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Standing corn north of St. Adolphe, Man. on Sept. 19, 2021. (Dave Bedard photo)

Feed weekly outlook: Corn trading higher than barley

Seeding begins in Alberta

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News May 6, 2022

MarketsFarm — Imported corn from the U.S. is still the grain of choice for feedlots in southern Alberta, despite the fact feed barley is at a slightly lower price right now. Corn traded on Wednesday at around $480 per tonne ($12.19 per bushel) in Lethbridge, said Jim Beusekom, president of Market Place Commodities in Lethbridge.

Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feedlot demand up prior to seasonal rally

Market for calves 'boiling hot' in Manitoba

By GFM Network News, Jerry Klassen May 3, 2022

For the week ending April 30, western Canadian feeder cattle prices were quite variable. Yearlings traded $8 lower as much as $5 higher. Severe discounts were noted on fleshier cattle; some auction barns reported the bulk of cattle over 800 pounds were medium to heavier flesh. Deferred live cattle futures were under pressure but the

The USDA building in Washington, D.C. (Art Wager/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets

USDA attache predicts large 2022-23 grain crops for Canada

By GFM Network News, Marketsfarm May 2, 2022

MarketsFarm — Canada is expected to see a 30 per cent increase in grain production in 2022-23, according to estimates from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service post in Ottawa. Expectations for improved yields for Prairie grain crops after the 2021-22 drought accounted for much of the projected increase, although USDA also cautioned

Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Seeding on time in southern Alberta

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News April 29, 2022

MarketsFarm — As southern Alberta still reels from the effects of last summer’s drought, one trader expects spring seeding for feed grains to be on time. “I think it should be on schedule this year,” said Erin Harakal, trade manager for Agfinity Inc. at Stony Plain, Alta. Planting has already started in some places around

Yuri, a Ukrainian farmer, wears his body armour while preparing to work in a field on April 26, 2022 in the country’s southern Zaporizhzhia region. (Photo: Reuters/Ueslei Marcelino)

Crops

Ukrainian farmers don bulletproof vests to plough frontline fields

By GFM Network News April 27, 2022

Zaporizhzhia | Reuters — Ukrainian farmers in the southern region of Zaporizhzhia, which borders the frontline of the military conflict with Russia, are now wearing body armour to plough their fields. A week after the war started, grad rockets — bombs fired via a truck-mounted multiple-launch system — began falling right next door to the

Markets, News

French seeding down on wheat, up on barley, rapeseed

By Gus Trompiz, Sybille De La Hamaide April 26, 2022

Reuters – Farmers in France, the European Union’s biggest crop producer, are expected to cut back on wheat and sugar sowing for this year’s harvest, but expand barley and rapeseed area, the country’s Farm Ministry said April 12. The ministry pegged the 2022 area of soft wheat, France’s most grown cereal, at 4.79 million hectares

Crops, Markets, Weather

StatsCan predicts more Canadian wheat acres, less canola in 2022

Lentil, corn, soy acres are also expected up from 2021, barley down

By GFM Network News, Marketsfarm April 26, 2022

MarketsFarm — Canada’s farmers intend to seed more acres to wheat and less to canola in 2022, according to the first survey-based estimates from Statistics Canada for the upcoming crop year released Tuesday. Canola area is forecast at 20.9 million acres by the government agency, which would be down by seven per cent from the

Calves are being sold sooner than expected while cow culling rates are higher than normal. Photo: Thinkstock

Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Adverse weather tempers feeder cattle market

By GFM Network News, Jerry Klassen April 26, 2022

Compared to last week, western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded $3-$4 on either side of unchanged. Southern Alberta experienced severe wind and dust storms last week which softened buying interest from a large portion of feedlot operators. At the same time, grass conditions are quite variable across the Prairies despite the recent precipitation. Cooler temperatures

Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: U.S. corn imports getting expensive

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm April 22, 2022

MarketsFarm — As barley and wheat supplies for feed remain tight, demand for corn imports from the U.S. remains strong — but a rally in corn over the last couple of weeks is putting strain on the market, according to Brandon Motz of CorNine Commodities at Lacombe, Alta. “It is definitely deterring sales and/or purchases

Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Yearling prices soften but calves drop sharply

By GFM Network News, Jerry Klassen April 20, 2022

Compared to last week, western Canadian yearling prices unchanged to $4 lower on average while calves were down $4 to as much as $8 in some cases. The steer-heifer spread appeared to widen by $2-$3 for yearlings and $3-$6 for calves. Adverse weather set a negative tone and the market appeared to incorporate a risk

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Feed weekly outlook: Corn trading higher than barley

Klassen: Feedlot demand up prior to seasonal rally

USDA attache predicts large 2022-23 grain crops for Canada

Feed weekly outlook: Seeding on time in southern Alberta

Ukrainian farmers don bulletproof vests to plough frontline fields

French seeding down on wheat, up on barley, rapeseed

StatsCan predicts more Canadian wheat acres, less canola in 2022

Klassen: Adverse weather tempers feeder cattle market

Feed weekly outlook: U.S. corn imports getting expensive

Klassen: Yearling prices soften but calves drop sharply

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