Despite a lack of activity in the feed grain markets, prices for feed barley and feed grain are trending lower, according to a grain broker from Edmonton.
Harvest progress in Alberta reached 85 per cent complete as of Oct. 1, progressing 11 points on the week, according to the latest provincial crop report.
Feed grain prices on the Prairies stayed relatively steady for the week ended Sept. 25 as low cattle numbers in feedlots and light test weights for grains limit price gains.
Canadian purchases of corn from the United States are off to a slow start in the 2024-25 marketing year, with ample old crop barley supplies likely limiting demand.
Hot and dry weather saw crop conditions decline across much of Western Canada over the past month, with the latest model-based production estimates from Statistics Canada showing downward revisions in both canola and wheat production from the August report.
Warm temperatures and only minor rain delays allowed farmers in Alberta to make good harvest progress during the week ended Sept. 3, according to the latest provincial crop report. Total harvest progress for major crops came in at 31.5 per cent, which was up from 18.2 per cent the previous week and roughly double the […] Read more
Canadian grain and oilseed exports through the first month of the 2024/25 marketing year are running well ahead of what moved during the same time the previous year, with just over a million tonnes of canola already moved, according to the latest data from the Canadian Grain Commission. Total exports of all the major grain, […] Read more
Kyiv | Reuters – Ukraine’s food exports by sea and river totalled 4.13 million metric tons in August, down from 4.25 million tons in July, agriculture ministry data showed on Friday. That included 2.18 million tons of wheat, 553,732 tons of corn and 454,641 tons of barley, the data showed. Ukraine’s UGA grain traders union […] Read more