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Faller, Prosper insured as ‘feed’ wheats by MASC

If the Canadian Grain Commission creates a new class for weaker-gluten wheats  crop insurance will likely follow with a new category of its own

By Allan Dawson May 29, 2015

Faller and Prosper wheats are generally used for milling, but in Manitoba they’re still insured as feed wheats. That means in the case of a crop insurance payout, a hit of $1.77 a bushel — the difference in the 2015 insured value of Red Spring wheat at $6.26 a bushel versus $4.49 for feed wheat.

Crops, Markets

Prairie feed wheat relatively strong against milling wheat

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin May 15, 2015

CNS Canada –– Relative strength in the feed wheat market in Western Canada compared to milling wheat is making feed channels a more attractive option for some growers with lower-end milling wheat left to sell. “Right now, feed is pretty well on par with a lot of the base milling-grade wheats,” said Jared Seitz, trade

Beef cattle, Crops, Hogs, Markets

Feed barley feeling ‘downward sag,’ trader says

By Dave Sims, GFM Network News May 11, 2015

CNS Canada — Feedlot demand for cash barley is weakening slightly as cattle producers prepare to turn animals loose on pastures, but prices are still hanging in there, according to one participant. “Farmers aren’t really selling a whole lot at these levels,” said Allen Pirness of Market Place Commodities in the feedlot alley near Lethbridge,

Crops, Markets

Wheat, canola stocks surprisingly tight in StatsCan report

By GFM Network News, Terryn Shiells May 6, 2015

CNS Canada — Canada’s ag industry was surprised to see some tighter-than-anticipated supply estimates in Statistics Canada’s latest report on stocks of grain and oilseeds Wednesday morning. StatsCan said Canadian wheat supplies, as of March 31, totaled 16.74 million tonnes — about a million lower than expected, said Mike Jubinville of ProFarmer Canada. “On the

Crops, Markets

Feed barley bids rangebound in Western Canada

By Dave Sims, GFM Network News March 19, 2015

CNS Canada –– Prairie feed barley prices continue to hang tough in March, locked into a range established early this year. “We’re seeing a lot of bids in and around $205” per tonne, said Allen Pirness, a trader for Market Place Commodities at Lethbridge. Bids had been hitting around $210 per tonne, for example, on

Beef cattle, Livestock, Markets

Cattle chew through less grain in 2014-15, so far

By Dave Sims, GFM Network News February 5, 2015

CNS Canada — Mild weather, fewer cattle and a growing list of alternative grains led Canadian cattle to chew through less feed in the first five months of the 2014-15 crop year. According to Tuesday’s grain stocks report from Statistics Canada, feed barley usage was at 2.67 million tonnes as of Dec. 31, down from

Beef cattle, Livestock

Properly processed feed wheat doesn’t cause tummy trouble

Researchers in Lethbridge swapped wheat for barley in a cattle ration without any  negative effects — but the wheat must be properly processed

By Jennifer Blair January 27, 2015

Shrinking barley acres have cattle producers on the hunt for a low-cost feed option. And feed wheat could be the answer — as long as the wheat is processed properly. “There was a feeling out there that you probably couldn’t feed more than 50 per cent wheat in the diet because wheat is quite rapidly

Crops, Markets

Feed barley values seen ‘popping’ in January

By Dave Sims, GFM Network News January 8, 2015

CNS Canada –– Western Canadian feed barley prices remained firm to start the year, with bids having enjoyed a gradual rise from the $190 per tonne range in late November to the current level of $210 per tonne. “Bids have firmed up, not surprisingly it’s kind of popping in January,” said Allen Pirness, a trader

Daily Network News

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Faller, Prosper insured as ‘feed’ wheats by MASC

Prairie feed wheat relatively strong against milling wheat

Feed barley feeling ‘downward sag,’ trader says

Wheat, canola stocks surprisingly tight in StatsCan report

Feed barley bids rangebound in Western Canada

Cattle chew through less grain in 2014-15, so far

Properly processed feed wheat doesn’t cause tummy trouble

Feed barley values seen ‘popping’ in January

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