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While yearling prices have been very strong, calf prices are trading $10 to $15 lower than a year ago.

Calf prices below year-ago levels

Market Update with Jerry Klassen: Seek price protection if you're backgrounding calves this winter

By Jerry Klassen October 18, 2019

Western Canadian feedlot margins have hovered in negative territory throughout the summer and early fall. In late September, Alberta packers were buying fed cattle on a dressed basis in the range of $231 to $232; live bids were quoted from $136 to $139. Recent prices are about $15 to $20 below break-even pen closeout values. […] Read more

Innotag, a Quebec-based distributor is introducing the Sky Agriculture Easy Drill to western Canada.

Machinery

Sky Agriculture’s Easy Drill debuts in the west

Drill’s ability to seed cover crops may appeal to conventional or organic farmers

By Scott Garvey October 18, 2019

There’s a new drill in town looking to impress western farmers. It’s the Easy Drill from Sky Agriculture, which is a division of France-based Sulky. That company has been in business since 1936. But here on the Prairies, it isn’t exactly a household name. Quebec-based Innotag represents Sky Agriculture in this country and had the […] Read more

Wet field conditions have made this year's harvest exceedingly difficult for producers.

Crops, News, Weather

Weather window allows Sask. farmers to resume harvest

Saskatchewan Crop Report for the week ending October 14

By Saskatchewan Agriculture October 17, 2019

Relatively warm and dry weather allowed for some producers to return to the field last week, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s weekly Crop Report. Sixty-nine per cent of the crop is now in the bin, up from 55 per cent last week but remaining well behind the five-year (2014-2018) average of 88 per cent for this […] Read more

Finishers, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Limited harvest progress weighs on feeder cattle

By Jerry Klassen, GFM Network News October 15, 2019

Compared to last week, western Canadian feeder cattle markets were down $2 to as much as $8 in some cases. A fortuitous bounce in the barley market resulted in a softer tone for replacement cattle. It appears that the Canadian barley crop will be smaller than earlier anticipated and some of the crop will likely […] Read more

Crops, Wheat & Chaff

Testing seed for pathogens for next year’s crop

Q & A with Nutrien Ag Solutions

By Lane Blanke October 10, 2019

Q. When seed testing, what pathogens should we test for? A. In an era of high input costs, unpredictable weather conditions and volatile grain markets, farmers face many challenges even before they get the crop in the ground. Getting seed tested is an easy and inexpensive way to help ensure a healthy crop stand. While […] Read more

Crops, News, Weather

Wet, cool weather slows harvest progress in Sask.

Saskatchewan Crop Report for the week ending October 7

By Saskatchewan Agriculture October 10, 2019

Many producers were able to return to the field last week and 55 per cent of the crop is now in the bin. This is up from 47 per cent last week but remains well behind the five-year (2014-2018) average of 82 per cent for this time of year. Twenty-nine per cent of the crop […] Read more

File photo of wheat under snow. (Ssvyat/iStock/Getty Images)

Barley, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Weather

Feed weekly outlook: Prairie grain market finding a bottom

By GFM Network News October 9, 2019

MarketsFarm — The western Canadian feed grain market is showing signs of finding a bottom, as buyers wait to get a better handle on the quality of grain still unharvested across the Prairies. Feed barley is currently trading at around $200 per tonne in southern Alberta, while feed wheat bids are around $210, according to […] Read more

File photo of wheat storage for a flour mill at Yokohama, Japan. (Joel-t/iStock/Getty Images)

General, Markets, Reuters

Japan trade deal aims to put U.S. farmers on par with TPP

By Reuters, GFM Network News October 8, 2019

Washington | Reuters — The new U.S.-Japan trade deal will provide staged reduction of Japanese tariffs for more than US$2 billion worth of U.S. beef and pork, matching access now granted to the 11 Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact countries, a text of the agreement shows. U.S. President Donald Trump presided over a White House signing […] Read more

Finishers, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Adverse weather tempers feeder market

By Jerry Klassen, GFM Network News October 8, 2019

Compared to last week, western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded $3-$5 lower. Excessive snow in Alberta and ongoing rains across Manitoba and Saskatchewan set a negative tone. The market appeared to incorporate a risk discount, although many auction barns had limited numbers on offer. Buyers once again focused on local cattle and avoided transportation over […] Read more

These photos, taken on August 15 just west of Edmonton, show classic copper deficiency. The field is a sandy loam soil with five to six per cent organic matter. The roadway, built about 10 years ago, has shoulders made up from deep-dug clay loam piled onto the field from the ditch. This clay loam is low in organic matter, probably one to two per cent or less, but high in available copper (see more below, including video).

Cereals, Columns, Crops

Identifying copper deficiency in wheat

Ieuan Evans looks at 2019 growing conditions, including areas where copper levels are low 

By Ieuan Evans October 4, 2019

In early August in central Alberta I was still seeing yellow fields of canola. Honeybees and mosquitoes were having an extended nectar flowing season. I will stick my neck out as usual and make a few observations and prophecies across the Western Prairies. Crops are late in the northern part of the Western Prairies, but […] Read more

GFM Network News

U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle hit contract highs on tight supply

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

Alberta harvest wrapping up: report

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