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Feed barley due for spring rally

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada –– Feed barley in Western Canada usually sees a spring rally at this time of year, although the uptrend this year will be limited by large supplies still overhanging the market. Feed grains had trended lower through late February and into early March, with feed wheat leading to the downside. Losses in feed […] Read more


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Buyers eating up Lethbridge feed barley

Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada –– Lethbridge feed barley prices have strengthened on bargain buying, according to one market watcher, while demand for feed wheat is steady at best. Lethbridge barley prices have increased from $200-$205 in January to $205-$215 in February, as the grain becomes more difficult to source, said Jim Beusekom, president at Market Place Commodities. […] Read more



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Lethbridge feed wheat stays steady, barley moves downward

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada –– Feed barley prices have come down while wheat holds steady in Lethbridge, Alta., the centre of Western Canada’s livestock feeding sector. The price of feed barley at Lethbridge fell about $10 a tonne throughout November to sit at about $210-$212 per tonne — for three main reasons, according to Jim Beusekom of […] Read more

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Alta. feed prices hang steady despite swings in quality

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada –– As harvest winds to a close across the Prairies, some feedlot operators say they’ve noticed more feed barley and feed wheat out there than they initially thought. The quality of the feed varies greatly, with some second-cut wheat being accepted as high-quality with reasonable protein, while other loads arrive with sprouting, bleaching […] Read more


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Feed barley looking bearish

Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada –– Seasonal harvest pressure is starting to weigh on feed grains in Western Canada, while quality downgrades to crops still on the field may put further pressure on values going forward. “There are quite a few bearish indicators out there,” said Kyle Sinclair, of CorNine Commodities at Lacombe, Alta. For starters, early yield […] Read more

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Lethbridge feed barley prices move upward, watch U.S. corn

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Hot, dry conditions in Alberta and western Saskatchewan are delaying and stressing this year’s barley crop — but action in U.S. corn is now the barley market’s primary driver, according to one expert. “This recent rally in corn has helped barley and feed wheat move higher; we’re in a market driven by […] Read more


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Prairie feed wheat relatively strong against milling wheat

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada –– Relative strength in the feed wheat market in Western Canada compared to milling wheat is making feed channels a more attractive option for some growers with lower-end milling wheat left to sell. “Right now, feed is pretty well on par with a lot of the base milling-grade wheats,” said Jared Seitz, trade […] Read more

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Feed barley feeling ‘downward sag,’ trader says

Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada — Feedlot demand for cash barley is weakening slightly as cattle producers prepare to turn animals loose on pastures, but prices are still hanging in there, according to one participant. “Farmers aren’t really selling a whole lot at these levels,” said Allen Pirness of Market Place Commodities in the feedlot alley near Lethbridge, […] Read more