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Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder market holds value

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Compared to last week, western Canadian yearling markets traded $2-$4 on either side of unchanged; calf prices held value, but there were pockets like Lethbridge where values were $2-$4 higher. Alberta packers were buying fed cattle on a live basis in the range of $156-$158. If an Alberta feedlot booked its feed grains in April
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Crops, Markets

Prairie cash wheat: Gains in prices vary by type

MGEX, CBOT December wheats up on week

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MarketsFarm — Bids in Western Canada for the week ended Thursday were higher for Canada Western Amber Durum (CWAD), Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) and Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) wheats. Gains in most of the U.S. wheat markets led to the increases, which were tempered somewhat by a stronger Canadian dollar. Average CWRS (13.5
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Crops, Markets

Prairie cash wheat: Prices rise as worldwide stocks fall

U.S. December wheat futures up on week

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MarketsFarm — Continued tightening of worldwide wheat stocks has raised spring wheat prices in Western Canada during the week ended Thursday. As winter wheat planting in North America and Europe begins, dry conditions remain a threat not only in North America, but also in Argentina and Russia. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) also predicts
AAFC’s Drought Monitor map as of Aug. 31, 2021.
Crops, Weather

Drought maps show little change at end of August

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MarketsFarm — Much of Western Canada remained in some state of drought at the end of August despite widespread rains late in the month, according to updated maps compiled by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. The area mapped out as dealing with ‘exceptional drought’ in south-central Manitoba’s agricultural regions contracted slightly compared to the previous month
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Other, Weather, Weather Vane

Summer precipitation totals hide the drought

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OUTLOOK | Medium-range weather models hint at cold weather mid-month

For this article we will take a quick look back at August, then a quick look at the summer. I’ll wrap it up by looking at what the latest long-range forecasts call for this fall. I won’t have room to go into detail on this summer’s weather and will have to leave that for another
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Farmit Manitoba, Other

South-central municipalities, cities fighting to keep water flowing

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WORRIES | Struggling dairy farmers not out of water yet, but are being careful, digging new wells, says Dairy Farmers of Manitoba

The water co-op that supplies some water to houses, hospitals, businesses and farms in Morden, Winkler, Altona, Carman and many other south-central communities has been forced to install temporary water intakes in the Red River after water levels fell too low to reliably reach its system. “For us, our life is turned right upside down
This issue’s map shows the amount of precipitation that fell during August (or more precisely, in the last 30 days ending Sept. 2), as a percentage of average. It was a wet month across a good portion of both Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Western Manitoba, northeastward into the northern Interlake and south-central Saskatchewan, were the wettest areas, with amounts more than doubling their long-term averages.
Other, Weather

Weather: Plenty of chances for rain remain

FORECAST | Issued Sept. 3, 2021, covering the period from Sept. 8 to 15, 2021

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Last week’s forecast played out fairly close to what the weather models predicted. We saw unsettled weather early in the period, with a return to sunshine over the long weekend. It did miss the odd shower over the weekend but was spot on with the temperatures. The weather models then called for an area of low pressure to move in

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