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Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder market eyes feed grain complex

Downside expected in new-crop barley prices

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Compared to last week, western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded steady to $2 higher on average. Alberta packers were buying fed cattle on a dressed basis in the range of $353-$357/cwt delivered last week, up from the average price of $348/cwt delivered seven days earlier. Strength in the fed cattle market continues to support the
Canada Malting’s processing plant in Montreal. (CanadaMalting.com)
Crops

France’s InVivo makes bid for United Malt

Bid would include Canada Malting business

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Reuters — United Malt Group has received an indicative, non-binding offer from Malteries Soufflet, a branch of French agribusiness InVivo, the Australian commercial maltster said on Tuesday, valuing it at A$1.5 billion (C$1.36 billion). The A$5 per share offer represents a 45.3 per cent premium to United Malt’s last close of A$3.44. Trading in shares
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Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Domestic grain prices slipping

Prairie wheat, barley on par with U.S. corn

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MarketsFarm – Feed wheat and barley prices in Western Canada have slowly trended lower over the past few months, with prices for both grains now on par with imported corn from the U.S. into Alberta’s key Lethbridge feedlot alley. All three grains are trading at around $410 per tonne into Lethbridge, according to Jim Beusekom,
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Crops, Markets

Little change in barley acres expected

Malt barley prices mainly steady

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MarketsFarm — As spring planting approaches, Peter Watt of the Canadian Malting Barley Technical Centre (CMBTC) said there likely won’t be a big shift in barley acres that will be planted in 2023. “Producers have made their [planting] decisions for the most part. You might see people adjust their plans a little bit based on
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Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Corn the choice crop in feedlots

'Bigger feedlots are looking for volume'

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MarketsFarm — Copious amounts of corn are still being delivered to feedlots in southern Alberta despite slowly declining prices for other feed grains. “Corn is coming down over the last little bit,” Mike Fleischhauer of Eagle Commodities Ltd. in Lethbridge said. “You think that there would be a little bit more barley hitting the market.
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Crops

Record winter crop production expected for Australia

Summer crop production seen down on year

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MarketsFarm — Australia will see its highest-ever winter crop production thanks to record wheat and canola harvests, according to the latest crop report from the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) released Monday. Winter crop production in Australia is estimated at 67.6 million tonnes, up 8.4 per cent from ABARES’ crop
Oats contain beta-glucans which add sweetness and a silky mouthfeel and haze to beer.
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There are oats in that there beer

Manitoba Oat Growers hear how their crop is turned into craft booze

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Beer isn’t just the domain of barley, Manitoba Oat Growers heard at their AGM on February 15. Christopher Marsh, a brewer with Lake of the Woods Brewing Company, talked to farmers about how he uses oats in the craft beer he brews. Lake of the Woods Brewing Company has breweries in Kenora, Winnipeg and Warroad,
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Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Calves jump on corn outlook

Softer barley values underpin yearling market

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Compared to last week, western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded $5 to as much as $12 above week-ago levels. Alberta packers were buying fed cattle on a dressed basis in the range of $332-$335 delivered, up $5-$8 from last week. Stronger fed cattle prices and softer barley values underpinned the yearling market. Buyers were finicky
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Cereals, Crops, Markets

Feed grain weekly: Prices slip back on good supplies

Demand for corn from Manitoba, U.S. wanes

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MarketsFarm — There are sufficient supplies of feed barley, wheat and corn across the Prairies, according to Evan Peterson, trader with JGL Commodities. In turn, that’s putting pressure on prices. Peterson said a shortage of trucks and truck drivers last summer and fall led buyers to acquire as much feed as possible to get through
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Crops, Markets

Grain deliveries surge January over January

Data marks recovery from 2021 drought

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MarketsFarm — Producer deliveries of major grains were up sharply last month when compared to January 2022, according to Statistics Canada (StatCan). At more than 5.36 million tonnes, those deliveries jumped 85 per cent when comparing January to January. The spike in deliveries reinforced the significant recovery on the Prairies from the drought in 2021.

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