Country Guide West

Fundamentals seen holding canola cash bids firm

With canola futures on the ICE Futures Canada platform undergoing some extreme declines over the past few sessions, there have been worries that cash bids may also follow suit.
May 14, 2012 5:27PM

Drozd: Reversal patterns signal a downturn in cattle prices

Markets can and often do change direction on a moment's notice. Cattle prices were at a record high in early March 2012, but quickly turned down and dropped below the uptrending channel, thus ending the rally.
May 14, 2012 8:23AM

Klassen: Demand for grass cattle supports feeder market

The feeder cattle market showed a mixed tone this past week. Replacement cattle over 750 pounds were $2 per hundredweight (cwt) lower to $2 higher, but lighter feeders were $2-$4/cwt higher.
May 14, 2012 8:00AM

SEEDING REPORTS/FREE DRAW: 'Isn't farming fun!'

Many thanks again to all our entrants so far for sharing their stories. Read their reports below, and check out the details and rules for our free draw at the end of this piece. -- Editor
May 14, 2012 7:45AM

Viterra rolls out mobile crop pricing app

Qualifying customers of the Prairies' biggest grain handler will be able to get elevator-level pricing information through a new mobile app.
May 14, 2012 12:01AM

Cattle genetics pioneer Roy Berg, 85

Alberta's beef cattle industry is mourning a renowned livestock geneticist credited with "revolutionizing" the business by pioneering selective cross-breeding of cattle.
May 11, 2012 7:53PM

El Nino won't affect Canadian farmers

Most Canadian farmers can expect to have a good crop this year whether El Nino develops or not.
May 11, 2012 6:51PM

Farmers 'likely to benefit' in Viterra carve-up: Sask. study

A report on the proposed sale and split-up of Canada's largest grain handler predicts Saskatchewan's farmers are "likely to benefit."
May 11, 2012 6:38PM

Census logs fewer and larger farms, more crops, less beef

Canada's latest Census of Agriculture charts an evolution in Canadian farming that will surprise no one in the sector: fewer, larger farms operated largely by Boomers.
May 11, 2012 9:27AM

Canada blocks horses coming from New Mexico

An outbreak of vesicular stomatitis (VS) in livestock in New Mexico has prompted Canada to block the entry of horses from that state.
May 11, 2012 5:38AM

Prairie wheat commissions under construction

Efforts are underway to create provincial wheat associations in all three Prairie provinces, to focus on research and market development as the looming end of the Canadian Wheat Board's single desk will result in a void on that front.
May 10, 2012 2:48AM

CWB halts organic marketing

A restructured CWB has no plans to initiate any further sales of organic grains.
May 9, 2012 8:15PM

Alberta justice minister shuffled to ag file

May 9, 2012 10:27AM

Dairy co-ops to keep making Yoplait for Canada

May 8, 2012 7:19PM