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"My mentality was,” says Enns of the Maker’s Malt concept, “if I do this right, it’s going to work.”
Barley, Guide Business

Craft maltster and farmer thrives by sheer determination

How did Matt Enns turn a value-add idea into a thriving venture despite all the other priorities that take up every farmer’s time? More important, could you do it too?

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Reading Time: 11 minutes “There’s a lot of different things you could do,” Matt Enns says. Every farmer knows that kind of feeling. There aren’t enough hours. There are way more ideas than time to work on them. “I wish I had eight lives to live to do all the things I want to do,” Enns says. Again, it’s […] Read more
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Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Prairie cash wheat: Bids mixed as U.S. futures rise

Rising Canadian dollar adds pressure

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Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — Canada Western Red Spring and Canada Western Amber Durum wheat prices declined while bids for Canada Prairie Spring Red rose during the week ended Jan. 26. Wheat futures in the U.S. fell Monday, with the March contracts on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) dropping 21 to 29 U.S. cents due to spillover […] Read more
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Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

USDA sees little change in Australian, Canadian wheat output

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Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — There isn’t much in the way of significant changes in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) attaché reports on grain production in Australia and Canada. USDA’s Global Agricultural Information Network (GAIN) office in Canberra pegged Australia’s wheat production for 2022-23 at 37 million tonnes, 400,000 more than the official USDA estimate. In comparison, […] Read more
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Cereals, Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Barley, wheat prices continue downward

Oats, canola meal also bound for feedlots

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Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — As colder temperatures descend onto the Prairies, buying activity for feed barley and wheat was just as frigid. “A lot of guys are fairly caught up with purchasing,” said Mike Fleischhauer of Eagle Commodities Inc. in Lethbridge. “You see the prices of wheat and barley start to trickle down a little bit. Corn’s […] Read more
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Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Prairie cash wheat: Prices step back

U.S. wheat futures down on week

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Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — Wheat prices declined on the Canadian Prairies during the week ended Thursday, as a stronger Canadian dollar and losses in the U.S. wheat complex weighed on values. Pressure came from expanded all-wheat acres to be planted in the United States, 48.84 million expected in 2023 versus the 45.7 million planted in 2022. The […] Read more
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Cereals, Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Prices slip during quiet January

Shortages of trucks, drivers still trouble cattle sector

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Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm — With January being a quiet time there’s isn’t a whole lot of direction for feed grains, according to Brandon Motz of CorNine Commodities at Lacombe, Alta. Prices for feed barley and wheat have been slowing slipping, he said — especially with feedlots not having to buy and farmers not needing to sell — […] Read more
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Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Prairie cash wheat: Bids dip as loonie soars

Chicago, K.C. wheats down on week

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Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — Spring wheat bids in Western Canada moved lower during the week ended Thursday as a sharp gain in the Canadian dollar relative to its U.S. counterpart cut into basis levels. The currency was up by roughly a penny on the week, settling Thursday at its highest level in seven weeks at 74.75 U.S. […] Read more
CBOT March 2023 oats with 20- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Oats

Oats face an uncertain year

Reduced acres expected in 2023

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Reading Time: 3 minutes MarketsFarm — When comparing oat prices at the start of 2023 compared to one year ago, they appear to be night and day. Despite modest price increases over the past month, some western Canadian oat bids are less than half of what they were last year. In Alberta, the high-delivered bid for oats as of […] Read more
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Cereals, Corn, Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Corn imports still weigh on domestic feed market

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Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm — Ample corn imports from the U.S. continue to keep the western Canadian feed grain market under pressure, with barley bids in Lethbridge trending lower through the early days of 2023. “We started the year with cash barley trading at roughly $450 (per tonne) in Lethbridge, it’s since declined to roughly $435,” said Jim […] Read more
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Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Prairie cash wheat: Bids lower as futures take a hit

CWRS values mixed; CPSR and durum down

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Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — Coming out of the holiday season, most western Canadian wheat bids were slightly lower for the week ended Thursday, as wheat futures in the U.S. continued to be bearish. U.S. wheat exports continue to fall behind last year’s pace, as cheaper Russian wheat floods the market due to a potential record crop and […] Read more

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