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Barley, Corn, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Feed weekly outlook: Prairie wheat stored as southern Plains dry out

By Dave Sims March 15, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — A rise in U.S. corn prices has helped lift the entire feed market in southern Alberta, though one industry expert says it isn’t the only factor strengthening the market. “Barley is getting increasingly difficult to buy as we clean up old-crop supplies,” said Allen Pirness of Market Place Commodities at Lethbridge. Cattle […] Read more

Barley, Crops, Markets

Prairie malt barley prices lower than feed

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm March 15, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — With feed barley in tight supply, the tables have flipped with feed prices now sitting higher than those for malt barley in Western Canada. Feed barley prices “make some of these other prices look a bit ridiculous. There’s no demand from the domestic maltsters because they’ve all been plugged up ever since […] Read more

"Governance policies show us how to separate business from personal needs and interests,” Tomtene says. As farms grow larger, it’s a role that grows in value.

Cereals, Guide Business, Oilseeds

Governing the farm

On most farms, ‘governance’ sounds like the last thing you’d want to talk about if you hope to keep everyone happy. Steve Tomtene used to think so too, but is glad he changed his mind

By Maggie Van Camp March 14, 2018

Reading Time: 5 minutes Like many farms with added complementary enterprises like a trucking company or livestock barn or a seed business, Tomtene Seed Farm at Birch Hill, Sask., has developed systems to juggle all the moving parts. “Maintaining identification and producing seed products of quality merit takes a shift in thinking about the products, about production, about the […] Read more

Finishers, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder market sends mixed signals

By Jerry Klassen March 13, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutes Compared to last week, western Canadian average yearling prices were steady to $3 lower while heavier replacements above 1,000 lbs. actively traded $3 to as much as $6 lower. Weakness in deferred live cattle futures, along with rising feed grain prices, caused buyers to lower their bids accordingly. Steers averaging 1,000 lbs. were readily trading […] Read more

DDGS in storage in Iowa. (Steven Vaughn photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Cereals, Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Canada importing more U.S. DDGS

By Phil Franz-Warkentin March 8, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — A better-quality Canadian grain crop in 2017 has opened the door to increased imports of distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) from the U.S., as Canadian livestock feeders look for other options. Canada imported about 700,000 tonnes of the ethanol byproduct from the U.S. in 2017, the largest imports since 2011 and […] Read more

Barley, Crops

Sleeman investing to bring back production from U.S.

By Country Guide Staff March 6, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutes Canada’s third-biggest national brewer plans upgrades at its southwestern Ontario plant, with which it plans to bring back some production it now contracts out to a U.S. brewery. Guelph-based Sleeman Breweries, owned since 2006 by Japanese brewer Sapporo, announced Monday it will invest $6.61 million to expand packaging capability, put up new beer tanks and […] Read more

Watch for win-win opportunities, and be ready to build on them, advises Quentin Martin.

Crops, Guide Business

B2B strategic partnering

For the Martin farm in Ontario, building connections with other businesses is a winning formula

By Maggie Van Camp March 6, 2018

Reading Time: 6 minutes At nine years old Quentin Martin became one of five siblings who were shareholders of their family’s Master Breeder pedigreed Holstein farm, which his parents incorporated in 1965. “They gave all of us common shares,” says Martin,“which meant at nine years old I was sitting at the table with the feed salesman and the banker […] Read more

Finishers, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder cattle prices gaining momentum

By Jerry Klassen March 6, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutes Compared to last week, western Canadian yearling prices were steady to $4 higher while calves and grass cattle markets were relatively unchanged. Once again, there was a wide range of prices across the Prairies as feedlots adjust to higher feed grain prices. Secondly, buyers were quick to discount fleshier cattle; backgrounded calves fed too much […] Read more

Barley, Cereals, Corn, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Feed weekly outlook: Prairie feed grain prices on rise

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm March 1, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Prices are rising for feed grains in Lethbridge, with buyers starting to consider their options. “Seems every day this last week we’re surprised at higher offers being triggered than the day before,” said Jared Seitz, trade manager with Agfinity Inc. In Lethbridge, feed barley bids last week were at $5 per bushel […] Read more

Barley, Corn, Finishers, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder cattle markets absorbing price uncertainty

By Jerry Klassen February 27, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutes Western Canadian feeder cattle markets were quite variable throughout the week due to the uncertain price structure in the deferred position. Yearling prices differentiated by nearly $15 across the Prairies while lighter calves were relatively unchanged from week-ago levels. Adverse weather throughout January and February has tempered demand for replacement cattle. Southern Alberta has received […] Read more

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