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Barley, Corn, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Feed weekly outlook: Big demand lacking for barley, wheat

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Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm — Prices for feed barley have swung a little higher over the last week — but it’s not due to feedlots needing a lot of the cereal, according to Brandon Motz of CorNine Commodities at Lacombe, Alta. Barley prices, he said, were $420-$424 per tonne delivered into Lethbridge, with offers as high as $445 […] Read more
Standing corn north of St. Adolphe, Man. on Sept. 19, 2021. (Dave Bedard photo)
Barley, Corn, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Feed weekly outlook: Corn seeing higher prices, transportation delays

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Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm — Corn has become the primary feed grain in Alberta feedlots due to its lower price compared to barley and wheat. However, rising corn prices in the U.S. and transportation issues are causing some buyers to give pause. “Basic levels are a little bit stronger. (Add in) the exchange rate, there are a little […] Read more
A supplied aerial photo of vehicles blocking through traffic on Feb. 1, 2022 at the Canada-U.S. border crossing between Coutts, Alta. and Sweet Grass, Montana. (Photo courtesy Alberta RCMP)
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Feed weekly outlook: Alberta blockade affects feed grain deliveries

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Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — A truck blockade at a Canada-U.S. border crossing at Coutts, Alta. has caused some headaches for grain buyers in southern parts of the province. Since Saturday, commercial trucks and other vehicles have blocked Highway 4, a 103-km stretch which runs from the border to Lethbridge, to protest COVID-19 health measures. On the U.S. […] Read more
Down under, the overall approach to barley innovation has become more corporate, especially in Western Australia.
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Winning the barley battle

Australia’s barley exporters are getting a global reputation for out-hustling Canada

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Reading Time: 5 minutes Recently I was eating my breakfast in Sydney, listening to the Australian barley industry make its pitch to potential buyers in Ecuador. The pitch was being made over Zoom, and it was all in Spanish and English with simultaneous translation. Such is the approach of Australia’s barley growers and their representative groups in an environment […] Read more
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Barley, Corn, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Feed weekly outlook: Markets facing uncertainty

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Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — Feed grain markets in Western Canada are facing some uncertainty amid tight domestic supplies and reports of transportation issues bringing up corn from the United States. “It’s very strange,” said Susanne Leclerc of MarketMaster Ltd. in Alberta. “You see stories like that (reporting on feedlots running low on grain), then you talk to […] Read more
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Feed weekly outlook: Status quo for now, but change coming

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Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — Feed grains in Western Canada have been holding close to the status quo for the last little while, but that’s likely to change, according to Jim Beusekom of Market Place Commodities in Lethbridge. He pointed to increases in corn and wheat this week in U.S. futures markets, in which corn has gained about […] Read more
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Barley, Corn, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Feed weekly outlook: Alberta bids see slight gains

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Reading Time: 1 minute MarketsFarm — Alberta feedlots are only buying feed barley and wheat on a hand-to-mouth basis as demand remains unchanged, according to a local trader. “A lot of the feedlots we work with are buying what they needed and getting covered,” said Agfinity Inc. senior trader Erin Harakal from Stony Plain, Alta. High-delivered bids are $12.93 […] Read more
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Feed weekly outlook: Feedlots, elevators filled with corn

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Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — As 2022 begins, feed grain markets in Alberta have been “status quo,” according to a grain buyer. “There’s a lot of grain that has been pre-contracted in terms of corn coming in from the United States,” said Brandon Motz of CorNine Commodities at Lacombe, Alta. “Lots of priority has been towards execution, making […] Read more
Standing corn north of St. Adolphe, Man. on Sept. 19, 2021. (Dave Bedard photo)
Barley, Corn, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Feed weekly outlook: Corn is king at feedlots to end 2021

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Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — As the holidays approach and 2021 comes to a close, there was little trading activity on feed grain markets, according to Allen Pirness, senior trader at Market Place Commodities in Lethbridge. “The offers are still quite a bit higher than the bids. But there hasn’t been a lot of appetite right at the […] Read more
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Barley, Corn, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Feed weekly outlook: Bids high, but limited supplies mean little moving

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Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm — Feed grain prices in Western Canada remain at very high levels heading into the New Year, but little is actually trading as feedlots fill up with cheaper corn from the U.S. “The volume trading of Canadian feed grains has dropped significantly,” said Jim Beusekom, of Market Place Commodities at Lethbridge, noting about 80 […] Read more

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