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Barley, Beef Cattle, Corn, Livestock, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Feed Grains Weekly: Overbooked end-users worried about tariffs on Canadian beef

Feed wheat, U.S. corn too expensive

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm February 20, 2025

There won't be a whole lot of movement of feed grains on the Canadian Prairies any time soon, stated Darcy Haley, vice-president of Ag Value Brokers in Lethbridge. He said not only are the end-users overbooked, but the relentless uncertainty over tariffs continues to dominate the cattle industry across Western Canada.

Crops, Livestock, Markets

Feed Grain Weekly: Markets uncertain after tariff delays

Corn prices could rise if tariffs are imposed

By Adam Peleshaty February 6, 2025

Despite the delay in U.S. President Donald Trump's planned tariffs, there is plenty of uncertainty in the Western Canadian feed grain market.

Barley, Cereals, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Feed Grains Weekly: Demand lull to keep prices lower for now

Increases unlikely until late February

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm January 9, 2025

As January began, feed grain prices on the Canadian Prairies remained lower and are likely to stay that way until spring, commented broker Evan Peterson of JGL Commodities in Saskatoon.

Barley, Corn, Livestock, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Feed Grains Weekly: Trump looms over Prairie feed market

Weaker Canadian dollar less of an influence

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm December 19, 2024

Currently, United States President-elect Donald Trump is more of an influence on Western Canadian feed grain prices than a weaker Canadian dollar said Brandon Motz of CorNine Commodities in Lacombe, Alta.

High prices for organic grains relative to conventional crops is hindering demand, according to one grain marketer. Photo: InnaTarasenko/iStock/Getty Images Plus

Barley, Corn, Crops, Livestock, Markets, Spring Wheat

Feed Grain Weekly: Corn prices drop, barley favoured

By Adam Peleshaty November 28, 2024

Despite United States corn futures declining as of late, barley is still the preferred feed grain at feedlots in southern Alberta, said a trader.

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets

Feed Grain Weekly: Prices ‘percolating sideways’

Transportation issues push up barley prices

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm November 21, 2024

As winter conditions descended on Alberta, prices for feed grains bumped up a little, but were otherwise "percolating sideways," stated Jim Beusekom of Market Place Commodities in Lethbridge.

Crops, Livestock, Markets

Feed Grain Weekly: Barley preferred over corn at feedlots

By Adam Peleshaty November 7, 2024

Barley seems to be the preferred grain over corn at feedlots in the Lethbridge, Alta.-area during the week ended Nov. 7, 2024.

Dry matter intakes, finished weights, average daily gains and gain:feed of steers fed a standard barley-based control diet were not statistically different from those of the steers fed any of the three corn diets in a recent comparison study.

Corn Production Guide, Finishers, Guides

Corn in western Canadian feedlot diets

The production risk still must be bred out of Prairie-grown corn before it can reach its full potential in feedlots

By Reynold Bergen October 25, 2024

Corn acreage is expanding across Canada. There are about 25 acres of corn for every acre of barley in Ontario and Quebec, where temperatures, day length and moisture allow predictable corn yields and feed quality. There are around eight acres of barley for every acre of corn in the Prairies, although ambitious breeding efforts are […] Read more

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Barley, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Feed Grain Weekly: Less activity before corn deliveries

By Adam Peleshaty October 18, 2024

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.

The beef cattle industry is bracing for a level of heifer retention this summer and fall that's expected to lower the feeder cattle supply.

Cattleman’s Corner, Markets

Lower feedlot placements support cattle market

Cow-calf producers should think about selling calves in late summer versus fall

By Jerry Klassen May 29, 2024

During the last week of April, Alberta packers were buying fed cattle on a live basis in the range of $256-$258 per hundredweight delivered, up $18/cwt from three weeks earlier. Alberta fed cattle basis levels have strengthened as market-ready supplies tighten. In Kansas and Texas, live sales, f.o.b. feedlot, were reported at US$182/cwt, down US$3/cwt […] Read more

U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract highs on shock herd decline

Alberta Crop Report: Harvest more than three-quarters finished

NFU says proposed plant breeders’ rights come at farmers’ expense

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