Reading Time: 2 minutes Feed barley prices continue to have an advantage over feed corn and prices may go lower, said one trader.
Feed Grain Weekly: Barley seeing low prices, demand
Feed barley prices may continue to decline
Feed grains weekly: USDA ups global coarse grain estimate
Production up 4.4 per cent on year
Reading Time: < 1 minute Total world coarse grain production in 2025/26 is forecast to be up by 25 million tonnes from earlier estimates, largely due to increased corn production in the United States, according to the latest Feed Outlook from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, released Aug. 14.
Feed Grain Weekly: Barley, wheat competing with U.S. corn
Western Canadian grains hold price advantage
Reading Time: 2 minutes While U.S. corn prices are falling, Western Canadian feed barley and feed wheat still have price advantages, said a Lethbridge-based trader.
Feed Grain Weekly: Rain weakens Alberta prices, rest of Prairies remains firm
Farmers should shop around
Reading Time: < 1 minute Feed grain prices in Alberta moved lower following recent rains, said Susanne Leclerc, owner of Market Master Ltd. in Edmonton. However, she suggested prices could increase prior to the coming harvest.
Feed Grain Weekly: Buyers holding off from making purchases
Weak demand stems from shortage of replacement cattle
Reading Time: < 1 minute Weak demand continues to hamper prices for feed barley and wheat, said Darcy Haley, vice-president of Ag Value Brokers in Lethbridge.
Feed Grain Weekly: Prices in a slow decline
Seasonal weakness, rains pressure barley
Reading Time: 2 minutes Seasonal weakness and recent rains across the Prairies pressured feed grain prices according to a Moose Jaw-based trader.
Barley, oats sustainability quantified by study
One tonne of oats produced in Saskatchewan has a carbon footprint 201 per cent lower than that produced across the country
Reading Time: < 1 minute The carbon footprint of oats and barley grown in Saskatchewan is lower than the same crops grown elsewhere, according to new study from the Global Institute for Food Security.
Feed grain weekly: Canadian barley area down
Supplies to tighten
Reading Time: < 1 minute Canadian farmers planted their smallest barley crop in eight years in 2025, with tightening supplies likely going forward.
Alberta Crop Report: Conditions improve
Crop conditions still behind historical averages
Reading Time: 2 minutes Crop conditions improved in Alberta during the week ended June 24, but they are still behind historical averages.
Feed Grains Weekly: Prices to remain in a ‘funk’ for now
Reading Time: < 1 minute Feed prices on the Canadian Prairies have slipped over the last week and are poised to remain flat to the end of the year, said Darcy Haley, vice-president of Ag Value Brokers in Lethbridge.
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