The Western Canadian feed market remains under pressure, with barley bids stuck in a steady downtrend.
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Feed barley stuck in downtrend
Canada has imported 564,900 tonnes of U.S. corn since Sept. 1
Arctic doomsday vault gets record batch of crop seeds
Twenty-three seed banks took part, nine of them for the first time
A frozen Arctic vault built to preserve global agricultural crops from extinction received seeds on Tuesday from the largest number of new contributors yet, a custodian of the remote facility said.
Online fusarium management tool due out this spring
Preliminary tests of the online tool showed a good level of accuracy
A follow-up to a story we first brought you last July about a new online tool being developed by soil scientists at the University of Manitoba to make fusarium head blight (FHB) risk management in cereal crops easier for Prairie farmers. Paul Bullock, a senior scholar with the U of M’s department of soil science, […] Read more
Feed grain weekly: Buyers waiting longer to purchase more grain
U.S. corn shipments continue to put pressure on feed prices
Buying activity for feed barley and feed wheat in Western Canada is moving slowly and prices continue to decline, according to Susanne Leclerc, owner of Market Master Ltd. in Edmonton.
Feed grain weekly outlook: Ample supplies pushing down prices
Livestock feeders well covered with U.S. corn, pressuring prices
Due to good supplies, prices for feed barley and wheat continued to slide back, according to Jim Beusekom of Market Place Commodities in Lethbridge, Alta.
Less Canadian wheat, more canola on hand to end 2023: StatCan
Some had anticipated even larger on-farm canola stocks, given slower export pace
Canadian wheat stocks at the end of 2023 were considerably tighter compared to the previous year, with oats, corn and pulse crops also seeing supply reductions, according to the latest stocks report from Statistics Canada, released Feb. 8, 2024. However, canola, barley and soybean stocks as of Dec. 31, 2023, were higher compared to the previous year.
Technical centre wants farmers to consider barley
AAFC projects higher barley production in 2024
As farmers prepare for spring seeding, the Canadian Malting Barley Technical Centre reminded them to keep barley in mind.
Prairie feed market remains under pressure
U.S. corn imports adding to lack of demand for domestic barley
Feed grain markets in Western Canada remain under pressure, with end users well covered and farmers still sitting on large amounts of unpriced grain.
Australia achieves average wheat, barley harvests
Total exports down, but percentage going to China increased
Australian wheat and barley came away with average crops for 2023/24, as the threat of dryness caused by an El Niño posed a major challenge, according to the United Stated Department of Agriculture attaché in the country’s capital of Canberra.
Feed grain weekly outlook: Buyers looking towards springtime
Analysts suggest farmers will grow less barley
Feedlots continued to purchase corn imports from the United States, putting pressure on feed barley and wheat prices in Western Canada. However, the prospective of fewer planted acres this spring could give prices a boost.
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