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Klassen: Yearling market remains red hot

Barley harvest well underway in southern Alberta

By Jerry Klassen, GFM Network News September 2, 2020

Compared to last week, western Canadian yearling prices were $2-$4 higher on average; however, in southern Alberta, yearlings traded $6-$8 above week-ago levels. A few auction barns in Alberta held their first feature sales of the fall run and buyers showed up with both hands. The quality of yearlings coming off grass is excellent and […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Wheat crop to be second-largest on record, StatsCan predicts

Canola estimate at lower end of trade predictions

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News August 31, 2020

MarketsFarm — Canada’s farmers will have grown their second-largest wheat crop on record in 2020, according to the first production estimates of the year from Statistics Canada, as released Monday. The government agency pegged total wheat production in the country for 2020-21 at 35.74 million tonnes, up 10.5 per cent on the year and second […] Read more

A barley crop south of Ethelton, Sask. on July 30, 2019. (Dave Bedard photo)

Barley, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Feed weekly outlook: Grain prices soften into fall

By GFM Network News August 28, 2020

MarketsFarm — Old-crop feed grain prices are converging with new-crop and coming under some seasonal pressure. “As we get closer to new crop, we’ve been seeing the switch to new-crop prices from old-crop,” said Erin Harakal, a senior trader with Agfinity in Lethbridge. Feed barley prices are around $195-$200 per tonne delivered in the Lethbridge […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Canola crop expectations vary ahead of StatsCan report

By GFM Network News August 27, 2020

MarketsFarm — Statistics Canada is due to publish its first production estimates for Canada’s 2020 growing season on Monday (Aug. 31). Late-season hot temperatures and a lack of rain may cause Canada’s canola production to be lower than originally expected, according to some market participants. Earlier in the growing season, Winnipeg-based FarmLink Agriculture Solutions published […] Read more

Finishers, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Yearling prices on fire

Canada's cattle herd remains in contraction stage

By Jerry Klassen, GFM Network News August 25, 2020

Compared to last week, yearlings coming off grass traded $3-$5 higher; backgrounded yearlings were $1-$3 higher on average while calf markets were relatively unchanged. February and April live cattle futures closed marginally lower for the week; however, fed cattle basis levels from U.S. packers are very strong for winter and spring. This appears to be […] Read more

Barley. (Photo courtesy Canada Beef Inc.)

Barley, Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Early harvest pressures Alberta prices

By GFM Network News August 20, 2020

MarketsFarm — Feed prices in Alberta took something of a tumble this week, Allen Pirness of Market Place Commodities in Lethbridge reported. Feed prices in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, meanwhile, were steady. “Six weeks ago we were seeing harvest, at best, at the end of August. With the heat wave that’s been upon us the last […] Read more

Finishers, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Yearling demand remains firm

By Jerry Klassen, GFM Network News August 18, 2020

Compared to last week, western Canadian yearlings fresh off grass traded steady to $2 higher; backgrounded yearlings were relatively unchanged. The calf market was too thin to quote. Major feedlot operators set the price structure and were once again very aggressive. While many feedlots are backed up with market-ready supplies of fed cattle, some feedlots […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Clearer picture of coming crop means lower prices

By GFM Network News August 13, 2020

MarketsFarm — Prices for feed barley and wheat have been trending lower recently, according to Brandon Motz of CorNine Commodities at Lacombe, Alta. While there has been some harvest pressure, Motz said “it’s more of an equalization of the crops. “We got through the crunch of July not knowing exactly where things were at. As […] Read more

Finishers, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Weaker feed grains drive feeder market higher

By Jerry Klassen, GFM Network News August 11, 2020

Compared to last week, western Canadian yearlings traded $2-$4 higher. This was the first week of the fall yearling run with larger groups of quality packages and there was no shortage of buying enthusiasm. Heavier yearlings were readily trading at 52-week highs. Feed barley prices collapsed in southern Alberta as the harvest started in the […] Read more

Barley, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Feed weekly outlook: Barley bids drop ahead of harvest

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News August 7, 2020

MarketsFarm — Seasonal harvest pressure is already weighing on the Canadian feed barley market, with most end users covered for the time being and waiting for the new crop. “We’re seeing buyers fill up” on barley, said Susanne Leclerc of Market Master in Edmonton. Bids were dropping on a daily basis from those still in […] Read more

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Klassen: Yearling market remains red hot

Wheat crop to be second-largest on record, StatsCan predicts

Feed weekly outlook: Grain prices soften into fall

Canola crop expectations vary ahead of StatsCan report

Klassen: Yearling prices on fire

Feed weekly outlook: Early harvest pressures Alberta prices

Klassen: Yearling demand remains firm

Feed weekly outlook: Clearer picture of coming crop means lower prices

Klassen: Weaker feed grains drive feeder market higher

Feed weekly outlook: Barley bids drop ahead of harvest

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