Elevators in northern Alberta are offering higher prices for feed barley than in feedlots around Lethbridge, said an Edmonton-based analyst.
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Feed Grain Weekly: Elevators offering higher prices for barley
Catch up with the Western Producer Markets Desk
The Western Producer Markets Desk provides daily updates on agricultural markets, with recent video commentary including looks into canola, wheat, cattle and feed grains.
Feed barley under pressure, watching to see ‘who blinks first’
Ample supplies and a lack of demand are weighing on Western Canadian feed barley in early October, with both buyers and sellers reluctant to push values one way or the other.
August grain deliveries down from 2024: StatCan
Statistics Canada reported on Sept. 25, 2025 that August major grain deliveries were down from a year earlier.
Feed Grain Weekly: Buyers holding out for cheaper barley
There is very little activity for feed barley as potential buyers are holding out for lower prices, said a Lethbridge-based trader.
Canadian Barley Research Coalition pledges $1.8 million to USask Crop Development Centre
A group of Prairie crop associations have pledged $1.8 million to continue barley variety development at the University of Saskatchewan’s Crop Development Centre.
Feed Grain Weekly: Corn prices steady, barley harvest slows
Lower U.S. corn prices and a slow Canadian barley harvest were affecting Western Canadian feed prices on Sept. 17, 2025.
Canadian crop production revised mostly higher from August
Canadian grain and oilseed production in 2025/26 was likely larger than earlier expectations, as warm temperatures and increased precipitation across the Prairies in August helped crop development, according to updated estimates from Statistics Canada released Sept. 17.
Feed Grain Weekly: Barley, wheat swinging upward
Prices for feed grains on the Canadian Prairies have “started to rebound a little bit,” said Matt Beusekom, trader with Market Place Commodities in Lethbridge.
Feed Grain Weekly: Barley prices stay steady for now
Susanne Leclerc of Market Master Ltd. in Edmonton said feed barley prices have stayed put over the past week.
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