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AAFC issues first look at 2023-24

Oats production expected down significantly on year; wheat, canola up

By GFM Network News January 21, 2023

MarketsFarm — Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) has released its first crop projections for 2023-24, forecasting a very notable drop in oats. In AAFC’s January supply and demand estimates, released Friday, it cut oat production to 3.611 million tonnes, down almost 31 per cent compared to 2022-23. The department chopped the carryout for oats by […] Read more

CBOT March 2023 oats with 20- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets, Oats

Oats face an uncertain year

Reduced acres expected in 2023

By GFM Network News January 13, 2023

MarketsFarm — When comparing oat prices at the start of 2023 compared to one year ago, they appear to be night and day. Despite modest price increases over the past month, some western Canadian oat bids are less than half of what they were last year. In Alberta, the high-delivered bid for oats as of […] Read more

Cereals, Corn, Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Corn imports still weigh on domestic feed market

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News January 11, 2023

MarketsFarm — Ample corn imports from the U.S. continue to keep the western Canadian feed grain market under pressure, with barley bids in Lethbridge trending lower through the early days of 2023. “We started the year with cash barley trading at roughly $450 (per tonne) in Lethbridge, it’s since declined to roughly $435,” said Jim […] Read more

Barley, Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Little price movement for feed grains

By GFM Network News January 6, 2023

MarketsFarm — With the holiday season come and gone, feed grain buyers were getting back into the swing of things at the start of 2023, according to one trader. “I think January will probably fill up pretty quickly as we’re in the first week of January and we’ve been booked into January for a bit,” […] Read more

CBOT March 2023 oats with 20- and 50-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Cereals, Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Wheat, barley eschewed for other grains

Oats, corn finding demand as feed

By GFM Network News December 9, 2022

MarketsFarm — Feed wheat and barley prices in Alberta’s feedlot alley are coming down, largely due to the increasing presence of corn imported from the U.S. The high-delivered bid for Alberta feed barley on Wednesday was $9.80 per bushel, 11 cents lower than the previous week and 22 cents lower than one month earlier, according […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Weather

StatCan data show smaller Canadian canola, durum production

Report also logs more barley, oats than previous estimates

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News December 2, 2022

MarketsFarm — Canadian farmers grew less canola and durum than originally thought in 2022, but more barley and oats, according to updated production estimates from Statistics Canada released Friday. “There were both bullish and bearish surprises,” MarketsFarm Pro analyst Mike Jubinville said. While canola production of 18.174 million tonnes was still up considerably from the […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: More corn, oats in feed rations

'Very weird situation to be seeing again'

By GFM Network News November 17, 2022

MarketsFarm — As prices for feed barley and wheat increase, more feedlots are turning to corn, according to Susanne Leclerc of Market Master Ltd. at Edmonton. “A lot of places are switching to corn. The desirability of feed barley has been coming down,” she said. “So it will be interesting to see which way the […] Read more

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Cattleman’s Corner, Oats

Harvest done in time for Thanksgiving

Dealing with health care was a matter of hurry up and wait

By Heather Eppich November 8, 2022

The end of September had a few bumps for us. After the rain on Sept. 19, it was too wet to combine for a few days. Instead, I baled some flax straw while Gregory and the neighbour, Leon, worked on John’s new well. Harvest started again Sept. 24. We worked on John’s oats for a […] Read more

Cereals, Features

New cereal varieties for 2023

Ten new options for Prairie producers

By Mark Halsall November 7, 2022

Next year there will be 10 new cereal offerings for farmers in Western Canada. New varieties of wheat, durum, barley and oats are hitting the market courtesy of Canterra Seeds, FP Genetics, Proven Seed and SeedNet. Please note, this list only includes brand new cereal varieties in 2023. Canterra Seeds Oats: Kalio is a milling […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Weather

Ending stocks tumble due to drought: StatCan

Canola stocks are below 'pipeline levels'

By GFM Network News September 8, 2022

MarketsFarm — Severe drought in Western Canada during the summer of 2021 has played a major part in reducing the stocks for Canada’s principal field crops at the end of the 2021-22 marketing year, according to Statistics Canada. Canada’s central data agency released a report Wednesday presenting total ending stocks for the country’s major crops […] Read more

GFM Network News

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans higher in technical bounce; wheat firms

Bring focused approach to target systems, not producers says animal activist

Canada’s Food Price Report shows meat, pantry goods prices expected to rise “a lot” in 2026

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