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Feed grains weekly: USDA ups global coarse grain estimate

Production up 4.4 per cent on year

By Phil Franz-Warkentin August 14, 2025

Total world coarse grain production in 2025/26 is forecast to be up by 25 million tonnes from earlier estimates, largely due to increased corn production in the United States, according to the latest Feed Outlook from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, released Aug. 14.

Livestock, Markets

Feed Grain Weekly: Barley, wheat competing with U.S. corn

Western Canadian grains hold price advantage

By Adam Peleshaty August 7, 2025

While U.S. corn prices are falling, Western Canadian feed barley and feed wheat still have price advantages, said a Lethbridge-based trader.

Cereals, Markets, spring-wheat, winter-wheat

Feed Grain Weekly: Rain weakens Alberta prices, rest of Prairies remains firm

Farmers should shop around

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm July 31, 2025

Feed grain prices in Alberta moved lower following recent rains, said Susanne Leclerc, owner of Market Master Ltd. in Edmonton. However, she suggested prices could increase prior to the coming harvest.

barley, Beef cattle, Cereals, Markets, spring-wheat, winter-wheat

Feed Grain Weekly: Buyers holding off from making purchases

Weak demand stems from shortage of replacement cattle

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm July 24, 2025

Weak demand continues to hamper prices for feed barley and wheat, said Darcy Haley, vice-president of Ag Value Brokers in Lethbridge.

A dry patch in a canola field north of Neepawa, Man. on July 17, 2025. Photo: Miranda Leybourne

Crops

Manitoba crops suffer drought signs

Lack of grain fill, short crops and premature ripening are starting to show up in Manitoba fields where little rain has fallen since the start of May

By Miranda Leybourne July 19, 2025

Lack of grain fill, short crops and premature ripening are starting to show up in Manitoba fields where little rain has fallen since the start of May.

Corn bids and offers have lately been far apart, with bids generally a dollar or more below the C$12 per bushel Ontario farmers would like to see. Photo: iStock/Getty Images

barley, Markets

Feed Grain Weekly: Prices in a slow decline

Seasonal weakness, rains pressure barley

By Adam Peleshaty July 10, 2025

Seasonal weakness and recent rains across the Prairies pressured feed grain prices according to a Moose Jaw-based trader.

Crops

Barley, oats sustainability quantified by study

One tonne of oats produced in Saskatchewan has a carbon footprint 201 per cent lower than that produced across the country

By Karen Briere July 8, 2025

The carbon footprint of oats and barley grown in Saskatchewan is lower than the same crops grown elsewhere, according to new study from the Global Institute for Food Security.

One commodity group in Vancouver said its feed barley was about C$8 per bushel for Alberta. Photo: File

barley, Crops

Feed grain weekly: Canadian barley area down

Supplies to tighten

By Phil Franz-Warkentin July 3, 2025

Canadian farmers planted their smallest barley crop in eight years in 2025, with tightening supplies likely going forward.

Crops, News

Alberta Crop Report: Conditions improve

Crop conditions still behind historical averages

By Adam Peleshaty June 30, 2025

Crop conditions improved in Alberta during the week ended June 24, but they are still behind historical averages.

Crops, Markets

Feed Grains Weekly: Prices to remain in a ‘funk’ for now

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm June 26, 2025

Feed prices on the Canadian Prairies have slipped over the last week and are poised to remain flat to the end of the year, said Darcy Haley, vice-president of Ag Value Brokers in Lethbridge.

Daily Network News

B.C. ostriches culled, CFIA confirms

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs end week on high note

U.S. grains: Soybeans bounce as Chinese demand assessed, wheat drops

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