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Malt barley supplies large ahead of new crop year

By GFM Network News March 27, 2014

CNS Canada –– After seeing record yields in 2013, Canada could still be holding onto enough malt barley to supply the domestic industry for an entire year at the end of the current crop year. Those large supplies are cutting into prices, but buyers will still need fresh stocks due to germination issues, and may […] Read more

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Alta. feed barley prices remain firm

By GFM Network News March 24, 2014

CNS Canada — Cash barley prices near the key cattle feeding area of Lethbridge, Alta. remain firm, supported in large part by lingering winter weather and sluggish movement of grain across Western Canada, say brokers in the region. According to Shane Roberts of Cactus Commodity at Raymond, Alta., prices for March/April deliveries are anywhere from […] Read more

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Calgary’s Big Rock picks B.C. brewery site

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News March 4, 2014

Calgary craft brewer Big Rock Brewery has picked a vacant warehouse in Vancouver’s Mount Pleasant area for the site of a bigger-than-expected second brewery. The company had announced plans last September to set up and open a second brewery somewhere in British Columbia’s Lower Mainland region, expecting to spend in the range of $1.5 million […] Read more

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Grainworld: Barley prices to remain in downtrend for months

By GFM Network News February 26, 2014

Winnipeg | CNS Canada — Barley prices in Western Canada have seen a bit of a rebound rally recently, but that trend is not expected to stick around. The recent price climb was sparked by a stop in farmer selling and by ideas that the market dropped too low, too quick, Jim Beusekom of Market […] Read more

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Lethbridge barley rallies by $10 since mid-January

By GFM Network News February 6, 2014

CNS Canada — The Lethbridge barley market has appeared to have bottomed out in January, as prices have rallied by $10 per tonne in the past few weeks. “The barley market through the last two weeks has ticked up a little bit,” said Jim Beusekom, grain broker at MarketPlace Commodities in Lethbridge, Alta. “Lethbridge is […] Read more

Barley, Cereals, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Competition in Lethbridge’s feed market drives prices lower

By GFM Network News January 16, 2014

Competition for Lethbridge’s marketplace is heating up, as feed wheat and barley are nearly priced identically, leading to further declines in both markets. “It seems like they are both trading in the mid-C$150 (per tonne) range,” said Allen Pirness, senior trader at MarketPlace Commodities in Lethbridge. According to the Alberta Canola Producers Commission, feed barley […] Read more

The youngest leaves were most affected and were severely yellowed in this barley crop.

Barley, Crops, Features

Crop Advisor’s Casebook: Yellowed sixth and seventh barley leaves tell a tale

A Crop Advisor's Solution from the April 18, 2011 issue of Grainews

By Stephanie Richards April 4, 2011

As Rodney drove by his field mid-June last year, he got a nasty shock. His barley crop — progressing well up until that point —was turning yellow. “I’ve never seen this in my 20 years of farming,” Rodney told me. “My barley crop is under a lot of stress,” he said. Rodney farms 1,000 acres […] Read more

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Barley

Malt barley supplies large ahead of new crop year

Alta. feed barley prices remain firm

Calgary’s Big Rock picks B.C. brewery site

Grainworld: Barley prices to remain in downtrend for months

Lethbridge barley rallies by $10 since mid-January

Competition in Lethbridge’s feed market drives prices lower

Crop Advisor’s Casebook: Yellowed sixth and seventh barley leaves tell a tale

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