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What we thought would never happen has come to pass, now what?

Questions you should ask yourself in the new reality

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The sooner you can figure out how the new reality is affecting your business, the quicker you can start putting together a plan on how to manage your business in the new reality and move forward. I’ve put together some questions you should be asking yourself in this new reality, including the following: If I […] Read more
Don’t bet the farm with your grain marketing strategy
Columns, Markets

Don’t bet the farm with your grain marketing strategy

Taking a disciplined approach can bring more financial rewards

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It must have been farmers who invented Texas Hold ’em Poker. I recently took part in a poker fun night with about 40 farmers. After playing for an hour, you see a lot of similarities between the luck of the cards and the highs and lows of farming. You start the year out in the […] Read more
If world crop conditions look good and the weather behaves, commodity buyers will likely wait to see how the crop progresses before pre-buying.
Columns, Markets

World grain production, weather markets and trade disputes

Production and weather concerns and bullish, but trade patterns are not on our side

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In April the International Grains Council (ICG) estimated world grain production in 2019-20 would increase two per cent over last year to 2.18 billion tonnes. Their estimate for total consumption (food, feed and industrial use) is 2.20 billion tonnes. The math suggests that demand will outpace production, meaning the supply carried forward will be drawn down for a third consecutive year. The ICG estimates world carry out […] Read more
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Barley, Corn, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Weather

Feed weekly outlook: Spring weather may swing Prairie feed markets

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MarketsFarm — Weather conditions have the potential to swing feed grain markets in Western Canada over the next few weeks, although prices generally remain steady for the time being. “Spring is here, and as the snow melts it creates mud, road bans and all that lovely stuff,” said Brandon Motz of CorNine Commodities in Lacombe, […] Read more
Should you sell your grain now, or wait? Market dynamics can change quickly.
Columns, Marketing

Grain markets in the new year

A post-harvest review of market movements, and pre-pricing your 2019 crop

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Some key changes pre-Christmas changed the tone of the grain markets. Dry weather in India started to impact pulse markets, pushing Canadian pulse values higher on concerns that India’s crop will not be sufficient to meet their needs. Buyers are trying to secure product before the situation gets worse and prices run even higher. Australia’s […] Read more
Unrelenting, poor harvest weather made it next to impossible for many producers to enter fields to harvest crops in 2018.
Columns, Marketing

Handling a horrible harvest

Crunch some numbers before you handle tough and damp grain on your farm

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For many farmers, an untimely month of rain and snow kept harvest at a standstill in September and October. A fall like this is a hard hit to take on any farm, especially knowing that every day you sat idle waiting to get back in the field cost you big money in lost revenue due […] Read more
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Columns, Marketing

Watch the grain markets this fall

Outlining some of the factors influencing post-harvest prices

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Hot and dry weather across a large part of the Prairies advanced crops and brought harvest on ahead of schedule. Yields are variable, but the expectation is that we will end up with an average crop, based on 10-year average yields. Early reports of high protein up to 17 per cent in wheat has already […] Read more
VIDEO: What might we expect in grain markets?
Crops, Markets

VIDEO: What might we expect in grain markets?

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Lisa Guenther, Grainews field editor, spoke with Mike Jubinville of Glacier FarmMedia at last month’s Ag in Motion about some of the negative factors impacting grain markets – such as weather and trade disputes – and what producers can hope to expect in the months ahead as they head into harvest.

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