Coceral expects European grain output to rise in 2023

Coceral expects European grain output to rise in 2023

Grain production in the European Union plus the United Kingdom is expected to rise in 2023, grain industry lobby group Coceral said recently, recovering after dry and hot weather caused crop damage in many parts of the region this year. Harvest prospects in the EU are being monitored closely as grain markets wrestle with supply

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Klassen: Feeder market to start 2023 on firm tone

Counter-seasonal behaviour expected

There were no market reports last week due to the holiday season; however, I still received a few calls from cattle producers regarding the feeder market outlook for the first quarter of 2023. The feeder market finished 2022 at 52-week highs. Steers averaging 500 lbs. were readily trading over the psychological $300 level while 900-lb.


Grain bins in a Saskatchewan field. (MysticEnergy/iStock/Getty Images)

Feed weekly outlook: Grain, price movement ongoing over holidays

Colder weather stymies deliveries

MarketsFarm — With the Christmas break come and gone, more grain is being delivered to feedlots, according to one Lethbridge trader. Mike Fleischhauer of Eagle Commodities Ltd. said that despite the holiday season, in which lighter activity is expected, there was still some movement in feed grain prices. Wheat and barley were both valued at



Agronomy research extension manager Jeremy Boychyn discusses the Manipulator trial on the farm of Greg and Jeff Porozni in early August. A treated strip is on the left (behind the attendees) and an untreated one on the right.

Trial examines plant growth regulators in wheat

There was a reduction in lodging but PGR effectiveness depends on the product, variety and location

Glacier FarmMedia – Do plant growth regulators reduce lodging in wheat? They had an impact, but not a huge one, in an on-farm field trial done this year. “What we’ve seen is that they are not a silver bullet when it comes to lodging,” said Jeremy Boychyn, agronomy research extension manager for Alberta Barley and

A November photo from Waterloo Brewing’s company blog promoting its “apple crumble porter” from its 2022 Signature Series Winter Collection. (WaterlooBrewing.com)

Carlsberg to buy Ontario’s Waterloo Brewing

Danish brewing giant paying $144 million to scale up Canadian business

One of the world’s biggest beer companies is moving to expand its brewing capacity on Canadian soil with a $144 million deal for Kitchener-based Waterloo Brewing. Carlsberg Group on Wednesday announced an all-cash deal worth $4 per share for all shares of Waterloo Brewing, which bills itself as the largest Canadian-owned brewery in Ontario and


Australia forecasts record wheat crop despite floods

Reuters – Australia is expected to produce a bumper year of crops including record wheat production in the current financial year, the government said Dec. 6, despite the impact of widespread flooding in the country’s eastern region. Total winter crop production across the country is forecast to total 62 million tonnes, the second highest on



CBOT March 2023 oats with 20- and 50-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Feed weekly outlook: Wheat, barley eschewed for other grains

Oats, corn finding demand as feed

MarketsFarm — Feed wheat and barley prices in Alberta’s feedlot alley are coming down, largely due to the increasing presence of corn imported from the U.S. The high-delivered bid for Alberta feed barley on Wednesday was $9.80 per bushel, 11 cents lower than the previous week and 22 cents lower than one month earlier, according

A scene from a Canterra Seeds video about AAC Connect in which a seed rep talks about its short straw and also says it matures early and has strong resistance to fusarium head blight.

The old guard in malt barley is starting to give way

Two up-and-comers top the recommended list from the Canadian Malting Barley Technical Centre

The short list of recommended malt barley varieties is even shorter this year and a familiar name is missing. There are only four on this year’s list of varieties recommended by the Canadian Malting Barley Technical Centre. “At the top of the list this year are two of Canada’s newer varieties, AAC Connect and CDC