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Cereals, Crops

Cereal crop quality reasonable as harvest looms

Unsurprisingly, a late spring has translated into a delayed harvest this year

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Despite getting off to a later-than-normal start, early harvest results show reasonable grade and yield in the province’s cereal fields. “I would say the quality in general, how it’s looking in the field, is good,” says Anne Kirk, Manitoba Agriculture’s cereal specialist. Roughly half of the winter cereals (winter wheat and fall rye) have been
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Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Grain prices start moving upward

New-crop barley already en route to feedlots

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MarketsFarm — Hot temperatures and a lack of precipitation in recent days are helping Alberta growers make significant progress, according to Lethbridge-based Market Place Commodities’ president Jim Beusekom. “In southern Alberta, (the harvest) is doing just fine,” he said. “We had some rain last week. Some (had) more, some less. Last week limited how much
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Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder markets digest StatCan data

Barley crop expected up 34 per cent on year

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Compared to last week, western Canadian yearling markets traded steady to $2 higher. Yearling prices have strengthened by $8-$10 over the past four weeks. Calf values were relatively unchanged but the market was hard to define due to limited volumes. Alberta packers were buying on a dressed basis from $300 to $302 delivered, up $1-$2
File photo of a sunrise over an Alberta barley crop. (MNphotography/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Barley harvest begins in Alberta

Prices continue easing

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MarketsFarm — The barley harvest has already started in Alberta and prices continue to ease downward, according to one trader. “Around Lethbridge, they seem to have a good portion done,” said Erin Harakal, trade manager for Agfinity Inc. at Stony Plain, Alta. “Some areas in the north are starting, as well. The Edmonton area, Red
Jeff and Sheila Elder on their farm near Wawanesa, Man.
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Sizing up the new kids on the malting block

Malt barley variety acceptance has been a slow road, but newcomers are showing genetic promise

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Two beer glasses were waiting as each attendee of the Manitoba Malt Barley Field Day filtered past a table set up on the Elder Farm near Wawanesa, Man. Both were golden yellow and only lightly hopped, to better gauge the quality of malt. Both were brewed under identical conditions. Only the variety was different. One
Oat leaves display chlorosis discoloration, one of the first signs of barley yellow dwarf virus.
Crops, News

Barley yellow dwarf virus confirmed

Despite the name, the pathogen can infect any small-grain cereal crop

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An aphid carrying the barley yellow dwarf virus has been making itself known in Manitoba this year. The bird cherry-oat aphid is the main suspect when it comes to spreading the insect-carried disease, which does not spread through dirt or seed. Why it matters: While barley yellow dwarf virus, or “red leaf” when it’s found
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Cereals, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Declining prices not raising buyers’ interest 

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MarketsFarm – Despite prices for Western Canadian feed barley and wheat continuing to decline, buyers are not opening their wallets just yet. Erin Harakal, trade manager for Agfinity Inc. in Stony Plain, Alta., said while growing prospects of a more typical harvest are making cereal crops more affordable, there is still a wait-and-see attitude from

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