low prices, demand
Feed barley prices may continue to decline
Feed barley prices continue to have an advantage over feed corn and prices may go lower, said one trader.
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