Reading Time: < 1 minute Feed barley prices in Western Canada were holding relatively steady in mid-January, despite rising corn prices south of the border.
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Feed grain update: Barley steady as corn rises
Higher U.S. corn prices limiting imports
AAFC forecasts more Canadian wheat acres, less canola in 2025
Reading Time: 2 minutes Canadian farmers will plant more wheat and coarse grains in 2025 at the expense of oilseeds, according to the first supply/demand projections for the 2025/26 marketing year from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, released Jan. 20.
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Bunge-Viterra deal ‘effectively ends competition’ says NFU
Feds’ conditions not near enough to alleviate concerns
Reading Time: < 1 minute The National Farmers Union denounced the approval of the Bunge-Viterra merger in a statement released on Jan. 17. The NFU said the multi-billion dollar deal “effectively ends competition in Canada’s agricultural commodity sector,” as it creates the world’s largest agricultural commodity trader, and it will control 40 per cent of the Canadian grain market.
Feed Grain Weekly: Room to rise for feed barley
Reading Time: 2 minutes Rising United States corn futures and a weaker Canadian dollar have given Western Canadian feed grain prices a lift.
Feed Grains Weekly: Demand lull to keep prices lower for now
Increases unlikely until late February
Reading Time: 2 minutes As January began, feed grain prices on the Canadian Prairies remained lower and are likely to stay that way until spring, commented broker Evan Peterson of JGL Commodities in Saskatoon.
StatCan issues crush, delivery reports
Canola crush, deliveries step back in November
Reading Time: < 1 minute Statistics Canada published its crush and grain deliveries reports on Dec. 24.
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AAFC adjusts monthly estimates, cites caution for canola exports
Impact of China's anti-dumping investigation unknown at this time
Reading Time: 2 minutes Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada adjusted its latest supply and demand estimates issued on Dec. 19. This followed the updated Statistics Canada figures from two weeks ago.
Feed Grains Weekly: Trump looms over Prairie feed market
Weaker Canadian dollar less of an influence
Reading Time: < 1 minute Currently, United States President-elect Donald Trump is more of an influence on Western Canadian feed grain prices than a weaker Canadian dollar said Brandon Motz of CorNine Commodities in Lacombe, Alta.
More than 50 per cent chance of La Niña in coming months, WMO says
Reading Time: < 1 minute There is more than a 50 per cent chance of La Niña developing in the next three months, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Wednesday, but if it does it will be relatively weak and short-lived.
China, EU account for upswing in Canadian grain, oilseed exports
Total exports through October up more than 18 per cent
Reading Time: 2 minutes Exports of Canadian oilseeds and grains for 2024/25 largely continued to be ahead of those a year ago, monthly data from the Canadian Grain Commission showed. Bulk exports through licensed facilities during the first three months of the current marketing year are more than 12.22 million tonnes, which compares with the approximately 10.33 million the same time last year.