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Feed weekly outlook: Tight logistics underpinning Prairie feed market

By GFM Network News November 4, 2022

MarketsFarm – Canada’s barley crop may have improved considerably in 2022 compared to 2021’s drought-stricken crop, but the logistics of getting that grain to Alberta’s feedlot alley are keeping prices well supported. Canada grew 9.4 million tonnes of barley during the 2022 growing season, which was up by 35 per cent from the previous year. […] Read more

A combine in the Interlake runs against the setting sun on Nov. 1, 2022, in an effort to wrap up harvest. Photo: Greg Berg

Crops, Markets

Manitoba nets average crops in 2022 after wet spring

By GFM Network News November 2, 2022

MarketsFarm – Wet spring conditions delayed seeding operations across much of Manitoba to start the 2022 growing season, but warm summer conditions allowed for good development with yields for most crops showing a marked improvement over the drought-stricken 2021 harvest, according to the final crop report of the season from Manitoba Agriculture. On a crop-by-crop […] Read more

The general manager of a pulse processing plant in Saskatchewan predicts “stability” in organic markets for 2023. Photo: Getty Images

Crops, Markets

Webinar reveals thoughts on present, future of organic markets

By GFM Network News October 31, 2022

MarketsFarm – Ten representatives from companies buying or producing organic crops took part in a webinar discussing the markets for those crops hosted by SaskOrganics on Oct. 27. The marketing webinars, which are held bi-annually before spring seeding and after harvest, are designed to connect organic grain buyers and producers as well as provide information […] Read more

The cows are being gathered up and brought to a corral so they can be
hauled to new fall pasture.

Cattleman’s Corner, Cereals

Straight combining — a new learning experience

Harvest underway, and here’s hoping there is enough hay bales for the winter

By Heather Eppich October 31, 2022

This year I had the opportunity to learn something new. I had never combined with a straight cut header. We had some organic barley that was very short. Gregory was afraid that we would lose most of it if he swathed it, so he put the straight cut header on my combine as well as […] Read more

Commercial vessels including vessels which are part of Black Sea grain deal wait to pass the Bosphorus strait off the shores of Yenikapi during a misty morning in Istanbul, Turkey, October 31, 2022. Photo: Reuters/Umit Bektas

Markets, Reuters

U.N.’s Black Sea grain deal continues without Russia

By GFM Network News October 31, 2022

London | Reuters – Grain was flowing out of Ukraine at a record pace on Monday under an initiative led by the United Nations aimed at easing global food shortages despite Russia’s decision to suspend its participation in the scheme. Russia said on Saturday it was pulling out of the deal, which ensured safe passage […] Read more

Prices for feed barley and feed wheat in Alberta are higher than last year. Photo: Canada Beef

Barley, Cereals, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Good quality, yields amid rising feed prices

By GFM Network News October 27, 2022

MarketsFarm – With harvesting operations coming to a close, there were very few complaints about the quality and yields of new crop feed grains, according to one Lethbridge, Alta.-based trader. “Quality-wise, everything’s been sounding good for the most part. A couple of areas might have a bit of lighter bushels, but for the most part […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Alberta feedlot backlog limits demand for feeder cattle

By Jerry Klassen, GFM Network News October 25, 2022

Compared to last week, Western Canadian yearling prices traded steady to $2 lower on average while calf markets were down $3 to $5. Feedlots in Alberta and Saskatchewan are backed up with significant numbers of market ready fed cattle which has set a negative tone for replacement cattle. Carcass weights are nearing historical highs. Barley […] Read more

While feedlot placements are up in the U.S. the opposite is happening in Western Canada
with feedlot placements dropping sharply below year-ago levels through the summer period.

Cattleman’s Corner, Livestock

Cattle market digesting many variables

Large Prairie barley crop in 2022, but big shipments of feed to China

By Jerry Klassen October 21, 2022

As of the third week of September, Alberta packers were buying fed cattle on a live basis in the range of $180-$183/cwt delivered. Alberta finished cattle prices were rather flat throughout September. For March and April of 2023, feedlot operators have been able to forward-contract fed cattle on a dressed basis at $345/cwt delivered which […] Read more

Corn west of Mitchell, Man. on Oct. 17, 2018. (Dave Bedard photo)

Barley, Corn, Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Corn imports pressure grain prices in Lethbridge

By GFM Network News October 20, 2022

MarketsFarm — With harvesting operations winding down, high-delivered bids for feed barley and wheat in Alberta are higher compared to the same time last month and last year. However, there is still some volatility in feed grain prices, according to one Lethbridge-based trader. “I think most (of the increase) was (due to) demand, but as […] Read more

Columns, Crops

What is sustainable agriculture?

Prairie farmers have adopted some of the most sustainable practices among agricultural producers in the world

By Ieuan Evans October 18, 2022

No, sustainable agriculture is not organic farming, wildlife management, having a mixed livestock and grain system or anything else. It is efficient, effective, common sense crop production. In recent years, Prairie farmers have adopted some of the most sustainable practices among agricultural producers in the world. Contrary to the naysayers who rant about the destruction […] 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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