Reading Time: 2 minutes Many cattle feedlots across the Prairies have reduced the number of cattle on their yards now that the summer has arrived, and with fewer animals being fed, the price of feed wheat has declined. Gerald Snip, a grain trader with Marketplace Commodities at Lethbridge, Alta., said he wasn’t surprised to see fewer animals at the […] Read more
Feed wheat loses steam with lack of demand
Waterlogged farmers getting charged for unused fertilizer
Reading Time: 2 minutes Producers in southwestern Manitoba and southeastern Saskatchewan have seen record amounts of rainfall this spring, causing record amounts of acres to go unseeded — and large amounts of fertilizer to go unused. Many producers who bought fertilizer were unable to use it because it was just too wet to get on the field — and […] Read more
Expect another crush record in 2011-12
Reading Time: < 1 minute A total of 5.11 million tons of canola have been crushed in Canada as of June 8 in the 2010-11 crop year, according to the Canadian Oilseed Processors Association. That number is an all-time high and there are six weeks still left in the crop year. The previous high was set last year, when 4.79 […] Read more
Time to sell feed barley, analyst suggests
Reading Time: < 1 minute The price of feed barley has been trending higher throughout the spring and into seeding time, but one industry analyst said the market may soon start to back off. Gerald Snip of Marketplace Commodities at Lethbridge, Alta., said a lack of deliveries from producers has been behind the increase in price, but that could change […] Read more
Lack of wheat drives up prices from ethanol plants
Reading Time: < 1 minute Prices for feed wheat in Western Canada having seen a significant jump throughout the first half of 2011, thanks in large part to strong demand from the ethanol sector. In the middle of November, Husky Energy’s plants at Minnedosa, Man. and Lloydminster, Sask. were paying producers $4.25 and $4.55 per bushel respectively for feed wheat […] Read more
Crush margins gain strength with crop concerns
Reading Time: < 1 minute Canola crush margins have seen some upward movement over the last week, thanks in large part to the seeding concerns across the Canadian prairies. Canola crush margins for July were bringing $86.48 per ton as of June 6, according to ICE Futures Canada. That compares with $77.67 per ton a week ago, and $78.22 per […] Read more
Flax moves higher on account of poor weather
Reading Time: < 1 minute Like many other grains and oilseeds, flaxseed bids in western Canada have been gaining strength over the last little while. Richard Zacharias, general manager of Prairie Flax Products at Portage la Prairie, Man., said poor spring planting conditions have been the catalyst for the price advance, with many parts of Manitoba and Saskatchewan being excessively […] Read more
End of Russian export ban seen having minimal impact
Reading Time: 2 minutes After not allowing grain to leave the country for almost 11 months, Russia is set re-open its export market July 1, bringing with it fears that some business will be lost in Canada and the U.S. Russia has said it will begin exporting grain again on July 1. “Last year’s crop was a historic disaster, […] Read more
Prairies’ winter wheat crop and acres falter
Reading Time: < 1 minute The wet and late spring that hit the eastern part of Canada’s Prairies has hurt the progress of the area’s winter wheat crop. “I have seen very little winter wheat out of the ground. There is nothing I can see around here, or in the more southern parts of the province,” said Jake Davidson, executive […] Read more
Oats analyst suggests it’s time to sell some oats
Reading Time: < 1 minute Although oat values on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) have been trending upward — albeit slightly — over the past couple of weeks, one analyst said producers on Canada’s Prairies should be thinking about selling some of their product before values decline. Ryan McKnight, a grain merchant with Linear Grain at Carman, Man., said […] Read more
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