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Klassen: Demand for grass cattle pushes feeder market higher

By Jerry Klassen May 21, 2024

For the week ending May 18, Western Canadian yearling markets were trading $3 to $5 higher compared to seven days earlier. Calf prices were relatively unchanged compared to the prior week. The feeder market appears to be consolidating near historical highs.

Weather

Prairie forecast: Cool and unsettled weather across the Prairies

By Daniel Bezte May 15, 2024

For this forecast period, well, it's a bit of a mess. Overall, it looks like we could be stuck in a cool, wet pattern until the end of the month.

Markets

Pulse weekly: Yellow, green pea prices rise

May 14, 2024

India’s extension of tariff-free pea imports last month has caused a rise in Canadian prices, according to a Saskatchewan pulse merchant.

File photo of cattle on pasture.(MikeEntertainment/iStock.Getty Images)

Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder cattle market takes defensive tone

By Jerry Klassen May 14, 2024

It’s that time of year when available supplies start to decline. At the same time, demand is limited. Most backgrounding operators have sufficient numbers and demand for grassers is waning. Ontario interest was noted in Manitoba and Eastern Saskatchewan, which appeared to sustain prices near last week’s levels.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, pictured here at a Remembrance Day event in 2023. Photo: Supplied/X.

News, Reuters

Alberta urges Trudeau to head off port and rail strikes

By Reuters May 13, 2024

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to do all he can to head off potentially devastating strikes by railway and port workers.

Crops, Markets

Seeding in Alberta ahead of pace

May 10, 2024

Overall spring seeding of all crops in Alberta was just over 18 per cent complete, according to the province’s first crop report of 2024. The pace was nearly seven points above the five-year average.

Photo: Kelsey Pangborn/iStock/Getty Images

Markets

Feed Grain Weekly: A bearish market, especially in southern Alberta

May 9, 2024

Sufficient supplies of domestic barley and wheat along with the ongoing influx of corn from United States, have continued to keep a lid on feed grain prices on the Canadian Prairies. That’s especially so in southern Alberta, according to Darcy Haley, vice-president of Ag Value Brokers in Lethbridge.

Weather

Prairie forecast: Mild with a chance of showers

By Daniel Bezte May 8, 2024

A large area of low pressure stalled out just south of the Prairies early this week, bringing some much-needed significant rains that stretched from western Manitoba through Saskatchewan and into Alberta. This low is forecasted to rapidly break down over the next day or so and make way for some nice late-spring weather.

AAFC’s Breanne Tidemann says kochia (seen here) appears to be spreading to areas of Alberta where it wasn’t seen previously.

Crops, Features

Into the weeds: 2024 in preview

Prairie specialists consider which weeds are most likely to succeed as the season proceeds

By Jim Timlick May 8, 2024

The past few seasons have been a challenging time for farmers on the Canadian Prairies. Extreme heat, lack of precipitation and steep increases in production costs have caused some sleepless nights for many producers. As if those weren’t enough to contend with, another potential threat to crops will soon rear its ugly head: weeds. Grainews […] Read more

Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder cattle experience weather market

By Jerry Klassen May 7, 2024

For the week ending May 4, Western Canadian feeder cattle prices were quite variable and the market was hard to define. Alberta and certain regions of Saskatchewan received snow, which caused the market to trade $3 to $5 lower. However, in Eastern Saskatchewan and Manitoba, feeder cattle prices were steady to $3 higher.

GFM Network News

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures higher on year-end positioning

U.S. grains: Soybean futures fall, shrugging off China purchases

Growing pains: An Ontario city’s urban agriculture efforts show good policy requires real capacity

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