It might be feed, but it’s not necessarily feed wheat

It might be feed, but it’s not necessarily feed wheat

Reporting winter wheat as feed wheat, 
just because it happened to be fed to animals, 
ignores the true grade of the crop

Just because you’re selling winter wheat into the feed market, doesn’t mean you should report it to crop insurance as grading “feed.” While doing so won’t affect a claim, or your individual long-term coverage, it could over time negatively affect the province-wide crop insurance grade guarantee for winter wheat, which currently is No. 3 Canada



(Canada Beef Inc. photo)

Buyers eating up Lethbridge feed barley

CNS Canada –– Lethbridge feed barley prices have strengthened on bargain buying, according to one market watcher, while demand for feed wheat is steady at best. Lethbridge barley prices have increased from $200-$205 in January to $205-$215 in February, as the grain becomes more difficult to source, said Jim Beusekom, president at Market Place Commodities.






(Doug Wilson photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Feed barley looking bearish

CNS Canada –– Seasonal harvest pressure is starting to weigh on feed grains in Western Canada, while quality downgrades to crops still on the field may put further pressure on values going forward. “There are quite a few bearish indicators out there,” said Kyle Sinclair, of CorNine Commodities at Lacombe, Alta. For starters, early yield