Brandon Logan

Reading Time: 2 minutes Despite a large 2013-14 crop, Canadian oat prices continue to remain stable well into the winter as logistical issues moving grain across the Prairies are seen as bullish. “It’s 100 per cent logistics related,” said Ryan McKnight, a grain merchant with Linear Grain at Carman, Man., speaking of current prices. “The contract execution risk is […] Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes It’s been a volatile year for Lethbridge barley, with prices moving as high as $300 per tonne in early summer, from where one Lethbridge barley broker sits, noting a bumper crop sent the market in a steep decline that’s expected to continue into 2014. “Well, we went from a market in January through July where […] Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes With a strong year for Western Canada’s mustard market in the books, a mustard buyer says new-crop prices must be competitive for growers to increase their acres in 2014. “The story is that we need to be competitive with the price to attract planting,” said Walter Dyck, mustard buyer with Wisconsin-based Olds Products, noting crop […] Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes Statistics Canada’s crop production report last week should have been bearish for Canadian oat spot prices, but continued logistical issues appear to have kept prices relatively stable. “It’s shrugged off the outrageously bearish StatsCan numbers,” Ryan McKnight, grain merchant for Linear Grain at Carman, Man. said of the market. “Basis has weakened slightly lower by […] Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes Western Canadian spot prices for mustard are seen remaining quiet, but strong, and current prices aren’t expected to make any major moves higher or lower in the near-term. As of Monday (Nov. 25), Prairie Ag Hotwire has yellow mustard valued at 37 to 38 cents per pound, brown at 36 to 37 cents and oriental […] Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes Western Canadian flax prices are seen to have stabilized post-harvest amid continued strong export demand from the U.S. and China, with a poor Black Sea-region crop likely leading to increased exports to Europe. As of Thursday (Nov. 21), Prairie Ag Hotwire had FOB farm flax priced at C$13.25 to C$13.75 per bushel, up from C$12.50 […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute Post-harvest movement of Prairie chickpeas are reported to be slow, as ample supplies of the product around the world have led to weak prices. “It’s a very quiet market as demand is slow,” said Bobby Leavins, operations manager for Rayglen Commodities in Saskatoon. “We just haven’t moved very many chickpeas at all out of Canada. […] Read more