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Feed weekly outlook: Big demand lacking for barley, wheat

By GFM Network News February 18, 2022

MarketsFarm — Prices for feed barley have swung a little higher over the last week — but it’s not due to feedlots needing a lot of the cereal, according to Brandon Motz of CorNine Commodities at Lacombe, Alta. Barley prices, he said, were $420-$424 per tonne delivered into Lethbridge, with offers as high as $445 […] Read more

File photo of growing corn plants. (Peggy Greb photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

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Bayer rolling out short corn variety tolerant of weather extremes

By GFM Network News February 18, 2022

Reuters — Global farm chemicals and seeds maker Bayer will launch a corn variety in the United States next year that it says will better tolerate heavy winds associated with climate change, estimating future sales in North America as high as one billion euros. The corn, which grows one-third shorter than current varieties, will be […] Read more

Standing corn north of St. Adolphe, Man. on Sept. 19, 2021. (Dave Bedard photo)

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Feed weekly outlook: Corn seeing higher prices, transportation delays

By GFM Network News February 11, 2022

MarketsFarm — Corn has become the primary feed grain in Alberta feedlots due to its lower price compared to barley and wheat. However, rising corn prices in the U.S. and transportation issues are causing some buyers to give pause. “Basic levels are a little bit stronger. (Add in) the exchange rate, there are a little […] Read more

A drought-hit cornfield at Nao-Me-Toque in Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state on Jan. 9, 2022. (Photo: Reuters/Diego Vara)

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CBOT weekly outlook: More adjustments expected after lacklustre USDA report

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News February 9, 2022

MarketsFarm — Updated supply/demand estimates from the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Wednesday included only minor revisions, with the lacklustre report doing little to move the market. While South American production numbers were revised lower, further downward revisions are likely in subsequent reports, according to a market analyst. “We were a little surprised the USDA […] Read more

A supplied aerial photo of vehicles blocking through traffic on Feb. 1, 2022 at the Canada-U.S. border crossing between Coutts, Alta. and Sweet Grass, Montana. (Photo courtesy Alberta RCMP)

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Feed weekly outlook: Alberta blockade affects feed grain deliveries

By GFM Network News February 3, 2022

MarketsFarm — A truck blockade at a Canada-U.S. border crossing at Coutts, Alta. has caused some headaches for grain buyers in southern parts of the province. Since Saturday, commercial trucks and other vehicles have blocked Highway 4, a 103-km stretch which runs from the border to Lethbridge, to protest COVID-19 health measures. On the U.S. […] Read more

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Feed weekly outlook: Markets facing uncertainty

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News January 28, 2022

MarketsFarm — Feed grain markets in Western Canada are facing some uncertainty amid tight domestic supplies and reports of transportation issues bringing up corn from the United States. “It’s very strange,” said Susanne Leclerc of MarketMaster Ltd. in Alberta. “You see stories like that (reporting on feedlots running low on grain), then you talk to […] Read more

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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

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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

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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

Corn, Reuters

China to give safety approval to more domestic GMO corn types

By GFM Network News December 29, 2021

Beijing | Reuters – China plans to approve the safety of more genetically modified (GMO) corn varieties produced by domestic companies, the agriculture ministry said on Dec. 27. The move comes after Beijing last month proposed an overhaul of regulatory seed rules to pave the way for approval of GMO crops and as top policy […] Read more

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Feed weekly outlook: Big demand lacking for barley, wheat

Bayer rolling out short corn variety tolerant of weather extremes

Feed weekly outlook: Corn seeing higher prices, transportation delays

CBOT weekly outlook: More adjustments expected after lacklustre USDA report

Feed weekly outlook: Alberta blockade affects feed grain deliveries

Feed weekly outlook: Markets facing uncertainty

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

Feed weekly outlook: Alberta bids see slight gains

Feed weekly outlook: Feedlots, elevators filled with corn

China to give safety approval to more domestic GMO corn types

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