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Overall crop conditions in Alberta’s latest provincial crop report were pegged at about 78 per cent. Photo: File

Strong crops in southern Alberta, weaker ratings in north

By MarketsFarm Team, GFM Network News July 31, 2020

MarketsFarm – Crop conditions in Alberta are a story of opposites in looking at the data in the latest provincial crop report. In the northern half of the province excessive moisture has created poor crop conditions, while more ideal conditions in the south have resulted in ratings far above the five-year averages. Due to the […] Read more

Cereals, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Feed grains come under harvest pressure

By GFM Network News July 31, 2020

MarketsFarm – Delayed springtime planting pushed back the feed grain harvest. As a result, prices for old crop feed grains are now beginning to converge with new crop prices. “It feels like we’re transitioning towards new crop,” remarked Travis Ebens, a grains trader with CorNine Commodities in Lacombe, Alta. He said prices for feed barley […] Read more

CME October 2020 feeder cattle with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Finishers, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder market looking firm for fall

By Jerry Klassen, GFM Network News July 21, 2020

The western Canadian feeder market was hard to define last week due to the small volumes. Small groups under 10 head were quite common and in many cases, one to three head were running through the ring. Discounts were quite severe on these stragglers; however, quality feeder cattle traded at similar levels to last week. […] Read more

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

Barley, Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Belated new crop props up barley

By GFM Network News July 17, 2020

MarketsFarm — Delayed spring seeding means new-crop feed barley has a few more weeks left in the field, which is keeping old-crop prices strong into summertime. “We were expecting new-crop barley in the end of July, but with the later seeding date this year we’re not expecting to see new crop until at least mid- […] Read more

Cattleman’s Corner, Livestock, Markets

Feeder prices divorce from fed cattle market

It will take time to work through the backlog of market-ready cattle

By Jerry Klassen July 16, 2020

During the third week of May, Alberta fed cattle were selling in the range of $150 to $153. However, the backlog of market-ready supplies has caused prices to come under pressure. A month later in the last week of June, Alberta fed cattle prices were averaging $123 on a live basis. During the same period, […] Read more

Barley, Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Prices to soften as new crop year nears

By GFM Network News July 9, 2020

MarketsFarm — Prices for feed barley and wheat will decline as the new crop year gets closer, according to Erin Harakal, senior trader with Agfinity at Stony Plain, Alta. Harakal said the new crop should start coming off of the fields around the end of August and the beginning of September. “Usually at this time […] Read more

Crops

Merged Manitoba crop groups qualify for checkoffs

Manitoba Crop Alliance also names top brass

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News July 8, 2020

The new unit formed from the merger of five Manitoba crop commodity organizations is set to begin collecting checkoffs for its founding groups’ crops, starting Aug. 1. The Manitoba Crop Alliance (MCA) announced Monday it now has its designation under the provincial Agricultural Producers’ Organization Funding Act. The designation allows the new organization to collect […] Read more

Finishers, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder cattle market searching for direction

Feedlots expecting barley prices to drop

By Jerry Klassen, GFM Network News July 7, 2020

Western Canadian feeder cattle prices continue to trade in a sideways pattern. Compared to last week, prices were quoted $2-$3 on either side of unchanged. Most auction barns were on holidays last week and arenas that did hold sales experienced limited volumes. Therefore, the market was hard to define. U.S. feeder cattle markets were steady […] Read more

Barley south of Ethelton, Sask. in early August 2017. (File photo by Dave Bedard)

Barley, Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Barley bids soften as sector stabilizes

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News July 3, 2020

MarketsFarm — Feed barley bids in Western Canada have softened over the past two weeks, as some normalcy returns to the feeding sector. Feed barley bids delivered into the key Lethbridge feeding area have come down by $6-$8 per tonne over the past two weeks, with current prices around $240 per tonne, said Brandon Motz […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Weather

Attention turns to yield potential after StatsCan report

Future tweaks to acreage numbers seen as unlikely to sway markets

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News June 29, 2020

MarketsFarm — Updated acreage estimates from Statistics Canada came largely within market expectations, with the focus now shifting to growing conditions and yield potential. The survey was completed in early June “and may not have captured all of the seeding delays and potential shifts that may have happened in central/northern Alberta and northwestern Saskatchewan because […] Read more

GFM Network News

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U.S. grains: Soybeans tumble on doubts over U.S.-China trade progress

Alberta harvest wrapping up: report

Barley

Strong crops in southern Alberta, weaker ratings in north

Feed weekly outlook: Feed grains come under harvest pressure

Klassen: Feeder market looking firm for fall

Feed weekly outlook: Belated new crop props up barley

Feeder prices divorce from fed cattle market

Feed weekly outlook: Prices to soften as new crop year nears

Merged Manitoba crop groups qualify for checkoffs

Klassen: Feeder cattle market searching for direction

Feed weekly outlook: Barley bids soften as sector stabilizes

Attention turns to yield potential after StatsCan report

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