Reading Time: 2 minutes Corn imports entering Lethbridge have lowered prices for feed barley compared to those in Edmonton.
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Feed Grain Weekly: Corn affecting barley prices in Lethbridge
Big oat crop in 2025/26 pointing to less acres next year
Reading Time: < 1 minute Oat acres in Canada are likely to recede this spring with cash prices to remain low, said Scott Shiels, grain procurement manager for Grain Millers Canada in Yorkton, Sask.
Record large Canadian wheat and canola crops: Statistics Canada
Reading Time: 2 minutes Canadian wheat and canola production in 2025/26 (Aug/Jul) surpassed early expectations to hit new record highs, according to updated survey-based estimates from Statistics Canada released Dec. 4.
‘Nothing bullish’ for sliding oats market
Reading Time: 2 minutes Oats futures at the Chicago Board of Trade have trended steadily lower for the past three months, with cash bids in Western Canada seeing a similar trend.
August grain deliveries down from 2024: StatCan
Reading Time: < 1 minute Statistics Canada reported on Sept. 25, 2025 that August major grain deliveries were down from a year earlier.
Canadian crop production revised mostly higher from August
Reading Time: < 1 minute Canadian grain and oilseed production in 2025/26 was likely larger than earlier expectations, as warm temperatures and increased precipitation across the Prairies in August helped crop development, according to updated estimates from Statistics Canada released Sept. 17.
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.
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.
Manitoba seeding 12 points ahead of pace
Most spring wheat in the ground
Reading Time: < 1 minute Manitoba farmers pushed their spring planting to 57 per cent complete as of May 21, up 24 points from a week ago, the province's agriculture department reported.
Alberta seeding leaps ahead by almost 30 points
Moisture levels still strong despite declines
Reading Time: 2 minutes Spring planting in Alberta made a 27-point jump at 47 per cent complete during the week ended May 13, according to the latest crop report from the province. That's 21 points above the five-year average.
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