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Barley, Crops, Markets, Weather

Feed weekly outlook: Prolonged Prairie harvest pushes up grain prices

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MarketsFarm — A seemingly never-ending harvest across the Prairies has been responsible for a $10-$15 per tonne jump this month in feed grain prices, said Glen Loyns, general manager of JGL Commodities in Moose Jaw. “It’s probably gone up $5 this week,” Loyns said. This year’s extended harvest, coupled with large amounts of grain to […] 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
Landscape featuring a harvested grain field
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
Are your grain deliveries protected?
Columns, Marketing

Are your grain deliveries protected?

Know the full CGC rules to make sure your payment is protected when you make a sale

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Not getting paid for the grain you deliver. It doesn’t happen often, but when it does, it’s a tough financial blow. Know the rules so you can protect yourself. The law in this area is in the hands of the Canada Grains Commission. Everything you read here in italics comes from the CGC website. Let’s […] Read more
Finding the price in the new age
Columns, Markets

Finding the price in the new age

With delisted futures contracts, who’s responsible for price discovery?

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Over the past five years there have been major changes to the Prairie grain marketing landscape that have — or should have — changed the way you market your grain. The biggest change, and no doubt the catalyst for many of the changes since, was the removal of the monopoly marketing powers of the Canadian […] Read more
Soft white spring wheat.
Cereals, Columns, Crops

A look back at pricing your wheat

Marketing grain is always a risky business. Here’s what could have happened

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Spring seeding and combining went better than expected for the most part across the Prairies and the crops are off to a decent start. Excess rains in some regions and dryness in others has caused some concerns but overall the crop is in and growing and looking good. Weather forecasters are watching the current La […] Read more
farm equipment seeding
Columns, Markets

Review pre-signed contracts after seeding

Once your crop is in the ground, revise your marketing plan to suit 2017 conditions

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Last spring I wrote about the dry spring weather and how to set up a marketing plan that would work for your farm regardless of what the weather did for the rest of the year. Now I’ll continue with that theme but with somewhat of a twist. It’s certainly not dry like it was last […] Read more
Columns, Markets

Bumper crops bring on the bears

World events and good world production are putting pressure on grain prices

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Several world events are underway that could impact markets. The U.S. Federal Reserve is still saying it will raise interest rates this fall. This would further depress the Canadian dollar, which should help on the price competitive side of things when we’re selling our grains into world markets. Earlier this summer, the effects of Brexit […] Read more

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