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Feed weekly outlook: Prices to remain strong in spring

By Adam Peleshaty March 25, 2021

Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — Higher prices for feed grains in Western Canada are expected to stay that way, according to a trader in Alberta. Erin Harakal, senior trader for Agfinity at Stony Plain, Alta., said factors such as increased demand overseas and depleted domestic stocks will continue to keep prices elevated for feed grains. While she doesn’t […] Read more

Thanks to Jim Lundgren, who farms at Glenora, Man., about 85 km west of Morden, for this photo of his early start to spring tillage on March 20, 2021, owing to the recent absence of snow and/or rain in the area. Not that it’s a race, but is spring fieldwork already underway where you are? If yes, feel free to snap a photo and email us at daveb@fbcpublishing.com. (Photo courtesy Jim Lundgren)

Crops, Weather

Manitoba soil temperatures allow for spring fertilizer

Winter ban lifted, with cautions

By Dave Bedard March 24, 2021

Reading Time: < 1 minute Farmers across Manitoba are now cleared to apply spring fertilizers including livestock manure on their fields, thanks to sufficiently warm soil temperatures, the province said Tuesday. Though the winter nutrient ban has been lifted, the province cautioned producers to “assess current weather conditions and periodically check weather forecasts” if they’re applying anytime between now and […] Read more

Oats. (Doug Wilson photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Markets, Oats

Oats riding high with other crops

By Adam Peleshaty March 19, 2021

Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — Increased demand, both domestically and overseas, has caused the price of oats grown in Western Canada to rise compared to last year. And so far, seeding projections and rising prices for other crops suggest the market for oats won’t go down anytime soon. According to Prairie Ag Hotwire data from Wednesday, high-delivered bids […] Read more

Federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau speaks to media in Winnipeg on Feb. 13, 2020. (Dave Bedard photo)

General

Yes or no now on AgriStability changes, ag minister says

Farm and commodity groups line up to press provinces for decision

By Dave Bedard March 18, 2021

Reading Time: 3 minutes Ottawa’s proposals for changes to the AgriStability farm income stabilization program require a yes or no answer from participating provinces, not more discussion, the federal ag minister said Wednesday. “It has been just over 110 days since we made the offer to the provinces to improve AgriStability,” Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau and Winnipeg MP Jim […] Read more

Crops

Richardson to upgrade western Manitoba elevator

High-throughput to replace wooden crib structure at Swan River

By Dave Bedard March 16, 2021

Reading Time: 2 minutes Prairie grain handler Richardson Pioneer plans to start work this spring on a new high-throughput elevator “effectively replacing” its Swan River Valley unit in northwestern Manitoba. The Winnipeg company’s current site, on Canadian National Railway (CN) track about six kilometres north of the town of Swan River, is anchored by a wooden crib workhouse and […] Read more

File photo of Highway 363 near Moose Jaw, Sask. (Mysticenergy/iStock/Getty Images)

General, Machinery, Weather

Spring road bans coming into effect across Prairies

By Phil Franz-Warkentin - MarketsFarm March 6, 2021

Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — Warming temperatures and melting snow across Western Canada may cause some disruptions to grain and livestock movement over the next few weeks as seasonal spring road restrictions come into effect across the Prairies. The annual spring road restrictions set axle weight limits for vehicles moving on certain roads in an effort to reduce […] Read more

A corn crop west of Grunthal, Man. on Aug. 17, 2019. (Dave Bedard photo)

Corn, Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Manitoba corn market warms up, rain needed

By Adam Peleshaty March 4, 2021

Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — With feed grain prices staying strong, Manitoba corn growers are hoping for a high yield in the face of other high-performing crops later this year. Warren McCutcheon, a farmer from Carman, Man. and a member of the corn crop committee for the Manitoba Crop Alliance, said he expects similar acreage for this year’s […] Read more

Finishers, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Steady demand supports feeder cattle prices

By Jerry Klassen March 2, 2021

Reading Time: 2 minutes Compared to last week, western Canadian yearling prices were unchanged while calves were steady to $2 higher on average. Auction barns received larger supplies of backgrounded cattle and there was a fair amount of direct trade of yearlings off farm. Larger supplies of heavier-weight feeders appeared to limit the upside but there was no slippage. […] Read more

Barley, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Feed weekly outlook: Barley, wheat at par in Alberta

Demand also seen for heated canola

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm February 25, 2021

Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm — Prices for feed barley and wheat are running about the same, from where Susanne Leclerc sits at Market Master Ltd. in Edmonton. Barley and wheat going into central Alberta were both running at $315 per tonne, she said. “We’re seeing buyer strength gaining coverage for the summer,” she said, but noted trading activity […] Read more

Hogs, Livestock

Canada’s active PED case count dwindling

Affected Manitoba farms now all presumptive-negative

By Dave Bedard February 25, 2021

Reading Time: 2 minutes The number of active outbreaks of porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) on hog farms in Canada has shrunk to a few in Eastern Canada, with affected sites elsewhere now believed negative for the disease. Manitoba Pork announced Wednesday that the last of the premises to report a PED outbreak in that province in 2020 has now […] Read more

Klassen: Stronger fed cattle prices underpin feeder complex

Walmart locks in CRSB claim for in-store beef brand

‘Extreme drought’ expands in Prairies

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