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Barley. (Doug Wilson photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Feed weekly outlook: Harvest pressure, looming corn imports weigh on barley bids

Some yields turn out 'better than expected'

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News September 21, 2023

MarketsFarm — Seasonal harvest pressure and expectations for large corn deliveries from the United States should limit any upside potential in feed barley bids in Western Canada for the foreseeable future despite this year’s smaller crop. “We’re getting some better-than-expected yields (in central Alberta), so there is some harvest pressure with guys needing to move […] Read more

Students Selena Delahunty and Jaydon Bick inspect an AAFC barley silage field in Saskatchewan. They noted the presence of spot-form net blotch, which they reported to the Prairie Crop Disease Monitoring Network using the Quick Disease Reporter Tool.

Crops, Features

Quick Disease Reporter Tool a game-changer for farmers

Farmers and consultants are alerted about emerging disease issues

By Jim Timlick September 21, 2023

It’s a major frustration for farmers and crop advisers when they discover disease in a field and realize it’s too late to do anything about it. A new online tool developed by the Prairie Crop Disease Monitoring Network is designed to change that. The Quick Disease Reporter Tool allows users to electronically report disease outbreaks […] Read more

“In terms of future marketing plans, keep a close eye on those production levels because even now the USDA is forecasting some very tight soybean ending stocks, and that’s going to influence canola prices.” – Bruce Burnett.

Editor's column, Wheat & Chaff

Editor’s Column: A look at fall forecasts: weather, wheat and canola

By Kari Belanger September 19, 2023

Harvest is under way across the Prairies. At this time of year, I like to read the provincial crop reports to follow how harvest is progressing. Of the major crops, according to the reports I’m currently reading (it’s Sept. 5), harvest of winter wheat and fall rye is almost a wrap across the Prairies, followed […] Read more

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Crops, Markets

Few surprises in StatCan report, analyst says

Downward revision on canola among those few

By GFM Network News September 15, 2023

MarketsFarm PRO analyst Mike Jubinville said Statistics Canada’s principal field crop production report, released Thursday, did not contain too many surprises. The agency’s previous report on Aug. 29 already provided insight as to what production numbers were going to be, he said, but still warned the model-based projections in the latest report will not be […] Read more

Barley, Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: More demand for barley in Alberta

U.S. corn imports still expected to cap barley values

By GFM Network News September 15, 2023

MarketsFarm — As Alberta’s harvest continued, yields and crop conditions have varied across the province, according to Erin Harakal, trade manager for Agfinity Inc. at Stony Plain, Alta. “There has been such a wide range across the map, it really depends on location,” she said. “We’ve seen some areas that are just below average of […] Read more

Finishers, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder market continues to consolidate

U.S. feeder cattle supplies seen tighter than expected

By Jerry Klassen, GFM Network News September 13, 2023

Compared to last week, western Canadian grass yearling prices were relatively unchanged. Yearlings over 800 lbs. on light grain rations or on diets mixed with silage were priced at $5 to as much as $20 discount to those cattle coming straight off pasture. Larger groups of uniform quality continue to trade at a minor premium […] Read more

Canola grown at a Resilient Rotations test site in Swift Current, Sask., didn’t perform well in 2021. Severe drought at the flowering stage resulted in low yields and economic returns.

Features

Rotations and the bottom line

Prairie researchers examine how different crop rotations affect net economic returns

By Jim Timlick September 11, 2023

When it comes to on-farm decision making, the bottom line for most farmers is often, well, the bottom line. A 2019 survey of Manitoba farmers bore that out. The survey, conducted on behalf of the Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers, asked farmers which factors were important to them when planning their crop rotations. Yield potential […] Read more

File photo of a federal office building in downtown Winnipeg. (Dave Bedard photo)

Crops, Markets

Canada’s canola carryout up on year, wheat down slightly

Barley, oats, peas also up on year

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News September 9, 2023

MarketsFarm — Canadian canola ending stocks edged higher in 2022-23, while wheat carryout was slightly lower, according to the latest stocks data from Statistics Canada, released Friday. Barley, oats and peas also saw increases on the year, while lentil supplies tightened. Total wheat stocks as of July 31, at 3.58 million tonnes were down by […] Read more

File photo of harvesting near Wymark, Sask., south of Swift Current, on Sept. 8, 2020. (Nancy Anderson/iStock/Getty Images)

Barley, Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Harvest pressure keeps lid on prices

Domestic prices seen weighing on corn imports

By GFM Network News September 8, 2023

MarketsFarm — As the harvest continued across the Canadian Prairies, pressure kept feed grain prices largely in check, according to Crystal Leitch of Market Master Ltd. in Edmonton. “We don’t see things changing too much because pricing is not what it was. There’s some hope that pricing is going to come back up, whether it […] Read more

File photo of idled equipment in drought conditions on a farm in New South Wales, Australia. (f.ield_of_vision/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets, Weather

Australian crop estimates adjusted slightly lower

Crop seen down 34 per cent from last year

By GFM Network News September 5, 2023

MarketsFarm — Total 2023-24 winter crop production in Australia, at an estimated 45.2 million tonnes, is expected to be 34 per cent off the record highs hit last year but slightly above the June forecast as upward revisions to canola and barley counter a downward revision to the wheat number, according to the latest crop […] Read more

GFM Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle rebound on technical buying

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall as rapid harvest overshadows China trade hopes

Good weather pushes Alberta harvest along

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