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Barley south of Ethelton, Sask. on Aug. 3, 2017. (Dave Bedard photo)

Feed weekly outlook: Western Canadian market stabilizing

MarketsFarm — Western Canadian feed grain prices have come under pressure over the last month, but appear to be stabilizing as attention turns to spring seeding across the Prairies. “We’ve been steadily dropping for the past few weeks, and it’s leveled out now,” said Tracey Green, grain broker with Market Master Ltd. in Edmonton. Buyers

Crops

Early seeding comes with risks

They can be managed but the issues shouldn’t be ignored

By Don Norman April 16, 2019

As the weather warms, thoughts turn to early seeding — but how to balance the risks and rewards of the practice? According to crop insurance data, early-seeded crops tend to show increased yields compared to later-seeded crops. But there are risks involved. For example, nutrient availability and uptake, particularly phosphorus, is severely hampered in cold,

Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Barley bids soften as attention turns to new crop

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin April 11, 2019

MarketsFarm — Feed barley bids in the key cattle feeding area of southern Alberta are coming under some pressure, as attention begins to turn to the new crop. “Demand is dropping off here a little bit,” said Allen Pirness of Market Place Commodities in Lethbridge. Feedlots have extended coverage through the spring and into the

Crops, Local news

Farmers sticking with canola-seeding plans

If you’re thinking of changing, contact your seed retailer ASAP

By Allan Dawson April 11, 2019

So far it looks like western farmers are sticking to their rotations and not jumping out of canola this spring, despite losing their top market, China. “Farmers are locked and loaded and sticking to it,” Canadian Canola Growers Association CEO Rick White said in an interview April 4. “Yes, some have been pushing their rotations.

Rick White, CEO of the Canadian Canola Growers Association says doubling the maximum cash advance to $800,000 or even $1 million, plus allowing farmers to repay 2018 canola cash advances with cash will help canola growers with cash flow following the loss of the Chinese canola market.

Local news, News

Changes to cash advances can help canola farmers’ cash flow: White

The Saskatchewan government says the entire loan should be interest free

By Allan Dawson April 11, 2019

One way to help canola farmers suffering lower prices following the loss of the Chinese market is enhancing the cash advance program, says Canadian Canola Growers Association (CCGA) CEO Rick White. “We have a tool,” White, whose organization administers 98 per cent of Western Canada’s cash advances, said in an interview April 4. “That’s what

Crops, Markets

Pulse weekly outlook: Yellow, green pea prices vary ahead of seeding

By GFM Network News April 9, 2019

MarketsFarm — India’s tariffs on Canadian pulses hit green and yellow peas particularly hard over the past year — and the market is still hurting as producers plan acres for 2019. Since yellow pea exports dropped significantly in the middle of the year, “there’s going to be a lot of carryover in yellow peas for

File photo of a flooded North Dakota highway. (DLerick/E+/Getty Images)

Crops, Weather

Heavy North Dakota snows threaten wheat seeding

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen March 25, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — A blanket of heavy, wet snow covering most of North Dakota, the top U.S. wheat state, threatens to delay planting of spring wheat in another blow to a U.S. farm belt already facing billions of dollars in damage from flooding. Farmers from Missouri to South Dakota have seen their corn and

Crops, Markets, Weather

Feed weekly outlook: Spring weather may swing Prairie feed markets

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin March 22, 2019

MarketsFarm — Weather conditions have the potential to swing feed grain markets in Western Canada over the next few weeks, although prices generally remain steady for the time being. “Spring is here, and as the snow melts it creates mud, road bans and all that lovely stuff,” said Brandon Motz of CorNine Commodities in Lacombe,

CBOT May 2019 wheat with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat falls on profit-taking

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub March 13, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures eased 1.2 per cent on Wednesday, setting back on a mild round of profit taking after prices posted their biggest rally since last summer on Tuesday. Corn and soybeans ended higher after weakening overnight and early in the day session as traders moved to cover short positions amid

Crops, Markets

USDA’s latest WASDE lacks ‘market-turning’ news

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm March 11, 2019

MarketsFarm — There was nothing in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s latest world supply and demand estimates (WASDE) report that could have created major moves on commodities markets, according to an analyst. The report, issued Friday, “didn’t give us any kind of a market-turning type news,” said Steve Georgy, president of Allendale Inc. in McHenry,

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Tag Archives seeding

Feed weekly outlook: Western Canadian market stabilizing

Early seeding comes with risks

Feed weekly outlook: Barley bids soften as attention turns to new crop

Farmers sticking with canola-seeding plans

Changes to cash advances can help canola farmers’ cash flow: White

Pulse weekly outlook: Yellow, green pea prices vary ahead of seeding

Heavy North Dakota snows threaten wheat seeding

Feed weekly outlook: Spring weather may swing Prairie feed markets

U.S. grains: Wheat falls on profit-taking

USDA’s latest WASDE lacks ‘market-turning’ news

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