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Feed weekly outlook: Status quo for now, but change coming

By GFM Network News January 20, 2022

MarketsFarm — Feed grains in Western Canada have been holding close to the status quo for the last little while, but that’s likely to change, according to Jim Beusekom of Market Place Commodities in Lethbridge. He pointed to increases in corn and wheat this week in U.S. futures markets, in which corn has gained about […] Read more

CBOT March 2022 oats (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (yellow, brown and dark green lines). (Barchart)

Crops, Markets, Oats

Oat prices, acres to rise in 2022, analyst says

By GFM Network News January 15, 2022

MarketsFarm — An independent crop market analyst told Saskatchewan oat growers he is bullish for the crop in 2022. Brennan Turner, founder and former CEO of online crop marketing platforms FarmLead and Combyne Ag, delivered a presentation at the Saskatchewan Oat Development Commission’s (SaskOats) annual general meeting in Saskatoon on Wednesday. Turner, a Foam Lake […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Prairie cash wheat: Stronger crop prospects, loonie lower bids

MGEX, K.C. wheat down on week

By GFM Network News January 14, 2022

MarketsFarm — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s projected increases for domestic and worldwide wheat ending stocks, along with a strengthening Canadian dollar, brought pressure onto western Canadian wheat bids for the week ended Thursday. In its monthly world agricultural supply and demand estimates (WASDE) report on Wednesday, USDA showed a projected 1.78 million-tonne rise in […] Read more

Barley, Corn, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Feed weekly outlook: Alberta bids see slight gains

By GFM Network News January 13, 2022

MarketsFarm — Alberta feedlots are only buying feed barley and wheat on a hand-to-mouth basis as demand remains unchanged, according to a local trader. “A lot of the feedlots we work with are buying what they needed and getting covered,” said Agfinity Inc. senior trader Erin Harakal from Stony Plain, Alta. High-delivered bids are $12.93 […] Read more

File photo of wheat plants in Afghanistan. (PK Ahmad/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Reuters, Spring Wheat

Taliban increase payment in wheat as economic crisis deepens

By Reuters, GFM Network News January 11, 2022

Kabul | Reuters — Afghanistan’s Taliban administration said on Tuesday it was expanding its ‘food for work’ program, in which it uses donated wheat to pay thousands of public sector employees instead of cash as a financial crisis intensifies. Wheat, largely donated by India to the previous U.S.-backed Kabul government, is being used to pay […] Read more

Barley, Corn, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Feed weekly outlook: Feedlots, elevators filled with corn

By GFM Network News January 7, 2022

MarketsFarm — As 2022 begins, feed grain markets in Alberta have been “status quo,” according to a grain buyer. “There’s a lot of grain that has been pre-contracted in terms of corn coming in from the United States,” said Brandon Motz of CorNine Commodities at Lacombe, Alta. “Lots of priority has been towards execution, making […] Read more

Cereals, Markets, Spring Wheat

Prairie cash wheat: Bids down despite cold weather, Russian tensions

By GFM Network News December 31, 2021

MarketsFarm – Despite a wide array of factors which would have provided support to prices, Prairie wheat was in the red for the week ended Dec. 30. With areas already experiencing dry conditions, a large cold snap hit both the Prairie provinces in Canada and the Southern Plains in the United States. For the latter, […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Prices to remain steady until spring

By GFM Network News December 30, 2021

MarketsFarm – Feed grains in Western Canada are seeing limited trading during the holiday season, but the demand for feed remains at feedlots. “The trade has been very slow. We’re kind of just in execution mode right now,” said Evan Peterson, trader for JGL Commodities in Moose Jaw, Sask. “Stocks are tight on the farm, […] Read more

Cereals, Markets

Mexican wheat production rises, declines for corn

By GFM Network News December 30, 2021

MarketsFarm – Production numbers for Mexico’s wheat and corn went in opposite directions, according to the latest Global Agricultural Information Network (GAIN) report from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) released on Dec. 28. The country’s wheat production forecast for the 2021-22 marketing year (July to June) was revised to reflect a 2.3 per […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Prairie cash wheat: Prices booked remarkable upswing in 2021

U.S. wheat futures well up on year

By GFM Network News December 24, 2021

MarketsFarm — There were huge gains in wheat prices in Western Canada this past year. Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) and Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) wheats shot up by $200 per tonne or more, while those for Canada Western Amber Durum (CWAD) spiked well in excess of $400 per tonne. Significant increases in U.S. […] Read more

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Feed weekly outlook: Status quo for now, but change coming

Oat prices, acres to rise in 2022, analyst says

Prairie cash wheat: Stronger crop prospects, loonie lower bids

Feed weekly outlook: Alberta bids see slight gains

Taliban increase payment in wheat as economic crisis deepens

Feed weekly outlook: Feedlots, elevators filled with corn

Prairie cash wheat: Bids down despite cold weather, Russian tensions

Feed weekly outlook: Prices to remain steady until spring

Mexican wheat production rises, declines for corn

Prairie cash wheat: Prices booked remarkable upswing in 2021

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